Ault sets school single-game 3-pointer record, leads Valley past Triton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 66, Triton 41 (Dec. 7): Lily Ault made a school-record eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team to a 66-41 home win over Class 1A, No. 17 Triton Wednesday.

Lily Ault

Kaydence Mellott added a pair of 3-pointers and scored 14 points. She also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

Valley had a 38-24 rebounding advantage.

Addyson Viers had 14 points and seven rebounds for Triton.

Valley beat Triton for the ninth straight year.

Valley led 27-17 at halftime.

TRITON (41) (7-4)

Faulkner 2 4-5 8, Atkins 2 0-0 5, Bules 5 0-0 10, King 2 0-1 4, Viers 5 4-4 14, Hawley 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 8-10 41

VALLEY (66) (9-2)

Lily Ault 8 2-2 26, Kaydence Mellott 4 4-4 14, Molly Moriarty 2 0-1 4, Kelsey Cox 3 0-2 6, Corinna Stiles 2 0-0 4, Ava Smith 0 0-0 0, Macy Petersen 3 0-0 6, Chesnee Miller 1 2-2 4, Carlee Snyder 0 0-0 0, Gaby Gonzalez 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 24 8-11 66

Three-point field goals:

Triton 1 (Atkins),

Valley 10 (Ault 8, Mellott 2)

Total fouls: Triton 10, Valley 13

Turnovers: Triton 20, Valley 16

Score by quarters

Triton 4 13 16 8 – 41

Valley 11 16 19 20 – 66