Trailing at halftime, Culver comes back to beat Trinity Greenlawn behind Shuman, Ortiz

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Shane Shuman

Culver 42, Trinity Greenlawn 27 (Tuesday): Shane Shuman scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Emiliano Ortiz hit three 3-pointers and added 13 for Culver in a win over Trinity Greenlawn in a Class 1A, Sectional 50 quarterfinal at Triton Tuesday.

Ethan Keller added six points, all on free throws, for the Cavaliers, who improved to 11-12.

Culver outscored Trinity Greenlawn 15-4 from the foul line and had a 29-23 rebounding advantage. Culver committed just five turnovers.

Culver will next play Oregon-Davis, who received a bye, in the semifinals. Culver has already beaten O-D twice this season.

Gabe Hunsberger and Ted Skendzel had seven points each for Trinity Greenlawn, who finished 6-17. The Titans are 0-2 all-time in state tournament games.

Emiliano Ortiz

Trinity Greenlawn held Culver to four points in the second quarter and led 15-13 at halftime. Culver came back to lead 25-22 after three quarters.

TRINITY GREENLAWN (27) (6-17)

Rose 1 0-0 3, N. Skendzel 1 2-2 5, T. Skendzel 2 1-3 7, Trumble 1 0-0 2, Hunsberger 3 1-2 7, Kelly 0 0-0 0, Roeder 1 1-4 3, Loughran 0 0-0 0, Busk 0 0-0 0, Heintzelman 0 0-0 0, Gatuna 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 4-7 27

CULVER (42) (11-12)

David Hite 0 3-4 4, Emiliano Ortiz 5 0-0 13, Oliver Morgan 1 0-0 2, Joey Pizur 0 0-4 0, Shane Shuman 6 4-9 16, Ethan Keller 0 6-6 6, Logan Caudill 0 1-2 1, Jonas McCuen 0 1-2 1, Caleb McCuen 0 0-0 0, Adam Peterson 0 0-0 0, Ethan Binion 0 0-0 0, James Salyer 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 15-27 42

Three-point field goals:

Trinity Greenlawn 5 (T. Skendzel 2, Roeder, Rose, N. Skendzel),

Culver 3 (Ortiz 3)

Total fouls: Trinity Greenlawn 19, Culver 10

Fouled out: Hunsberger (TG)

Turnovers: Trinity Greenlawn 17, Culver 5

Score by quarters

Trinity Greenlawn 9 6 7 5 – 27

Culver 9 4 12 17 – 42