Once the ball started going in, it was no contest.

The Chesterton boys basketball team blew open a 21-19 halftime lead and rolled to a 58-44 Duneland Athletic Conference victory over Lake Central on Friday night.

“We have to be good defensively. We aren’t going to score 95 points a game,” Chesterton coach Marc Urban said. “We have guys that are starting to grow up and understanding what we are trying to do defensively and then finishing it off with a rebound.”

The Trojans held LC to just 28 percent shooting through the first three quarters, including a 2-for-11 (19 percent) outing in the third quarter where they outscored the Indians 21-6.

“I felt like we did a good job of locking in on the scouting report. They run a lot of stuff and they are really good at it,” Urban said. “And we made some layups finally. We missed a lot at the rim early. We had some guys step up and make some shots for us.”

Kolton Cardenas and Tyler Nelson hit triples ahead of a Jack Eaton conventional three-point play during an 11-1 run to start the second half. The Trojans were 7-of-11 from 3-point range.

“Their zone bottled us up on the inside some,” Urban said. “We have unselfish job guys and we knew if we got some paint touches we could kick it out for open 3’s. We shoot the ball well when that happens.”

Jake Wadding led the Trojans with 12 points, while Eaton added nine points and Drew Vanderwoude had eight points.

Rounding out the scoring were Cardenas (6 points), Nelson (6 points), Alex Schmidt (5 points), Travis Grayson (4 points), Jake Warren (4 points) and Sean Elliott (3 points).

“Anytime the scoring is spread out, it just makes us harder to guard,” Urban said. “We have a guy (Wadding) who is capable of scoring 40 a night, but he doesn’t have to.”

Lake Central (8-11-6-19)

Nick Anderson 3-9 1-2 7, Jack Davis 1-2 0-0 3, Mark Mileusnic 0-2 0-0 0, Dominic Ciapponi 4-7 2-4 10, Kyle Blum 1-4 3-4 6, Jerry Edwards 1-1 1-1 3, Alex James 0-0 0-0 0, Zack Dobos 1-2 0-0 2, Ami Khatra 1-1 0-0 3, Dawson Cheney 2-3 0-0 4, Hunter Zezovski 1-6 3-4 6. Totals 15-37 10-15 44.

Chesterton (13-8-21-16)

Kolton Cardenas 2-3 0-0 6, Tyler Nelson 2-3 0-0 6, Jack Eaton 3-5 1-1 9, Nick Mullen 0-5 0-0 0, Jake Wadding 5-9 2-3 12, Travis Grayson 2-4 0-1 4, Alex Schmidt 2-4 0-0 5, Jake Warren 2-3 0-1 4, Drew Vanderwoude 3-4 2-2 8, Sean Elliott 1-1 1-2 3, Charlie Eaton 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Fender 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Vanderwoude 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-41 6-10 58.

3-point field goals: Lake Central 4-11 (Anderson 0-2, Davis 1-2, Blum 1-4, Khatra 1-1, Zezovski 1-2); Chesterton 7-11 (Cardenas 2-3, Nelson 2-2, Eaton 2-3, Grayson 0-1, Schmidt 1-2). Rebounds: Lake Central 21 (Blum 4, Zezovski 4); Chesterton 28 (Wadding 6). Assists: Lake Central 5 (James 2); Chesterton 12 (Eaton 4, D. Vanderwoude 4). Steals: Lake Central 4 (Anderson 2); Chesterton 4 (Eaton 2).

The Chesterton boys basketball team made it two wins in 48 hours with a 66-44 non-conference road win at River Forest on Saturday night.

The Trojans built a 33-18 halftime lead and were never challenged.

Jake Wadding led the Trojans with 19 points, while Kolton Cardenas added 11 points and Travis Grayson had 10 points.

Rounding out the scoring were Drew Vanderwoude (7 points), Jack Eaton (5 points), Nick Mullen (5 points), Tyler Nelson (3 points), Sean Elliott (2 points), Tyler Vanderwoude (2 points) and Drew Vanderwoude (2 points).

The Trojans return to the court on Thursday night when they travel to Michigan City to take on the Wolves. The JV game is set for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.

Chesterton (14-19-17-16)

Travis Grayson 1 8-9 10, Kolton Cardenas 4 0-0 11, Tyler Nelson 1 0-0 3, Sean Elliott 0 2-2 2, Jack Eaton 2 0-0 5, Nick Mullen 2 1-2 5, Jake Wadding 6 7-11 19, Sam Fender 0 0-0 0, Tyler Vanderwoude 1 0-0 2, Alex Schmidt 0 0-1 0, Jake Warren 1 0-0 2, Drew Vanderwoude 1 5-8 7, Charlie Eaton 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 23-33 66.

River Forest (10-8-12-14)

LaFollette 6 3-3 16, Perkins 3 4-4 10, Mosqueda 2 1-2 5, Walker 3 0-0 6, Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Harding 1 0-0 2, Price 2 1-4 5, Hoser 0 0-0 0, Wright 0 0-0 0, Sanders 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-13 44.

3-point field goals: Chesterton 5 (Cardenas 3, Nelson 1, Eaton 1); River Forest 1 (LaFollette 1).