Caston boys basketball roundup: L. Mollenkopf scores 26, Hook 21 as Comets beat Oracles

L. Mollenkopf scores 24 in home win over Culver

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Caston 66, Delphi 53 (Saturday): Logan Mollenkopf scored nine of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter, and Lane Hook added 21 for the visiting Comets in a win over Delphi Saturday.

Carson Harness added seven, and Gavin Mollenkopof had six.

Caston hit nine 3-pointers as compared to Delphi’s five. Caston also outscored the Oracles 9-4 from the foul line.

Caston jumped out to a 20-7 lead after one quarter. They snapped Delphi’s four-game winning streak.

The teams have split their last four meetings.

CASTON (66) (8-2)

Reed Sommers 1 1-2 4, Carson Harness 2 1-2 7, Logan Mollenkopf 11 1-3 26, Gavin Mollenkopf 2 2-2 6, Lane Hook 7 4-8 21, Drew McGrew 0 0-0 0, Owen Chapman 1 0-0 2, Geoffrey Foster 0 0-0 0, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Kaemen Lee 0 0-0 0, Remley 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 24 9-17 66

DELPHI (53) (7-4)

Wood 0 0-0 0, McAtee 5 0-0 12, Bernhardt 0 0-0 0, Tessier 2 0-0 5, L. Smith 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, Brown 6 1-2 14, M. Smith 0 0-0 0, Coghill 5 0-0 11, Long 0 0-0 0, Pulver 3 3-4 9

TEAM: 22 4-6 53

Three-point field goals:

Caston 9 (Hook 3, L. Mollenkopf 3, Harness 2, Sommers),

Delphi 5 (McAtee 2, Tessier, Brown, Coghill)

Total fouls: Caston 9, Delphi 16

Fouled out: Pulver (DEL)

Turnovers: Caston 10, Delphi 10

Score by quarters

Caston 20 13 17 16 – 66

Delphi 7 11 18 17 – 53\

Caston 52, Culver 28 (Friday): Logan Mollenkopf scored 24 points, and Lane Hook added 11, all in the first half, as the host Comets coasted past Culver to improve to 2-0 in the Hoosier North Friday.

Owen Chapman added six points, and Carson Harness had five for Caston, who jumped out to a 15-2 lead after one quarter and extended it to 27-9 at halftime.

Caleb McCuen scored 13 points for the Cavaliers (2-7, 0-3 Hoosier North).

The 28 points allowed were a season low for the Caston defense.

Caston beat Culver for the eighth consecutive year.

CULVER (28) (2-7, 0-3)

Braylon Jackson 1 1-2 3, Caleb McCuen 5 2-5 13, John Carr 2 0-3 5, Jonas McCuen 0 1-2 1, Drake Zorich 0 2-4 2, Kolton Howard 1 2-2 4, Jordan Green 0 0-0 0, Skyler Greer 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 8-18 28

CASTON (52) (7-2, 2-0)

Reed Sommers 0 2-2 2, Carson Harness 2 0-0 5, Logan Mollenkopf 10 2-2 24, Gavin Mollenkopf 1 0-0 2, Lane Hook 4 2-5 11, Drew McGrew 0 0-0 0, Owen Chapman 1 3-4 6, Geoffrey Foster 0 0-0 0, Gage Thomas 0 0-0 0, Tucker Woolever 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 19 9-13 52

Three-point field goals:

Culver 2 (C. McCuen, Carr),

Caston 5 (L. Mollenkopf 2, Hook, Chapman, Harness)

Total fouls: Culver 18, Caston 17

Turnovers: Culver 19, Caston 15

Score by quarters

Culver 2 7 7 12 – 28

Caston 15 12 16 9 – 52