Argos pulls away behind Austin’s big 4th quarter, advances to sectional semis

Hellums leads with 24, Calhoun adds 22; next up: vs. Triton, 6:30 p.m. Friday

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Argos 71, Oregon-Davis 55 (Tuesday): Zhayne Hellums hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points, Mack Calhoun had 22, and Mekhi Austin added 19 for Argos in a win over Oregon-Davis in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at Culver Tuesday.

Argos hit nine 3-pointers as a team and also went 18 for 22 from the foul line.

Argos led 37-28 at halftime before O-D crawled to within 48-44 after three quarters.

Argos pulled away in the fourth quarter behind Austin’s nine points. Hellums and Aiden Samuels also hit 3-pointers in the quarter.

The Dragons beat the Bobcats for the second time in three meetings this season and improved to 4-19. They have also won the last three sectional meetings with O-D.

They also snapped a six-game losing streak that closed out the regular season.

O-D finished 3-20.

Argos will play No. 4 Triton in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Triton knocked off Trinity Academy 64-37 in Tuesday’s other quarterfinal.

Argos lost to Triton 67-23 in their regular season meeting Feb. 5.

OREGON-DAVIS (55) (3-20)

Garland 5 3-3 13, Berg 0 0-0 0, Koch 1 4-6 6, Huff 6 2-2 16, Blackburn 5 0-0 10, Swindon 0 0-0 0, B. Danford 2 0-0 4, Wilson 3 0-0 6, Taylor 0 0-0 0, H. Danford 0 0-0 0, Landrum 0 0-0 0, Glingle 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 22 9-11 55

ARGOS (71) (4-19)

Mekhi Austin 5 6-6 19, Aiden Samuels 1 1-2 4, Zhayne Hellums 9 1-2 24, Angelo McMillen 0 0-0 0, Mack Calhoun 6 10-12 22, Ethan Samuels 1 0-0 2, Jack Jones 0 0-0 0, Emry Stackhouse 0 0-0 0, Cameron Duff 0 0-0 0, Ayden VanDerWeele 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 22 18-22 71

Three-point field goals:

Oregon-Davis 2 (Huff 2),

Argos 9 (Hellums 5, Austin 3, A. Samuels)

Total fouls: Oregon-Davis 24, Argos 12

Fouled out: Garland (O-D), Koch (O-D)

Technical foul: Blackburn (O-D)

Score by quarters

Oregon-Davis 14 14 16 11 – 55

Argos 17 20 11 23 – 71