Barcus’ big 4th quarter helps Argos squash Pioneer win streak

Bollenbacher adds 15

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Morgyn Barcus Ellie Bollenbacher

Girls basketball

Argos 40, Pioneer 35 (Saturday): Morgyn Barcus scored 11 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter, and Ellie Bollenbacher added 15 for the visiting Lady Dragons as they stopped Pioneer’s nine-game winning streak at The Cage Saturday.

Leah Pizzuto added seven for Argos, who improved to 6-13 overall and finished Hoosier North play 2-6. The win was Argos’ first over a team with a winning record.

Makenna Strycker scored a game-high 19 for Pioneer (10-8, 3-3). Strycker scored 15 of Pioneer’s 17 points in the second half.

Pioneer led 18-16 at halftime, but Argos took a 27-22 lead going into the fourth quarter.

ARGOS (40) (6-13, 2-6)

Leah Pizzuto 3 0-0 7, Lexi Gibson 0 0-0 0, Mak Smith 0 1-3 1, Haley Shafer 0 0-0 0, Ellie Bollenbacher 6 3-8 15, Alydiah Leed 0 1-4 1, Morgyn Barcus 3 9-10 16

TEAM: 12 14-25 40

PIONEER (37) (10-8, 3-3)

Makenna Strycker 4 11-14 19, Mia McKaig 0 4-6 4, Julia McGrew 0 0-0 0, Kynzie Hathaway 2 1-2 5, Hannah Zeigler 0 1-2 1, Avery Haselby 2 0-0 6, Michelle Harding 0 0-0 0, Leah Zeigler 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 8 17-24 35

Three-point field goals:

Argos 2 (Pizzuto, Barcus),

Pioneer 2 (Haselby 2)

Total fouls: Argos 20, Pioneer 20

Score by quarters

Argos 8 8 11 13 – 40

Pioneer 6 12 4 13 – 35

Oregon-Davis 58, Argos 44 (Thursday):

Ellie Bollenbacher poured in 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Alydiah Leed added 13 for the Lady Dragons in a Hoosier North road loss to O-D Thursday.

Leed made all three of Argos’ 3-pointers.

Trinity Vaszari scored 16 points, Gabriella Kraise had 15, and Sarah Thompson had 11 for O-D.

O-D led 25-4 after one quarter and extended the lead to 39-15 at halftime.

O-D made more free throws (11) than Argos attempted (8).

ARGOS (44) (5-13, 1-6)

Alydiah Leed 5 0-0 13, Leah Pizzuto 0 0-0 0, Morgyn Barcus 1 0-0 2, Lexi Gibson 2 2-3 6, Ellie Bollenbacher 10 3-5 23, Mak Smith 0 0-0 0, Haley Shafer 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 5-8 44

OREGON-DAVIS (58) (9-7, 2-5)

Vaszari 4 4-5 16, Krause 6 3-5 15, Zelaya 0 0-0 0, Laster 3 1-1 7, Thompson 4 3-5 11, Young 2 0-0 4, MacMillan 2 0-3 5

TEAM: 21 11-19 58

Three-point field goals:

Argos 3 (Leed 3),

Oregon-Davis 5 (Vaszari 4, MacMillan)

Total fouls: Argos 19, Oregon-Davis 14

Turnovers: Argos 19, Oregon-Davis 20

Score by quarters

Argos 4 11 10 19 – 44

Oregon-Davis 25 14 13 6 – 58