Pugh scores 12, but Caston drops to 1-3 in Hoosier North

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Triton 43, Caston 34 (Feb. 4): Colby Pugh hit a pair of three-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored a team-high 12 points, and Cain Schanlaub scored all eight of his points in the second half, but the Caston boys basketball team dropped a Hoosier North road game to Triton at the Trojan Trench on Feb. 4.

Caston fell to 6-10 overall and 1-3 in the Hoosier North. Triton improved to 9-7, 4-1.

Cole Shively scored 12 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter for Triton. The game was tied at halftime. Triton led 24-22 going into the fourth quarter.

Caston hit five 3-pointers, but Triton outscored Caston 19-1 from the foul line.

This was the teams’ first meeting at the Trojan Trench since Triton beat Caston in two overtimes in a 2021 Class 1A regional semifinal.

CASTON (34) (6-10, 1-3)

Rowan Jellison 2 0-0 5, Talon Zeider 2 0-0 5, Caleb Stinson 1 0-0 3, Colby Pugh 5 0-1 12, Cain Schanlaub 4 0-0 8, Brady Evans 0 0-0 0, Evan Howard 0 0-0 0, Grant Yadon 0 1-2 1, Jackson Rentschler 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 1-3 34

TRITON (43) (9-7, 4-1)

Workman 1 6-8 10, Briles 0 1-2 1, Shively 7 9-14 23, Pitney 2 2-2 6, Schuh 2 0-1 4, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Riffle 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 19-27 43

Three-point field goals:

Caston 5 (Pugh 2, Jellison, Zeider, Stinson),

Triton 0

Total fouls: Caston 19, Triton 9

Fouled out: Howard (CAS)

Score by quarters

Caston 8 4 10 12 – 34

Triton 6 6 12 19 – 43