{"id":3655,"date":"2026-11-12T19:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T00:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2026-11-12T19:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T00:53:08","slug":"atlantis-holds-off-trinitys-second-half-rally-for-79-72-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/2026\/11\/12\/atlantis-holds-off-trinitys-second-half-rally-for-79-72-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantis Holds Off Trinity&#8217;s Second-Half Rally for 79-72 Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.<\/strong> \u2014 Atlantis University built a commanding first-half lead and survived a furious second-half comeback by Trinity College of Florida to claim a 79-72 men&#8217;s college basketball victory Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Atlanteans dominated the opening half, outscoring the Tigers 43-19 to take a 24-point advantage into intermission. Trinity responded with 53 second-half points, cutting into the deficit, but Atlantis held on for the seven-point victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ornie Brooks and Stewart Clough scored 17 points apiece to lead Atlantis (2-3). Brooks added six steals and four assists, while Clough grabbed seven rebounds and collected three steals. Galen Waters contributed 15 points, including three 3-pointers, and Tyric Francois added nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brighton Kalizi led Trinity with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Donald Nunnery and Thomas Dayer scored 17 apiece, with Nunnery connecting on five 3-pointers. David Larkins added 10 points and six assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atlantis shot 42.6% from the field compared with Trinity&#8217;s 38.9%. The Atlanteans also recorded 16 steals in the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image courtesy TCF Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. \u2014 Atlantis University built a commanding first-half lead and survived a furious second-half comeback by Trinity College of Florida to claim a 79-72 men&#8217;s college basketball victory Wednesday night. The Atlanteans dominated the opening half, outscoring the Tigers 43-19 to take a 24-point advantage into intermission. Trinity responded with 53 second-half [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3659,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3655\/revisions\/3659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/mbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}