Leed, Bollenbacher score 14 each, but Triton hangs on to beat Argos

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Alydiah Leed Ellie Bollenbacher

Girls basketball

Triton 40, Argos 36 (Tuesday): Alydiah Leed and Ellie Bollenbacher scored 14 points, and Morgyn Barcus added seven points and seven rebounds off the bench, but Triton staved off a fourth-quarter comeback to beat Argos in a Class 1A, Sectional 51 quarterfinal at Oregon-Davis Tuesday.

Leed hit a pair of 3-pointers and also had four rebounds. Bollenbacher also had four rebounds. Leed, Bollenbacher and Barcus fouled out.

Triton, who came into the sectional on a six-game losing streak, avenged a pair of regular season losses to Argos and improved to 3-20. Sierra Hawley had 10 points and nine rebounds, and Sydney King and Avery Viers had nine points each.

Triton led 23-11 at halftime and extended the lead to 30-16 after three quarters.

Triton outscored Argos 17-10 from the foul line. Triton won despite committing 23 turnovers.

Argos finished 7-16.

Triton will play Elkhart Christian in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Friday. Elkhart Christian drubbed Trinity Greenlawn 54-14 in Tuesday’s other quarterfinal.

TRITON (40) (3-20)

Hawley 1 8-9 10, McKinney 1 3-6 5, Groves 0 2-2 2, Riffle 2 1-2 5, Viers 3 3-8 9, Stetler 0 0-0 0, King 3 0-0 9

TEAM: 10 17-27 40

ARGOS (36) (7-16)

Alydiah Leed 3 6-8 14, Leah Pizzuto 0 0-2 0, Lexi Gibson 0 1-2 1, Haley Shafer 0 0-0 0, Ellie Bollenbacher 7 0-2 14, Morgyn Barcus 2 3-4 7, Mak Smith 0 0-0 0, Ava VanDerWeele 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 10-18 36

Three-point field goals:

Triton 3 (King 3),

Argos 2 (Leed 2)

Total fouls: Triton 15, Argos 22

Fouled out: Leed (ARG), Bollenbacher (ARG), Barcus (ARG)

Turnovers: Triton 23, Argos 17

Score by quarters

Triton 7 16 7 10 – 40

Argos 6 5 5 20 – 36