Osawatomie finishes fourth in Kansas 4A Division II

Trinity Academy’s boys didn’t have a basket for the first 3 minutes, 35 seconds of the fourth quarter against Osawatomie on Saturday, which was both notable and irrelevant.

The Knights didn’t score for the final 74 seconds of the third quarter, either, so their drought lasted nearly five minutes.

By then, though, Trinity had already built a big lead, and a few minutes with few points — the Knights had three free throws in that stretch — didn’t make a difference. Trinity surged through the first three quarters to win 77-58 and capture third place in class 4A Division II basketball at Hartman Arena.

Trinity scored 47 points in the first half, got double-figure scoring from three players and made 26 of 51 shots. The Knights had one period of more than two minutes without a basket during the first three quarters.

“It’s always a benefit to be able to score outside and shoot the three,” Trinity coach Steve Miller said. “But then we’ve got Tyler Burns and Alex Carro and Jacob Johnson who can slash to the middle, Matt Jones on the perimeter, and even Mitchell List can go inside-outside.”

Trinity led 47-31 at halftime thanks to greater-than-usual contributions from players not usually the offense’s focal point. Johnson scored eight straight points in the second quarter, including two three-point plays, and Garrett Kuntz scored eight in the first with a pair of three-pointers.

Jones led all scorers with 26 points for Trinity, Carro scored 19 and Johnson had 13.

This story was originally published March 14, 2015 at 8:00 PM with the headline "Osawatomie finishes fourth in Kansas 4A Division II."