Cumberland scores 16, but Valley falls at home to No. 2 Mishawaka Marian

Kiser adds 15, Akase 10 for Vikings

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Mishawaka Marian 58, Tippecanoe Valley 53 (Friday): Deaglan Sullivan scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter, and Zion Rhoades added 16 for the visiting Knights in a win over Valley at Rita Price Simpson Court Friday.

Jackson Price added 11 points for Class 3A, No. 2 Mishawaka Marian, who won their eighth straight game and improved to 22-2.

Nolan Cumberland scored 16 points to lead three Valley players in double figures. Tayde Kiser added 15, and Stephen Akase scored 10.

Cooper Walls hit three 3-pointers and had nine.

Mishawaka Marian led 27-25 at halftime before Class 3A, No. 11 Valley came back to lead 40-39 after three quarters.

The teams could meet again in a Class 3A regional at South Bend Washington on March 11.

Valley lost to Mishawaka Marian for the second straight year. They have not beaten Mishawaka Marian since beating them in a sectional game on March 7, 2000.

MISHAWAKA MARIAN (58) (22-2)

D. Sullivan 6 4-4 17, Thornton 3 0-0 8, Rhoades 7 1-4 16, Owens 2 0-1 4, Price 4 2-3 11, P. Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Mishler 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 23 7-12 58

VALLEY (53) (18-5)

Cooper Walls 3 0-0 9, Tayde Kiser 4 4-4 15, Nolan Cumberland 6 4-6 16, Dylan Neese 0 0-0 0, Kyler Johnson 0 0-0 0, Riley Shepherd 1 1-3 3, Stephen Akase 5 0-0 10

TEAM: 19 9-13 53

Three-point field goals:

Mishawaka Marian 5 (Thornton 2, D. Sullivan, Rhoades, Price),

Valley 6 (Walls 3, Kiser 3)

Total fouls: Mishawaka Marian 9, Valley 16

Fouled out: Johnson (TV)

Score by quarters

Mishawaka Marian 15 12 12 19 – 58

Valley 11 14 15 13 – 53