BOURBON - Triton girls basketball coach Mark Heeter says he has a chart in his team's locker room with their goals on it.

Goals that the Trojans met Wednesday when they hosted Argos, a team they beat 54-25 last year.

"Our goal is to score 60 points a game," said Heeter. "We should be able to put some points on the board. And we'd like to hold our opponents under 50 (points). If we can hold them under 50, I think we can win most of our games."

Last night Triton trounced the Dragons 74-16.

"I knew they were down," said Heeter. I thought we might be able to handle them fairly easily. We played well. I think our defensive pressure gave us that many more opportunities. I thought our intensity lacked in the first half. I was more pleased with the third quarter than anything."

As Heeter said, Triton's defensive pressure gave its offense that many more opportunities.

For the game, the Dragons turned the ball over 32 times, twice as many points as they scored. Triton, on the other hand, was victim to a mere 11 turnovers for the game, one less than Argos had in the first quarter alone.

In the third quarter that Heeter referred to, Triton outscored Argos 21-5. Twelve of the Trojans' points in the third frame came from 5'7' freshman Ashli Senff.

"She (Senff) played well," said Heeter. "She can shoot outside and she handles the ball well for a freshman."

Senff, who did not start, nailed two three-pointers in the third quarter and three for the game as she led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting. She also had six steals and four rebounds. Sophomore Amber Feldman complimented Senff with 14 points. Rachel Speicher and Missy Nifong each added eight in the win that improves Triton's overall season record to 1-1.

For Argos, who falls to 0-2 on the season, Jodie Emerick and Nicky Avery totaled four points apiece. Amanda Wagers and Shelly Shafer each added three for the Dragons.

In the Dragons' favor, they were playing without 5-5 Jenny Emenaker. Emenaker averaged 11 points and three assist last year as a freshmen.

"They were playing without Emenaker," said Heeter. "She would've made it a different story."

Triton's Betsy Salyer, who averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game last year, started Wednesday and scored three points but later sat down and didn't return.

"She hurt her back," said Heeter. "It might have been in practice. She wanted to try (playing). It became evident that she was hurt. She might have strained something in her lower back. She should be back by Saturday. It hurts her averages, but she'll get it back."

The Trojans jumped out to a 5-0 advantage early in the first quarter on two free throws by Speicher, a bucket by Nifong and charity toss from Salyer. After one quarter of play the Trojans led 25-4.

Argos was held scoreless in the second stanza until Emerick connected on a field goal at the 3:11 mark, cutting Triton's advantage to 30-6. Feldman hit a three-pointer for Triton at the buzzer and the Trojans held a 41-9 lead at the half.

Triton outscored the Dragons 33-7 in the final 16 minutes of regulation.

Because there was no junior varsity game, Heeter dressed much of Triton's JV team for the varsity game. A total of 18 players stepped on to the court for Triton, 12 of them scored.

"I thought it might be a good idea to get the JV players in," said Heeter. "I thought they did well. It's hard to get 10 in sometimes. We only got eight in against North Judson (73-62 loss in season opener)."

Triton (1-1) will host Culver Girls Academy Saturday at 6:30 p.m. [[In-content Ad]]