BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Boys basketball
NorthWood 48, Tippecanoe Valley 39 (Tuesday): Nolan Cumberland scored a game-high 18 points, and Riley Shepherd hit three 3-pointers and added nine, but the No. 10 Vikings fell to host and top-ranked NorthWood at the Panther Pit Tuesday.
Cade Brenner scored 15 points for NorthWood, who improved to 18-2. Ian Raasch added 12. NorthWood won their 10th straight game while snapping Valley’s 11-game winning streak; neither team had lost a game since December coming into the game.
Tyler Raasch scored six of his seven points in the fourth quarter.
The game was tied 20-20 at halftime. NorthWood took a 32-27 lead after three quarters.
Valley fell to 16-4.
The teams could meet again at the South Bend Washington regional on March 11.
VALLEY (39) (16-4)
Cooper Walls 0 0-0 0, Tayde Kiser 2 0-0 5, Nolan Cumberland 6 4-6 18, Stephen Akase 1 3-4 5, Kyler Johnson 1 0-0 2, Riley Shepherd 3 0-0 9, Dylan Neese 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 13 7-10 39
NORTHWOOD (48) (18-2)
Wolfe 3 0-0 8, I. Raasch 4 4-6 12, Brenner 5 4-4 15, T. Raasch 3 1-2 7, Stats 0 0-0 0, Bontrager 1 2-2 4, Payne 1 0-0 2
TEAM: 17 11-14 48
Three-point field goals:
Valley 6 (Shepherd 3, Cumberland 2, Kiser),
NorthWood 3 (Wolfe 2, Brenner)
Total fouls: Valley 11, NorthWood 9
Score by quarters
Valley 10 10 7 12 – 39
NorthWood 12 8 12 16 – 48
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