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Triton Central tops Speedway to close in on ICC title

Class 2A, No. 4 Triton Central took one step closer to securing the Indiana Crossroads Conference title Thursday with a 51-33 win over Speedway.

Olivia Faust scored a game-high 18 points. Lizzie Graham followed with 15 and Maddy Brown had 12 to push the Tigers to 11-1 this season and 5-0 in the ICC.

Graham scored 10 first-quarter points to push Triton Central to a 16-10 lead.

Faust had six in the second quarter as the lead grew to 26-17 at the half.

Brown and Faust combined for 12 points in the third quarter when the lead expanded to 40-22.

Five different Speedway players scored in the fourth but TC’s lead remained in double digits.

Camiell Perry and Audrey Wendel each scored nine points to lead Speedway (7-4, 3-1 ICC). Alex Delisle finished with six points.

Triton Central is the lone unbeaten team in the ICC standings.

Cascade (4-1 ICC) and Speedway each have one loss – both from Triton Central.

Ritter (3-3), Scecina (1-2), Beech Grove (1-2), Monrovia (0-4) and Lutheran (0-4) round out the conference standings.

Triton Central held Speedway scoreless in the first and third quarters of the junior varsity game in a 31-16 victory Thursday.

Hailey Harris led the Tigers with 12 points. Jocelyn Firebaugh finished with nine points.

Triton Central can clinch no worse than a share of the ICC title with a win Tuesday at Scecina (6-4, 1-2).

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