Future Is Now For Young Triton Boys Hoops Team
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Daniel [email protected]
Not this year.
The Trojans enter the Culver Sectional having played a tough schedule, earning big wins, and boasting a roster of talented juniors and sophomores with no seniors.[[In-content Ad]]The elephant in the gym at Culver will be the Oregon-Davis Bobcats.
The Bobcats are 20-1 on the season, 16-0 against 1A opponents and their only loss came to John Glenn 49-43 in the Bi-County Tournament.
Triton started off the season against Oregon-Davis and fell 57-43.
The Trojans are hoping not to end their season at the hands of the Bobcats.
Triton earned the bye and will play Friday night against the winner of Westville and Michigan City Marquette.
If the Trojans can take care of business and everything else goes according to Hoyle, Triton is set for a rematch with Oregon-Davis in the sectional championship Saturday night.
"My only concern with the bye is other teams get a sense of what the sectional is like," said third-year Triton coach Jason Groves. "It does allow our team to get healthy."
With Indiana weather being what it is, several games were canceled late in the year and that forced Triton to play five games in seven days to end the season.
With some fresh legs, Triton is looking to do big things in the sectional.
What brought the Trojans to where they're at now is the junior duo of Jake Everett and Troy McIntyre.
Both players were all-area selections
Everett, who is still recoveirng from a broken jaw sustained earlier in the year, leads the Trojans at 13.2 points per game on a 52.9 shooting percentage.
The 6-foot-7 center also averages 7.3 rebounds per game.
McIntyre averages 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
"McIntyre and Everett, those two are our leaders. Those are the guys we look for to carry us," said Groves.
The Trojans also look to junior A.J. Harrison who contributes 9.5 and 3.6 points and rebounds per game.
"Harrison has good strength," said Groves. "We usually put him on the team's best player. I was worried about that coming into the season but he has really stepped up for us."
The task at hand for all of the Trojans is to unseat Oregon-Davis or whoever else stands in their way.
"I don't think our kids are like 'We want to play Oregon-Davis', we think we can beat Oregon-Davis. We'll play whoever comes our way," said Groves.
Groves believes his team can play with any team regardless of class.
Despite impressive showings against the likes of John Glenn and Tippecanoe Valley, the losses didn't come with moral victories.
"We expect to win every game," said Groves. "We take pride in our schedule. Four of our six losses were on the road to highly ranked teams in ther class. We know our schedule got us prepared."
For Triton to win a sectional, the Trojans will have to improve on their free throws.
Triton is shooting just 59.8 percent from the charity stripe as a team this year.
What the Trojans do well is play solid team defense and they have a stable of players who can score.
Sophomore Colton Keel averages 5.9 points per game while junior T.J. Carpenter averages 3.5 points per game and is the team's outside threat.
The Trojans started the season with three losses to Oregon-Davis, Plymouth and NorthWood but then rallied off six straight wins.
If this young group of Trojans want to make a name for themselves another six-game winning streak could be in order.
Six straight wins in the postseason would have Triton at Conseco Fieldhouse in four weeks.
Not this year.
The Trojans enter the Culver Sectional having played a tough schedule, earning big wins, and boasting a roster of talented juniors and sophomores with no seniors.[[In-content Ad]]The elephant in the gym at Culver will be the Oregon-Davis Bobcats.
The Bobcats are 20-1 on the season, 16-0 against 1A opponents and their only loss came to John Glenn 49-43 in the Bi-County Tournament.
Triton started off the season against Oregon-Davis and fell 57-43.
The Trojans are hoping not to end their season at the hands of the Bobcats.
Triton earned the bye and will play Friday night against the winner of Westville and Michigan City Marquette.
If the Trojans can take care of business and everything else goes according to Hoyle, Triton is set for a rematch with Oregon-Davis in the sectional championship Saturday night.
"My only concern with the bye is other teams get a sense of what the sectional is like," said third-year Triton coach Jason Groves. "It does allow our team to get healthy."
With Indiana weather being what it is, several games were canceled late in the year and that forced Triton to play five games in seven days to end the season.
With some fresh legs, Triton is looking to do big things in the sectional.
What brought the Trojans to where they're at now is the junior duo of Jake Everett and Troy McIntyre.
Both players were all-area selections
Everett, who is still recoveirng from a broken jaw sustained earlier in the year, leads the Trojans at 13.2 points per game on a 52.9 shooting percentage.
The 6-foot-7 center also averages 7.3 rebounds per game.
McIntyre averages 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
"McIntyre and Everett, those two are our leaders. Those are the guys we look for to carry us," said Groves.
The Trojans also look to junior A.J. Harrison who contributes 9.5 and 3.6 points and rebounds per game.
"Harrison has good strength," said Groves. "We usually put him on the team's best player. I was worried about that coming into the season but he has really stepped up for us."
The task at hand for all of the Trojans is to unseat Oregon-Davis or whoever else stands in their way.
"I don't think our kids are like 'We want to play Oregon-Davis', we think we can beat Oregon-Davis. We'll play whoever comes our way," said Groves.
Groves believes his team can play with any team regardless of class.
Despite impressive showings against the likes of John Glenn and Tippecanoe Valley, the losses didn't come with moral victories.
"We expect to win every game," said Groves. "We take pride in our schedule. Four of our six losses were on the road to highly ranked teams in ther class. We know our schedule got us prepared."
For Triton to win a sectional, the Trojans will have to improve on their free throws.
Triton is shooting just 59.8 percent from the charity stripe as a team this year.
What the Trojans do well is play solid team defense and they have a stable of players who can score.
Sophomore Colton Keel averages 5.9 points per game while junior T.J. Carpenter averages 3.5 points per game and is the team's outside threat.
The Trojans started the season with three losses to Oregon-Davis, Plymouth and NorthWood but then rallied off six straight wins.
If this young group of Trojans want to make a name for themselves another six-game winning streak could be in order.
Six straight wins in the postseason would have Triton at Conseco Fieldhouse in four weeks.
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