Caston nails 11 treys in win over Lakeland Christian

Evans scores career-high 16, leads 4 in double figures

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Josh Evans

Caston 66, Lakeland Christian 25 (Nov. 21): Josh Evans hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 16 points to lead four players in double figures as the Comets started the season with a road rout of Lakeland Christian on Nov. 21.

Talon Zeider hit two 3s and scored 12, and Caleb Stinson and freshman Lane Hook added 10 each.

As a team, Caston hit 11 3-pointers. They also made as many free throws as Lakeland Christian attempted (nine). Nine different Caston players scored.

Caston led 35-17 at halftime and extended the lead to 53-22 after three quarters.

Caston had lost their previous three season openers.

Micah Martin scored a game-high 21 points for Lakeland Christian.

CASTON (66) (1-0)

Carter Clingler 1 0-0 2, Talon Zeider 5 0-0 12, Caleb Stinson 4 2-2 10, Lane Hook 4 0-0 10, Grant Yadon 0 0-0 0, Corbin Smith 1 0-0 2, Gavin Mollenkopf 1 2-2 5, Alex Craig 1 1-2 4, Josh Evans 4 4-6 16, Max Sommers 2 0-0 5, Reed Sommers 0 0-0 0, Carson Harness 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 23 9-12 66

LAKELAND CHRISTIAN (25) (0-1)

Martin 8 2-2 21, Zielasko 0 0-0 0, Gause 0 0-0 0, Rice 1 2-5 4, Groff 0 0-2 0, Shepherd 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Moneyheffer 0 0-0 0, Stahl 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 4-9 25

Three-point field goals:

Caston 11 (Evans 4, Hook 2, Zeider 2, Mollenkopf, Craig, M. Sommers),

Lakeland Christian 3 (Martin 3)

Total fouls: Caston 16, Lakeland Christian 13

Score by quarters

Caston 18 17 18 13 – 66

Lakeland Christian 10 7 5 3 – 25