BOURBON – Triton’s basketball teams each advanced in the Bi-County Tournament with wins over New Prairie. The Lady Trojans routed the Lady Cougars 59-20 while the boys overcame a scoreless third quarter to secure a 34-31 win. Jaela Meister, in her final home game in the Trojan Trench, had a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds for Triton. Hannah Wanemacher added 18 for the Lady Trojans. Charlotte Morris pulled down 14 rebounds in the winning effort. In the boys game, Triton scored 13 points in each of the first two quarters and led by 11 at halftime. After the scoreless third quarter for the Trojans, each team scored eight points in the final eight minutes. Masen Yeo had 18 points and Jordan Anderson 12 for Triton. The Lady Trojans will take on John Glenn in the semifinals at LaVille at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The boys team will do likewise on Friday. TRITON BOYS 34, NEW PRAIRIE 31 NP 5 10 8 8 – 31 T 13 13 0 8 – 34 New Prairie – Kody Webb 2-3 0-0 5, Justin Baltes 0-0 0-0 0, Garrett Ruiz 4-7 1-1 11, Bryce Bloode 0-6 2-4 2, Michael Forrester 1-3 0-0 3, Aiden Cotter 2-4 0-0 4, Tyrian Williams 3-10 0-0 6. Totals 12-35 3-5 31. Triton – Nathan Flenar 0-1 0-0 0, Jarrett Kreft 1-2 1-2 3, Masen Yeo 7-10 3-5 18, Jordan Anderson 4-8 2-2 12, Dalton Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Zac Pitney 0-1 0-0 0, Grant Johnson -3 1-2 1. Totals 12-25 7-11 34. Three-pointers – New Prairie 4 (Ruiz 2, Webb, Forrester) Triton 3 (Anderson 2, Yeo); Rebounds – New Prairie 20 (Bloode 4), Triton 19 (Yeo 6); Turnovers – New Prairie 16, Triton 17; Fouls – New Prairie 13, Triton 11; Fouled out – none; Records – New Prairie 3-8, Triton 8-5
TRITON GIRLS 59, NEW PRAIRIE 20 NP 0 6 2 12 – 20 T 14 14 15 16 – 59 New Prairie – Lili Andson 1-6 0-0 2, Hayden Mahika 0-3 0-0 2, Morgan Lestinsky 1-5 0-0 2, Ashley Campos 2-6 0-0 6, Maddie Durbin 1-8 1-4 4, Alyssa Nelson 0-6 0-2 0, Brooke Prestin 2-6 2-4 6, Emily Bradley 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 7-42 3-10 20. Triton – Sara Stevens 2-5 0-0 4, Quinn Downing 1-2 0-1 2, Hannah Wanemacher 8-15 1-3 18, Jaela Meister 7-18 5-8 22, Brooklyn Beatty 1-3 0-0 2, Shayla May 0-2 0-0 0, Charlotte Morris 4-7 0-0 8. Totals 24-58 6-12 59. Three-pointers – New Prairie 3 (Campos 2, Durbin), Triton 5 (Meister 3, Wanemacher, Sechrist); Rebounds – New Prairie 22 (Andson 4, Prestlin 4), Triton 54 (Morris 14); Turnovers – New Prairie 21, Triton 20; Fouls – New Prairie 13, Triton 14; Fouled out – Andson; Records – New Prairie 2-16, Triton 9-11
