Paschen scores 11 off bench, but Caston falls to Triton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Triton 56, Caston 37 (Saturday): Reserve Jake Paschen hit three 3-pointers in the first half and scored a team-high 11 points, but the Comets suffered a Hoosier North road loss to Triton Saturday.

Joey Spin and Cam Kline added six points each, and Kade Zeider had five for Caston (6-10, 2-3), who were eliminated from conference title contention.

Ashton Oviedo scored 24 points, Tyson Yates had 17, and Cole McKinney had 10 for the Trojans (11-3, 5-0 Hoosier North).

Triton led 37-21 at halftime.

CASTON (37) (6-10, 2-3)

Joey Spin 2 2-2 6, Kade Zeider 2 0-0 5, Bryce Rudicel 1 0-0 2, Jessie Rock-Wolf 0 0-2 0, Sam Smith 1 0-4 2, Cam Kline 2 0-0 6, Coldy Pugh 0 1-2 1, Kobi Martindale 1 0-0 2, Jake Paschen 3 2-2 11, Carter See 0 2-2 2, Evan Howard 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 7-14 37

TRITON (56) (11-3, 5-0)

McKinney 4 2-2 10, Oviedo 10 0-0 24, Gardner 1 1-2 3, Yates 7 3-4 17, Johnson 0 0-0 0, McIntyre 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Cole Shively 0 0-0 0, C. Westafer 0 0-0 0, Large 0 0-0 0, K. Westafer 1 0-0 2, Cameron Shively 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 23 6-8 56

Three-point field goals:

Caston 6 (Paschen 3, Kline 2, Zeider),

Triton 4 (Oviedo 4)

Total fouls: Caston 11, Triton 13

Score by quarters

Caston 12 9 9 7 – 37

Triton 21 16 15 4 – 56

Caston at North White, ppd.: The Caston-North White boys basketball game scheduled for Thursday was postponed due to inclement weather. No makeup date has been set.