WASHINGTON — Christian Koroly jogged toward the Trinity bench and yelled,
“Coach!”
Stan Noszka, still slumped in his chair following another
drive to the hoop by
“They’re beating us to the hoop,” Koroly said Noszka. “We
need to make them shoot.”
That was easier said than done Friday night as
It was the second victory in as many days for the Golden
Tornado and it came in convincing fashion.
“I’d say tonight was probably our best 32-minute effort
overall,” said
It was by far
Arum Krause cut through the lane and to the rim for 14
points. Seth Cook, a 6-foot-3 senior forward, added 13 points in the paint and
grabbed a handful of key rebounds and Mark Gross, a 6-2 forward who plays
bigger than his size, came off the bench to score 11.
More than half of the Tornado’s points came inside.
“I hope this tournament will be a coming-out party for Arum
Krause,” Clement said. “He had two really good games the last two nights and
took the ball to the hoop.”
But the Golden Tornado asserted itself in the second quarter,
outscoring the Hillers 17-4 to take a 10-point lead at the half.
The bench keyed the quarter as Nick Patten, Gross and Shea
Stobert scored nine of those points.
The deep bench is something Clement already has relied upon
this season.
“I believe in all 16 we have dressed,” Clement said. “And all
have already seen meaningful minutes this year.”
The reserves may take on an even bigger role with the loss of
6-5 senior Seth Horwat, who broke his thumb in the win Thursday night against
Canon-McMillan.
“Losing Horwat to a thumb injury is a big blow for us,”
Clement said. “He’s someone we can count on. He’s started almost every game
this year. That hurts us.”
Horwat is likely to be out for much of, if not the entire,
season.
The Hillers, though, never got as close eight.
“I thought the defensive intensity (was there) — they didn’t
get any easy shots off,” Clement said. “(Koroly) is a really good player, one
of the best I’ve seen on tape this year and he worked (for every point).”
“I told the guys we had four games to get ready for the
grind,” Clement said. “The biggest win was the Pine-Richland one because it was
a section game. Then we probably couldn’t have played a worse game against
Kiski. But to come off that Kiski game and come in here tonight — that’s a very
good win for us.”
BUTLER 60
Dom Pusateri 3-7 0-1 7, Seth Cook 6-10 1-1 13, Keenan Krause
1-3 1-2 3, Arum Krause 5-7 4-6 14, Luke Hartung 2-5 2-2 6, Nick Patten 1-1 0-0
3, Mark Gross 4-5 3-6 11, Luke Tincha 0-1 0-0 0, Shea Stobert 1-1 0-0 2.
Totals: 23-40 12-19 60.
TRINITY 51
Christian Koroly 6-13 7-8 20, Corey Hunsberger 2-12 5-7 9,
Jared Deep 4-9 0-1 8, Berton Miller 2-9 1-2 5, Steve Vorum 1-3 0-0 2, Nick
Moretti 3-5 0-0 7, Brandon McGavit 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-51 13-18 51.
Trinity13 4 17 17—51
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