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Loss to Plymouth follows Kindig’s first win over Bethany
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys basketball
North Miami 67, Argos 63 (Wednesday): Luke Stults and Mack Calhoun had 15 points each to lead four players in double figures, but North Miami held off the host Dragons to earn the win at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Wednesday.
Zhayne Hellums added 12, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and Mekhi Austin had 10.
Calhoun’s 15 were a career high.
Jake Riley scored 43 for North Miami, including 17 in the third quarter. He also had nine of the Warriors’ 14 points in the fourth quarter.
North Miami led 30-22 at halftime and extended the lead to 53-38 after three quarters before Argos rallied in the fourth.
Argos dropped to 1-9.
NORTH MIAMI (67) (5-6, 3-2)
Deardorff 1 0-0 2, Musall 1 3-4 6, Riley 18 4-4 43, Wright 0 1-2 1, Meredith 3 1-4 7, Clingaman 3 2-2 8, Pickett 0 0-0 0, Norman 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 26 11-16 67
ARGOS (63) (1-9, 0-3)
Kenyan Beldon 1 2-2 5, Mekhi Austin 4 1-3 10, Zhayne Hellums 5 0-0 12, Mack Calhoun 6 2-2 15, Luke Stults 7 1-1 15, Preston Mollette 1 1-1 3, Obe Salary 1 1-1 3
TEAM: 25 8-10 63
Three-point field goals:
North Miami 4 (Riley 3, Musall),
Argos 5 (Hellums 2, Beldon, Austin, Calhoun)
Total fouls: North Miami 15, Argos 14
Score by quarters
North Miami 12 18 23 14 – 67
Argos 10 12 16 25 – 63
Plymouth 58, Argos 28 (Saturday):
Luke Stults scored 13 points, and Kenyan Beldon hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter for six for the visiting Dragons in a road loss to Plymouth Saturday.
Plymouth put four players in double figures, led by Trenton Van Duyne’s 17.
Plymouth led 19-7 after one quarter and stretched the lead to 29-11 at halftime.
ARGOS (28) (1-8)
Kenyan Beldon 2 0-0 6, Mekhi Austin 1 0-0 2, Zhayne Hellums 2 0-0 5, Mack Calhoun 0 0-0 0, Luke Stults 6 1-2 13, Preston Mollette 0 1-2 1, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Corbin Rex 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 1-2 1, Gabe Ockerman 0 0-0 0, Kyle Penn 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 11 3-6 28
PLYMOUTH (58) (7-5)
Preston Wolfe 1 0-0 2, Delp 2 0-0 6, Kadyn Ellery 5 1-3 11, Van Duyne 8 0-0 17, Feldman 0 0-0 0, Milliser 0 0-0 0, Nguyen 4 0-2 10, Ramirez 0 0-0 0, Bagley 1 0-0 2, Kylen Ellery 0 0-0 0, Kyleb Ellery 5 0-0 10, Parker Wolfe 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 26 1-5 58
Three-point field goals:
Argos 3 (Beldon 2, Hellums),
Plymouth 5 (Delp 2, Nguyen 2, Van Duyne)
Total fouls: Argos 7, Plymouth 18
Score by quarters
Argos 7 4 14 3 – 28
Plymouth 19 10 13 16 – 58
Argos 50, Bethany Christian 49 (Friday):
Luke Stults scored 11 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter as the host Dragons hung on to beat Bethany Christian Friday for coach Nick Kindig’s first career win.
Zhayne Hellums added six points for the Dragons.
Stults had 15 of Argos’ 17 free throw attempts.
Bethany Christian led 21-20 at halftime, but Argos rallied to take a 34-30 lead after three quarters before hanging on.
Jacoby Reinhardt led Bethany Christian with 16, and Trey Caffee had 12.
BETHANY CHRISTIAN (49) (6-6)
Beachy 1 1-1 3, Reinhardt 4 5-6 16, Parson 1 1-2 3, Caffee 4 2-3 12, Falcon 4 1-6 9, J. Miller 0 0-2 0, G. Miller 0 0-0 0, Bontrager 3 0-0 6
TEAM: 17 10-20 49
ARGOS (50) (1-7)
Kenyan Beldon 1 0-0 3, Mekhi Austin 2 0-0 4, Zhayne Hellums 3 0-0 6, Mack Calhoun 2 0-0 4, Luke Stults 9 9-15 27, Preston Mollette 1 0-0 2, Obe Salary 1 0-0 3, Joel Trump 0 1-2 1
TEAM: 19 10-17 50
Three-point field goals:
Bethany Christian 5 (Reinhardt 3, Caffee 2),
Argos 2 (Beldon, Salary)
Total fouls: Bethany Christian 20, Argos 18
Fouled out: Falcon (BC)
Score by quarters
Bethany Christian 11 10 9 19 – 49
Argos 8 12 14 16 – 50
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