Trojans pushed, but outlast Bryant and Stratton

It wasn't easy at times for the Triton College men's basketball team March 10 against Bryant and Stratton College (WI) at the Collins Center.

The Trojans nearly lost an 18-point second half lead, but made enough plays down the stretch to hold off a stingy Bobcat squad 74-61.

With the win, No. 12 ranked Triton pushes their win streak to 14 straight games to improve to 16-1 with four games remaining in the regular season.

The Trojans enjoyed a 37-22 halftime lead and built the advantage to 45-27 with 15:30 to play. However, Bryant and Stratton (8-6) would crawl back in the contest.

Triton was up 54-43 midway through the second half. Then the Bobcats went on 9-2 run to cut the Trojan lead to 56-52 with 7:22 to go in the game and force coach Steve Christiansen to call a timeout.

But Triton answered thanks to a couple of clutch shots by Teonta McKeithen. The sophomore out of Ferndale, Mich. connected on back-to-back to three's after the timeout to give the Trojans some separation again at 62-52.

McKeithen paced Triton with 18 points on seven-of-10 shooting from the field. Morgan Taylor (Marist) finished with 15 points and four assists. Kejuan Clements (Simeon) had 12 points and five rebounds. Juwon Carpenter (Nashville, TN) continued to be a rebounding machine with 15 boards.

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