Holy Trinity Drops Chicago Prep Contest to Hope Academy

Hope Academy 58, Holy Trinity 51:
Despite a frantic fourth quarter rally which saw a Hope Academy’s 10-point lead dissolve to 1 with only 40 seconds to play, the host Tigers of Holy Trinity (11-4 overall and now 2-2 in the Chicago Prep Red Division) came no closer, as the visiting Eagles (8-7 overall and 4-0 CPC) prevailed in the
end to post a 58 to 51 conference victory. <br>
The Eagles moved out to a 12 to 8 first quarter lead on the strength of Journey Fleming (9 points overall and 5 of 6 from the free throw line), while Holy Trinity featured their top scorer Marlon Gaston who finished with 14 points and 6 rebounds for the night. <br>
By the half, Hope had moved to a 28 to 19 advantage and seemed to have the contest in hand with Troy Johnson posting 9 of his overall 15 points for the game coming in the second stanza to help secure the Eagles lead. <br>
But Holy Trinity would not go away. <br>
Slowly but surely the Tigers fought their way back as Adrian Santiago scored 9 of his game total 13 points in the third quarter and teammate Christian Camarillo sparked the 4th quarter for HT with nine points of his own before fouling out with about a minute left to play. <br>
In the end, the Tigers were unable to garner consistent free throw success, hitting only 15-of-30 on the night from the charity stripe. <br>
Hope’s Malcolm Sellers was the other double-figure contributor for the Eagles, posting 14 points. <br>
Other then Camarillo’s & Santiago’s 13 points apiece and Gaston’s totals, center Justin Robinson was held to just 7 points and 6 rebounds in the game. Somewhat under his season average. <br>
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Next up for Holy Trinity is a non-conference match-up versus Lisle this Saturday January 16th at Holy Trinity. Tip-off is set for 7pm. <br>
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BOX SCORE: <br>
Hope Academy: 12 - 16 - 17 - 13 = 58 <br>
Holy Trinity: 8 - 11 - 15 - 17 = 51 <br>
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Hope Academy: Javion May 1 1-3 3; Journey Fleming 2 5-6 9; Malcolm Sellers 6 2-2 14; Ramon Sheppard 0 0-0 0;
Troy Johnson 4 6-8 15; Jordan Doss 2 1-2 5; Justin Rodriguez 0 0-0 0; Yigit Erkek 2 0-0 4;
Dexter Spencer 2 0-2 4; Javari McClendon 0 0-0 0; Jeremy Davis 1 0-0 2; Ajani Parker 1 0-0 2;
TOTALS: 21 15-23 58. 3fgm Johnson (1). <br>
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Holy Trinity: Christian Camarillo 4 5-5 13; Marlon Gaston 3 8-12 14; Justin Robins 3 1-8 7;
Ebeneezer Neequaye 0 0-0 0; Christian Trejo 0 1-2 1; Adrian Santiago 6 0-0 13; Michael Rodriguez 1 0-3 3;
Tyronne Carson 0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 17 15-30 51. 3fgm one each for Santiago & Rodriguez.
fouled out: Camarillo. <br>
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Sophomore score: Hope Ac. 61, Holy Trinity 42. Leading scorers: Hope Academy: McClendon 20 points; Holy Trinity: Christian Trejo 21 points. <br>
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GIRLS NOTE: HT Lady Tigers traveled to St. Francis de Sales for a Girls

Catholic Athletic Conference Blue Division game and won 35 to 21 versus the host Pioneers. <br>
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from HT Athletics posted at 10:42 PM 1/14/2016.