Game #2 - Trinity - Monday 11/13/17 7pm ARC - Shedding Light on Foster Care

[VU2014]

It's a special game dedicated to shedding a light on foster care. If you donate a stuffed animal at the gates you will get FREE admission to the game.
https://twitter.com/TallTastes/status/925109334039760897

Normally I think these D2 "Tune-up Games" aren't too interesting but if you remember we played Trinity last year and they actually gave us a run for our $ in the first half. Trinity was up 45-36 at the half. Valpo's guys looked like they were totally uninterested in the game in the first half and then at halftime Coach Lottich lit a fire under the guys and Valpo outscored Trinity 53-30 in the 2nd half. It would be nice to see the guys take care of business early this time. I'm sure they will.

http://www.espn.com/ncb/recap/_/gameId/400924185
VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Alec Peters poured in 36 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Valparaiso came from behind in the second half to beat NAIA-Trinity Christian College, 89-75 for its second straight win to open the season Saturday night.

The Trolls used a fast start to take an early lead. Ben Brinks' layup midway through the first half gave Trinity a 28-12 lead and held a 10-point advantage at intermission, 45-35. But the Crusaders came on strong in the second half. Shane Hammink's layup three minutes into the half cut the lead to 45-41 and Max Joseph's 3-pointer with 15:12 to play gave Valparaiso the lead, 50-48. After Hammink's dunk made it 52-50, Valparaiso never trailed again.

Peters hit 14 of his 29 shots from the floor and knocked down 3 of 11 shots from beyond the arc. Juozas Balciunas had 19 points to lead Trinity.

Trinity Roster:
No   Name   Yr   Pos   Hgt   Hometown
3   Juozas Balciunas   SR   G   6-2   Downers Grove, IL
10   Terrance Lacey   FR   G   6-1   Chicago, IL
15   Nate Hurt          FR   G   5-9   Moline, IL
21   Christian Cantu   SR   G   5-9   Corpus Christi, TX
22   Caleb Jonkman   SR   G   6-4   Gary, IN
23   Josh Olson   SO   G   5-9   Kalamazoo, MI
24   Jalyn Clark   FR   F   6-3   South Holland, IL
30   Aaron Johnson   SR   G   6-1   Holland, MI
32   Ben Brinks   SR   C   6-8   Hudsonville, MI
34   Oleksandr Dolishniy   FR   G   6-4   Willow Springs, IL
35   Zack Austell   SR   F   6-7   Manteno, IL
40   Jared Jonkman   FR   F   6-3   Gary, IN
45   Josh Decker   FR   F   6-6   Palos Heights, IL
50   Nari Garrett   SR   C   6-8   Calumet City, IL
Head Coach: Brandon Nicol
Assistant Coaches: Jeff Jefferson, Christian Perry
                        

[NativeCheesehead]

There should be something like this for every non DI game. Great intersection of promotion and good cause. Whoever came up with this deserves a lot of credit.

[VULB#62]

Even if it is just 50% off a ticket price it would still work.