Kiser’s big 4th quarter helps Valley put away Southwood

Shepherd adds 17, Cumberland scores 13

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 62, Southwood 47 (Friday): Tayde Kiser scored 15 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Riley Shepherd hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Valley in a Three Rivers Conference home win over Southwood Friday.

Nolan Cumberland scored 13, all in the first half, as Valley won their sixth straight game and improved to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in the TRC.

Kiser went 10 for 10 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. Valley went 15 for 21 from the line as a team.

Nathan Lehner and Dylan Stout had 11 points each for Southwood, who fell to 4-9, 2-2. Will Winer added nine, and Cole Winer had eight.

Valley led 28-22 at halftime and extended the lead to 39-31 after three quarters.

Valley beat Southwood at home for the first time since Jan. 23, 2015. That season also marked the last time Valley beat Southwood in back-to-back seasons.

SOUTHWOOD (47) (4-9, 2-2)

Lehner 4 1-2 11, C. Winer 2 4-8 8, Stout 4 1-3 11, W. Winer 4 1-2 9, Oprisek 1 1-2 3, Denney 2 0-0 5

TEAM: 17 8-17 47

VALLEY (62) (11-3, 4-1)

Cooper Walls 0 2-3 2, Tayde Kiser 6 10-10 23, Nolan Cumberland 5 2-3 13, Stephen Akase 3 1-3 7, Kyler Johnson 0 0-2 0, Riley Shepherd 6 0-0 17, Dylan Neese 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 15-21 62

Three-point field goals:

Southwood 5 (Lehner 2, Stout 2, Denney),

Valley 7 (Shepherd 5, Kiser, Cumberland)

Total fouls: Southwood 19, Valley 14

Fouled out: W. Winer (SW)

Technical foul: Stout (SW)

Score by quarters

Southwood 6 16 9 16 – 47

Valley 12 16 11 23 – 62