Stults, Hellums carry Argos to Bi-County semifinals

Dragons beat John Glenn for first time since 2009, first time at Bi-County since 2002

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Argos 61, John Glenn 51 (Wednesday): Luke Stults scored 18 of his game-high 28 points in the second half, and Zhayne Hellums knocked three 3-pointers and scored 20 for the host Dragons in a win over John Glenn in a Bi-County Tournament quarterfinal at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Wednesday.

Mack Calhoun added six points, and Kenyan Beldon had five for Argos (3-9).

Kaden Lang had 13 points, and Joe Divine and Jude Nicks had 10 each for the Falcons (1-12), who lost their 11th straight game. John Glenn had won five of the last six Bi-County titles prior to this year.

Argos made 17 of 23 free throws while John Glenn missed their only attempt.

Argos led 27-11 at halftime.

Argos beat John Glenn for the first time since Feb, 20, 2009, and for the first time in a Bi-County game since a 66-65 overtime win in the 2002 quarterfinals.

Argos will play Class 1A, No. 5 Triton in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the LaVille main gym. John Glenn will play Culver in a consolation game at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the LaVille auxiliary gym.

JOHN GLENN (51) (1-12)

Divine 4 0-0 10, Nicks 5 0-0 10, Lang 6 0-1 13, Pearish 2 0-0 4, Kaminski 1 0-0 2, DuPont 2 0-0 6, Rust 0 0-0 0, Knapp 3 0-0 6

TEAM: 23 0-1 51

ARGOS (61) (3-9)

Kenyan Beldon 2 0-0 5, Mekhi Austin 1 0-0 2, Zhayne Hellums 7 3-4 20, Luke Stults 9 10-13 28, Mack Calhoun 1 4-6 6, Preston Mollette 0 0-0 0, Obe Salary 0 0-0 0, Joel Trump 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 17-23 61

Three-point field goals:

John Glenn 5 (Divine 2, DuPont 2, Lang),

Argos 4 (Hellums 3, Beldon)

Total fouls: John Glenn 21, Argos 5

Score by quarters

John Glenn 7 4 19 21 – 51

Argos 14 13 15 19 – 61