Hellums hits 4 treys, lifts Argos past O-D

Stults adds 11, Austin has 7 as Dragons gain first conference win

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Argos 40, Oregon-Davis 37 (Friday): Zhayne Hellums hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, and Luke Stults scored four of his 11 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Dragons earned their first Hoosier North win Friday.

Mekhi Austin hit a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter and added seven.

Argos led 20-18 at halftime but trailed 34-33 going into the fourth quarter. They held O-D to one field goal and three points in the fourth quarter.

Argos is 2-9, 1-3. O-D fell to 0-11, 0-4.

Argos defeated O-D for the eighth straight meeting.

ARGOS (40) (2-9, 1-3)

Kenyan Beldon 0 0-0 0, Mekhi Austin 1 4-4 7, Zhayne Hellums 6 0-2 16, Luke Stults 4 3-7 11, Mack Calhoun 1 0-0 2, Preston Mollette 2 0-0 4, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 7-13 40

OREGON-DAVIS (37) (0-11, 0-4)

Garland 7 4-7 18, Koch 3 0-0 6, McCullum 0 0-0 0, Danford 1 2-3 4, Connor Matthew 1 0-0 2, Carson Matthew 1 3-6 5, Blackburn 0 0-0 0, Goble 0 0-0 0, Campbell 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 14 9-16 37

Three-point field goals:

Argos 5 (Hellums 4, Austin),

Oregon-Davis 0

Total fouls: Argos 14, Oregon-Davis 13

Score by quarters

Argos 8 12 13 7 – 40

Oregon-Davis 12 6 16 3 – 37