NATCHEZ — Huntington School has fallen victim to both low and high pressure in the past 24 hours.

Low water pressure forced its game with Trinity Episcopal to be moved from Huntington to Trinity Tuesday night, and the school remains closed today because of it.

However, it was high pressure from Trinity’s defense that was Huntington’s undoing in the game, as the Hounds fell to the Saints in a lopsided 83-35 matchup.

Huntington head coach Edwin White said Trinity’s full court press gave the Hounds all sorts of fits in the blowout loss.

“Turnovers were the big problem for us tonight,” White said. “They did a full-court press that made it difficult to get the ball across half court, and we kept turning the ball over.

“We just have problems handling pressure. We won’t be able to improve as a team until we begin to handle pressure well.”

Trinity head coach David King said the press his team runs has several different looks, and that they still have certain things to work on in that regard.

“We have about five different presses that we run,” King said. “I think we run man-to-man press better than we do zone press. We just try to disguise what they’re doing and keep them guessing.”

With another win under Trinity’s belt, King said he’s happy with how his boys have adjusted their minds to basketball season.

“We just had outstanding team play tonight. We’ve finally put football behind us and are fully focused on basketball.

“I know it’s even harder for me to move from football to basketball, because I coach both sports. It usually takes one solid month to get football out of even our better athletes. We’re finally at the point where we’re getting all of that behind us.”

Trinity led 51-27 at the half and didn’t let up. When David Strahan scored a 2-point basket to put the Saints up 67-33, the 35-point “mercy rule” was put into effect, and the clock ran the rest of the game uninterrupted.

Trinity was led in scoring by Givonni Dent, who finished with 28 points. R.J. Fleming added 16 points, and Kent King had 14.

Huntington’s Jess Dossett finished with 12 points and was the only double-digit scorer for the Hounds.

In addition to difficulties handling the press, White said foul trouble played a big role in his team’s loss.

“Foul trouble was a big problem for us,” White said. “Kevin Brown had three or four fouls going into the half, and ended up fouling out.”

Trinity also suffered a loss during the game, one that might be longer-lasting.

“Brandon (Daggs) went down with a knee injury in the first half,” King said. “That could be a tough loss, because he was just starting to get used to playing with the brace. We hope he’s OK.”

High scoring will have to continue being a part of Trinity’s game if the Saints are to do well the rest of the season, King said.

“We will have to be an up-tempo, unselfish team. In order to accomplish our goals, we’re going to have to score in the 70s or 80s. We can’t afford to slow this thing down.”