CULVER - While Christmas is still a week away, it nearly came early for the Culver Cavaliers. The Cavaliers came into the first game of their holiday tournament against Triton looking to capture their first win of the season. Despite fighting back from a 20-point deficit, Culver (0-6) eventually fell to the Trojans 63-54. Triton's Matt Savill was the story early as he hit three first-quarter three-pointers to vault his team to a 16-11 lead after the first quarter. Savill stayed hot in the second quarter as he scored his team's first seven points of the stanza.Savill would come out of the game midway through the second quarter and would not return. With Savill out of the game, the story quickly shifted to the sloppy play of both teams. The two teams traded turnovers for much of the first half.Both teams also shot poorly from the field.The teams combined for 46 turnovers in the game.
DAN RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Correspondent- | July 28, 2016