Eli Sego's 30 Points Power Triton Central Past Cardinal Ritter 57-51

Thirty points, five rebounds, and a trophy raised above his head. That was Eli Sego's Saturday at Greenfield-Central High School in Greenfield, Ind., where the Triton Central senior guard delivered the defining performance of his team's 57-51 regional win over Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter in the 2025-26 IHSAA Class 2A Boys Basketball State Tournament.

Sego, the No. 23 guard who plays point and shooting guard for the Tigers, carried the offensive load throughout a hard-fought contest that stayed close enough to keep the Cardinal Ritter Raiders competitive until the final buzzer. The six-point margin does not fully capture the weight of the performance: entering Saturday, Sego was averaging 22.2 points per game across 26 appearances this season, with 576 total points on the year. His 30-point output in a regional setting, against a defense that deployed Anthony Anuka (No. 23) and Devin Bolden (No. 30) to contest drives, was not an aberration. It was Sego being exactly who he has been all season.

Forward Henry Kemper (No. 25) also played a visible role in Greenfield. Photos captured Kemper fighting through a double-team from Anuka and Bolden on one possession, and later pairing with Sego to defend Cardinal Ritter guard Cheick Wade (No. 5). Guard Jackson Faust (No. 14), working against Cardinal Ritter's Thomas McDowell III (No. 21), was photographed mid-celebration as the final score held. The Tigers won as a group, but Sego's 30 points were the engine.

For Cardinal Ritter, forward Davier Angstmann (No. 10) battled Kemper for possessions throughout the game, and the Raiders showed enough fight to make a 57-51 loss feel earned on both sides. Six points in a regional is a margin you defend every possession to protect, and Triton Central did.

According to MaxPreps, the victory extended Triton Central's winning streak to 10 games. That context sharpens what this team has built over the final stretch of the season: the Tigers did not stumble into the regional bracket. They arrived on a run.

Sego ranks in the top 2 in Division 2A and top 18 in Indiana in two statistical categories, per his MaxPreps profile. He also plays baseball for Triton Central as a shortstop and center fielder, though right now it is the basketball floor that has his full attention, and the rest of Indiana's Class 2A bracket will need to account for that.