The Chesterton girls basketball team held Hammond Morton scoreless in the first quarter and cruised to a 55-20 non-conference victory Tuesday night.

The Trojans built a 13-0 lead and pushed it to 29-8 at the half.

Emma Schmidt led CHS with 15 points and Ashley Craycraft tallied 11 points. Nalani Malackowski tallied nine points in the victory.

Rounding out the scoring were Emma Pape (8 points), Lauren Davis (6 points), Kaitlyn Carr (4 points) and Hollie Skoczek (2 points).

The Trojans hit on 21-of-57 shots (37 percent) from the field, while holding the Governors to just 8-of-32 shooting (25 percent).

Chesterton returns to the court on Friday night when they host South Central. The JV game is set for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.

Chesterton (13-16-15-11)

Ashley Craycraft 5-14 0-1 11, Sophia Raffin 0-2 0-0 0, Nalani Malackowski 3-7 1-3 9, Jaelynne Corral 0-2 0-0 0, Emma Pape 3-3 0-0 8, Emma Schmidt 6-10 2-3 15, Hollie Skoczek 1-8 0-0 2, Kaitlyn Carr 2-4 0-0 4, Lauren Davis 1-7 4-8 6. Totals 21-57 7-15 55.

Hammond Morton (0-8-10-2)

Coleman 1-9 0-0 2, Stewart 4-10 0-0 9, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Tisbil 3-9 2-6 8, Stevens 0-1 0-0 0, Cavael 0-2 1-2 1, Carpentry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 8-32 3-8 20.

3-point field goals: Chesterton 6-20 (Craycraft 1-3, Raffin 0-1, Malackowski 2-3, Corral 0-1, Pape 2-2, Schmidt 1-2, Skoczek 0-7, Carr 0-1); Hammond Morton 1-10 (Coleman 0-4, Stewart 1-4, Tisbil 0-1, Stevens 0-1). Rebounds: Chesterton 22 (Carr 5); Hammond Morton 21 (Coleman 4). Assists: Chesterton 2 (Craycraft 1, Malackowski 1); Hammond Morton 0. Steals: Chesterton 14 (Malackowski 4), Hammond Morton 6 (Stewart 4).

The Chesterton junior varsity had little trouble in picking up a 46-14 victory at Hammond Morton on Tuesday.

Liz Pokorney led the Trojans with 14 points, while Madison Davis and Emily Richardson added eight points each.

Rounding out the scoring were Anna Hawkins (5 points), Mannat Singh (4 points), Kristina Kokot (3 points), Chloe Wisniewski (2 points) and Annalisa Hackett (2 points).