NATCHEZ &8212; The game films on Copiah Academy aren&8217;t what get Trinity Episcopal head coach David King&8217;s attention the most.

It&8217;s one stat column. The points given up total.

Copiah enters the Class AA playoffs after finishing the regular season with only 90 points allowed through 10 games. The Colonels have allowed only 16 points the last four weeks, posted consecutive shutouts, have given up 10 or more points twice and had East Rankin rack up the most points on them of any team.

East Rankin scored only 13.

Now with the playoffs starting and the Colonels off last week, the Saints will try to find a way to move the ball on a team that hasn&8217;t let many people do it this season. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. in Gallman.

&8220;That&8217;s just wild,&8221; King said. &8220;It&8217;s mind-boggling, especially with some of the teams they&8217;ve played. They&8217;re very, very good defensively. They want to win on defense. They want to win 14-0 or 14-7, control the line of scrimmage and control the clock. They want to beat you 14-0 and go about their business.&8221;

It&8217;s a matchup of a team that&8217;s relied on its offense in recent weeks against a team that&8217;s done just the opposite. The Saints, the surprise runner-up out of District 4, are left with the task of trying to come up with something to move the ball on the Colonels both with or without Stevan Ridley.

The key is to diversify as the Saints did in their three-game winning streak prior to last week&8217;s loss at Oak Forest. But against Copiah, it may take a little more than that.

&8220;They&8217;re so fast on defense,&8221; King said. &8220;They&8217;ve got some really good, skilled athletes. Their linebackers are as good as I&8217;ve seen in private schools since I&8217;ve been here. There are just no weaknesses in the defense.&8221;

The Saints were solid offensively in three games heading up to the Oak Forest before the wheels came off early en route to a 45-19 loss on the road. The Saints turned the ball over three times in the first quarter and were quickly looking up at a 34-0 deficit at halftime.

Turnovers could have the same effect Friday night against the Colonels, only maybe not the huge deficit. The Colonels may just hold on to it.

&8220;Everything that went wrong &8212; I&8217;m not a big statistics guy, but I think if I&8217;m correct we played the last four ball games and had one turnover,&8221; King said. &8220;I don&8217;t remember. I don&8217;t look at those stats as much as I probably should have. We turned around and had three in the first quarter. We spotted them 20-0, and we never really had a chance.&8221;

Since then it&8217;s been a time to regroup for Trinity, who came away from the game a bit banged up. Kyle Dunaway has a sore knee, Mark Harveston suffered a concussion, Taylor Fleming remains out with a MCL strain and Blaine Misita is still playing on a leg that hasn&8217;t completely healed after breaking it in the Amite game.

The Saints may also have the support of Kyle Ketchings, who underwent ACL surgery Tuesday and may attend the game.

&8220;The last couple of days we&8217;ve had good practices, and we&8217;re banged up,&8221; King said. &8220;But we&8217;re not using that as an excuse. That can bring your morale down if you let it, but we lined up today and put some new wrinkles in. We run a lot of things people don&8217;t see. We&8217;re surely not going to be hard-headed and try to run the ball right at them.&8221;