Class 2A, No. 16 Triton Central used a fast start to blitz 3A No. 6 Greensburg Friday and roll to a 50-38 victory.
Eli Sego scored a game-high 26 points and Silas Blair had 10 points to improve to visiting Tigers to 4-1 this season.
Sego, Blair and Max Crouse each sank first-quarter three-pointers to spark Triton Central to a 20-5 lead at the first break.
Jack McKinsey scored seven of his team-high 18 points in the second quarter but the Pirates (2-1) never recovered. Bradley Lutz finished with nine points for Greensburg.
Crouse and Taggy Goul combined for 12 points for Triton Central.
The Tigers will host Cascade (1-3) Friday in its Indiana Crossroads Conference opener.
In other basketball games Friday:
Boys basketball
Waldron 44, Morristown 33
At Waldron, the host Mohawks used a strong first-quarter performance to separate from the Yellow Jackets then hung on for the program’s first victory of the season.
While the win will go down as the first for new head coach David Corder, it was junior varsity coach Tommy Coy who led the Mohawks (1-3, 1-1 Mid-Hoosier Conference) to the victory. Corder was reportedly suspended from coaching duties for the game.
A request for information on Corder’s status with the Waldron athletic department went unanswered.
Lucas Shaw led the Mohawks with 16 points. Will Larrison added seven points and Keith Settles and Parker Douglas had six points apiece.
Waldron led 18-8 after the first quarter and maintained a 10-point lead at halftime, 22-12, after a low-scoring second quarter.
Morristown (0-5, 0-2 MHC) outscored Waldron 10-5 in the third quarter but the Mohawks put up 17 fourth-quarter points to seal the conference win.
Colin Kieninger scored eight of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter for Morristown. Kellen Crim hit a pair of third-quarter 3s and finished with 10 points.
Morristown will continue pursuit of its first win of the season tonight against visiting Tri-Central (3-1).
Waldron returns to action Friday at Milan (0-2).
Trinity Lutheran 72, Southwestern 58
At Trinity Lutheran, nine different Cougars scored to offset a 33-point performance from Southwestern’s Ben Kahler.
Kahler made 18 of 23 free throws but the Spartans dropped to 0-4 this season. Carter Snepp was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line and finished with nine points.
Kowan Gross scored half of his team-high 18 points in the fourth quarter to seal the first win of the season for Trinity Lutheran (1-3). Jack Stuckwisch finished with 12 points and Reed Mellencamp had 10.
Trinity Lutheran won the junior varsity game, 60-41. Mitchell Clements led Southwestern with 18 points. Thomas Werbe had 10 points.
On Thursday at Tri, Southwestern got off to a slow start, scoring just 10 first-half points and never recovering in a 47-37 loss to the Titans.
Snepp scored 12 of his 16 points in the final quarter but it was not enough to complete the comeback. Kahler finished with 12 points.
Josiah Cox and Bryant Cornelius combined for 27 points to improve Tri to 1-3 this season.
Tri won the JV game, 41-18. Cecil Newton topped the Spartans with six points.
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