‘Red’ hot: Argos guard returns from injury, hits 5 treys in win over Career Academy

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Argos 73, South Bend Career Academy 11 (Dec. 15): Samantha Redinger returned from a five-week absence due to a broken wrist and scored a career-high 26 points for the host Lady Dragons in a rout of South Bend Career Academy at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Dec. 15.

Bella Stults added 13 points, and Baleigh Binkley and Emma Dunlap had 12 points each.

Redinger hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points in the second quarter alone. She helped Argos to a 47-3 advantage at halftime.

Defensively, Argos held South Bend Career Academy scoreless in the first quarter.

Argos is 5-5, 2-0 Hoosier Plains. They have won their two conference games by an average margin of 54.5 points per game.

SOUTH BEND CAREER ACADEMY (11) (5-7, 0-4)

Mudaliar 0 0-2 0, Hyde 1 0-0 2, Terrell 2 0-0 6, Cooper 0 0-0 0, Brew 1 0-0 3, Martin 0 0-0 0, Fox 0 0-0 0, Horston 0 0-0 0, Sallie 0 0-0 0, Bishop 0 0-0 0, Bird 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 4 0-2 11

ARGOS (73) (5-5, 2-0)

Baleigh Binkley 5 2-2 12, Emma Dunlap 4 1-2 12, Morgyn Barcus 1 0-0 2, Ava Stackhouse 1 0-0 2, Bella Stults 6 1-1 13, Samantha Redinger 10 1-2 26, Aleasia Sarver 1 0-2 2, Ellie Bollenbacher 1 2-4 4, Alyvia Leed 0 0-0 0, Alysa Bowering 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 29 7-13 73

Three-point field goals:

South Bend Career Academy 3 (Terrell 2, Brew),

Argos 8 (Redinger 5, Dunlap 3)

Total fouls: South Bend Career Academy 8, Argos 8

Turnovers: South Bend Career Academy 8, Argos 10

Score by quarters

SB Career Academy 0 3 3 5 – 11

Argos 23 24 14 12 – 73

Argos at Elkhart Christian, ppd.: The Argos-Elkhart Christian girls basketball game scheduled for Dec. 17 was postponed due to Jan. 9. Varsity start time is 7 p.m. at Elkhart Christian.

No reason was given for the postponement.