Shuman scores 31, but Cavaliers fall to South Bend Career Academy

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

South Bend Career Academy 56, Culver 46 (Wednesday): Shane Shuman scored 31

points, but Culver fell to South Bend Career Academy in a Hebron Holiday Tournament semifinal Wednesday.

Emiliano Ortiz added nine points, David Hite had three, Oliver Morgan had two, and Ethan Keller had one.

Culver trimmed into South Bend Career Academy’s four-point halftime lead and got within 36-34 going into the fourth quarter before the Trailblazers pulled away.

The loss snapped Culver’s four-game winning streak. Culver (5-3) will play Hebron, a 48-45 loser to Tri-County in the other semifinal, in the third-place game at 6:30 p.m. Eastern tonight.