SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Zach Lambert drained a go-ahead three-pointer with a fraction under 10 seconds remaining to lift Trinity University to a 52-48 victory over Colorado College on Saturday afternoon at Sam's Gymnasium. 

With his team down 50-48 with less than six seconds to go, Ryan Milne nearly put CC back in front, but his long-range jumper from the right wing rattled around the inside of the basket before popping out. TU added a pair of free throws with one second left to close out the scoring.

Trinity, which improved to 13-7 overall and 8-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, opened a two-game lead over both Colorado College and Schreiner University. 

CC trailed 25-16 when William Young sank a pair of free throws 2:22 into the second half, but battled back to take its first lead at 40-38 when Chris Lesnansky converted on two charity tosses with 5:54 to play.

Neither team led by more than two points the rest of the way.

Colorado College went up 48-46 after Russell Clark made a pair of free throws with 1:16 left. After Jonathan Wilt sliced TU's deficit to one, the Tigers ran the shot clock down to the wire before missing a jumper that could have extended the lead to three.

Milne scored all 14 of his points in the second half to fuel the comeback attempt. 

Justin Berardino recorded eight of his 10 points during the first half to keep CC in the contest. He also finished with a game-high nine rebounds.

Clark made four of five shots from the floor and tied his career high with 10 points. 

Robert Kitzinger led TU with 14 points, while Lambert finished with 13.

Colorado College, which slipped to 13-5 overall and 6-3 in the SCAC, can take sole possession of second place when it plays host to Schreiner on Friday, Feb. 7, at Reid Arena.