Carr scores 7 in Culver loss to Triton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Triton 72, Culver 16 (Friday): Freshman reserve John Carr scored seven points for Culver in a road loss to conference and sectional rival Triton Friday.

Braylon Jackson added five, and Caleb McCuen and Kolton Howard scored two points each.

McCuen and Howard had three rebounds each.

Culver committed 24 turnovers.

Triton led 19-7 after one quarter and extended the lead to 41-10 at halftime.

The teams will meet again at the Trojan Trench at approximately 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the first round of the Bi-County Tournament.

CULVER (16) (1-10, 0-4)

Braylon Jackson 2 0-0 5, Adam Peterson 0 0-0 0, Jordan Green 0 0-0 0, Jonas McCuen 0 0-0 0, Caleb McCuen 1 0-0 2, John Carr 3 0-0 7, Kolton Howard 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 7 0-0 16

TRITON (72) (9-1, 3-0)

Workman 2 2-4 6, Swanson 5 0-0 13, Riffle 3 0-0 8, Wood 5 0-0 12, Witt-Hoyo 2 0-2 4, Overmyer 4 0-0 9, Caden Large 2 0-0 5, Reichert 1 0-0 2, McFarland 0 2-2 2, Quintana 2 1-1 5, Vaca 2 0-0 6, Colton Large 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 28 5-9 72

Three-point field goals:

Culver 2 (Jackson, Carr),

Triton 11 (Swanson 3, Riffle 2, Vaca 2, Wood 2, Overmyer, Caden Large)

Total fouls: Culver 10, Triton 9

Turnovers: Culver 24, Triton 6

Score by quarters

Culver 7 3 0 6 – 16

Triton 19 22 22 9 – 72