{"id":2443,"date":"2016-06-06T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/ebuckhor\/?page_id=2443"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:24:29","slug":"basketball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/athletics\/basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/SAjaye2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2534\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2534\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/SAjaye2.jpg\" alt=\"SAjaye2\" width=\"400\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/SAjaye2.jpg 426w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/SAjaye2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>MEN\u2019S BASKETBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trinity\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team, coached by James Cosgrove, finished the season with a 19-8 overall record and at the top of the NESCAC standings with a 9\u20131 league mark.\u00a0The Bantams qualified for the NESCAC Championship Tournament for the 14th time and defeated Colby 71\u201360 in the quarterfinals before falling to Middlebury 70\u201358 in the semifinals.\u00a0Trinity received its ninth NCAA tournament bid, falling 75\u201373 against Johnson and Wales in the first round. Senior captain forward Shay Ajayi was named to the All-NESCAC First Team, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-Northeast District First Team, the D3Hoops.com All-Northeast Region First Team, the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England All-Star Second Team, the DIII News All-American Second Team, and the NABC Division III All-American Third Team.\u00a0Ajayi also was recognized as the NESCAC Player of the Year, while Bantam junior F\/C Ed Ogundeko was the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year and an All-NESCAC Second Team honoree.\u00a0In addition, Ajayi was selected for the Reese\u2019s NABC Division III College All-Star Game played on March 19, prior to the NCAA Division III Finals in Salem, Virginia, and scored 16 points with seven boards to help the East All-Stars to a 129\u2013120 victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S BASKETBALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/MGriffin2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2530\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/MGriffin2.jpg\" alt=\"MGriffin2\" width=\"400\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/MGriffin2.jpg 441w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/files\/2016\/06\/MGriffin2-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Trinity\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team, coached by Wendy Davis, finished the season with a 12\u201311 record and tied Wesleyan for 10th place in the NESCAC with a 1\u20139 league mark. Bantam senior captain center Mackenzie Griffin was named to the ECAC Division III New England All-Star First Team, the All-NESCAC Second Team, and the D3Hoops.com All-Northeast Second Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEN\u2019S BASKETBALL Trinity\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team, coached by James Cosgrove, finished the season with a 19-8 overall record and at the top of the NESCAC standings with a 9\u20131 league mark.\u00a0The Bantams qualified for the NESCAC Championship Tournament for the 14th time and defeated Colby 71\u201360 in the quarterfinals before falling to Middlebury 70\u201358 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":1470,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2443\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}