Cumberland scores 19, Kiser adds 18 in Valley win over Whitko

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 56, Whitko 42 (Dec. 16): Nolan Cumberland scored 14 of his 19 points

in the first half, and Tayde Kier added 18 for the host Vikings as they won their Three Rivers Conference opener over Whitko on Dec. 16.

Kyler Johnson added seven, including five in the fourth quarter.

Valley jumped out to a 15-8 lead after one quarter with Cumberland Kiser combining for all 15 points. The lead was 29-15 at halftime.

Valley won their fifth straight game and improved to 5-1, 1-0 TRC. Kyler Krull scored 23 points, and Brent Bowers added 14 for Whitko, who fell to 1-6, 0-1.

Valley and Whitko have split their last six meetings.

WHITKO (42) (1-6, 0-1)

Gibson 0 0-2 0, Krull 7 6-8 23, Grable 0 0-0 0, Ousley 0 0-0 0, Harman 2 0-0 4, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Bowers 5 1-2 14, Schipper 0 1-2 1, Hill 0 0-0 0, Irwin 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 8-14 42

VALLEY (56) (5-1, 1-0)

Cooper Walls 1 0-0 3, Tayde Kiser 7 2-2 18, Nolan Cumberland 8 2-4 19, Riley Shepherd 2 0-0 5, Kyler Johnson 2 3-5 7, Ian Cooksey 0 0-0 0, Nate Parker 0 0-0 0, Dylan Neese 2 0-2 4

TEAM: 22 7-13 56

Three-point field goals:

Whitko 6 (Krull 3, Bowers 3),

Valley 5 (Kiser 2, Walls, Cumberland, Shepherd)

Total fouls: Whitko 12, Valley 15

Score by quarters

Whitko 8 7 9 18 – 42

Valley 15 14 12 15 – 56