Hartford, CT.- Villa Julie traveled to face the Trinity College Bantams.  The game opened up with back and forth shooting by both teams.  Trinity took the lead by seven points at the 14 minute mark.  Elysian Richardson (Hartford , CT / Suffield Academy ) started a scoring run, in his hometown, for the Mustangs with a lay-up followed by a dunk and another lay-up at 8:20 to tie the game at 17-17. 

With only 3:50 left in the half Trinity hit a lay-up to tie the game at 22-22.   Villa responded with foul shots by Anatoly Smolkin (Pikesville , MD / Pikesville) and a free throw by Chris Warren (Largo ,MD/ Bishop McNamara).  With 2:00 remaining Phillip Williams (District Heights , MD / Bishop McNamara) hit two three-pointers in a row.  Trinity answered with a series of free throws and lay-ups to gain the lead 33-30 with 45 seconds to go. 

Warren hit a crucial three-point shot with 25 seconds left in the half to tie the game 33-33.  Trinity's Russ Martin sunk a lay-up at the buzzer to give the Bantams the lead, 35-33, at the half.

Trinity opened up with second half by scoring six quick points only to be stopped by a three-point shot from Chris Warren.   Trinity then went on a scoring run until Steve Segears (Lanham , MD / St. Johns College HS) hit a lay-up followed by the extra point to close the gap 56-51 at 13:34, which is the closest the Mustangs got to the Bantams for the rest of the game.  At 7:56, Jason Lambert (Bloomfield , CT / Kingswood-Oxford) interrupted Trinity's control of the game by sinking a free-throw and a three-pointer back-to-back. 

Trinity closed the game with one out of the three dunks they had for the half.  The final score was 93-74.  Top scorers for the Mustangs were Segears with 15 points, followed by Williams and Lambert both with 14 points. 

With the loss the Mustangs fall 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the NEAC.  Villa is now preparing to host the Legg Mason Tournament January 6-7.  Their first game is against Lebanon Valley at 6:00 pm.