ANGOLA, Ind. – The Spalding men's basketball team suffered a loss to Trine, 93-55, in the opener of the St. Andrews Products Classic.

THE BASICS
THE SCORE: Trine 93 – Spalding 55
LOCATION: MTI Center | Angola, Ind.    
RECORDS: Spalding 3-7 | Trine 3-7

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Golden Eagles trailed in the game from start to finish. The Thunder jumped out to a 6-0 lead, led by seven midway through the first half and rolled to 45-24 lead at halftime. The Golden Eagles used a 4-0 spurt to begin the second half to get within 17 points, but Trine used a 5-0 run to push the margin back to 22 and pulled away the remainder of the game.  
 
- Freshman Troy Amanor led the Golden Eagles offense scoring a career-high 17 points. Marcus Montgomery was the only other SU player to finish in double-figures adding 14 points.

FOR THE FOES
- Myles Copeland paced the Thunder scoring 23 points, Pete Smith scored 18 points going 6-of-7 from beyond the arc and Trey Helinski added 11 points.
 
UP NEXT
- The Golden Eagles close out the weekend Saturday at 3 pm EST against the Adrian Bulldogs.