Calhoun scores 13, but Argos falls to Triton in sectional semis

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Mack Calhoun

Triton 61, Argos 37 (Friday): Mack Calhoun scored 13 points, and Zhayne Hellums added nine, but the Argos boys basketball team dropped a Class 1A, Sectional 51 semifinal to Triton at Culver Friday.

Angelo McMillen hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with six. Mekhi Austin also had six.

Calhoun’s nine-point flurry in the second quarter kept the Argos deficit at 33-22 at halftime. Triton extended the lead to 52-27 after three quarters.

Argos had 28 turnovers as compared to Triton’s six.

Argos finished 4-20. They also lost to Triton 67-23 on Feb. 5 in their regular season meeting.

Jayden Overmyer scored 22 points, and Brady Wood had 14 for Triton.

The Trojans improved to 21-3. They went on to beat South Central (Union Mills) 60-28 on Saturday to win their second straight sectional title.

TRITON (61) (21-3)

Patrick 2 2-2 6, Julian Swanson 2 0-0 5, Overmyer 11 0-0 22, Riffle 3 1-2 8, Wood 5 1-2 14, Hensley 1 0-0 3, Jamison Swanson 1 0-0 2, Quintana 0 1-2 1, Arnett 0 0-0 0, McFarland 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Large 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 25 5-8 61

ARGOS (37) (4-20)

Mekhi Austin 2 2-2 6, Aiden Samuels 1 0-0 3, Zhayne Hellums 3 2-4 9, Angelo McMillen 2 0-0 6, Mack Calhoun 6 1-1 13, Ethan Samuels 0 0-0 0, 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: 14 5-7 37

Three-point field goals:

Triton 6 (Wood 3, Hensley, Julian Swanson, Riffle),

Argos 4 (McMillen 2, A. Samuels, Hellums)

Total fouls: Triton 11, Argos 6

Turnovers: Triton 6, Argos 28

Score by quarters

Triton 18 15 19 9 – 61

Argos 9 13 5 10 – 37