Mellott, Ault combine for 10 treys, help Valley rout Wabash

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 67, Wabash 29 (Dec. 3): Kaydence Mellott sunk six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points, and Lily Ault added four treys and 18 points for the host Valley girls basketball team in a 67-29 win over Wabash Dec. 3.

Kaydence Mellott

Corinna Stiles added 10 points, and Molly Moriarty and Macy Petersen had seven each.

Valley jumped out to a 27-8 lead after one quarter and extended the lead to 40-16 at halftime.

Valley (8-2, 2-0 TRC) beat Wabash for the ninth straight year. They also won their sixth straight Three Rivers Conference game dating back to last year.

The 29 points were a season low for Wabash (4-4, 0-1 TRC), who came in averaging 54 points per game.

Valley also won the JV game 39-12.

WABASH (29) (4-4, 0-1)

Mattern 2 0-0 6, Wilson 2 2-5 6, Jade Stumbo 0 0-0 0, Yoakum 2 2-2 7, Honeycutt 1 0-0 3, Layne 1 0-0 2, Jones 1 2-2 5, Janika Stumbo 0 0-0 0, Boggs 0 0-0 0, Walter 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 6-9 29

VALLEY (67) (8-2, 2-0)

Lily Ault 7 0-0 18, Kaydence Mellott 6 2-2 20, Molly Moriarty 3 1-2 7, Corinna Stiles 2 5-6 10, Kelsey Cox 0 0-0 0, Gaby Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Ava Smith 0 0-0 0, Macy Petersen 3 1-1 7, Chesnee Miller 1 1-2 3, Carlee Snyder 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 23 10-13 67

Three-point field goals:

Wabash 5 (Mattern 2, Yoakum, Jones, Honeycutt),

Valley 11 (Mellott 6, Ault 4, Stiles)

Total fouls: Wabash 10, Valley 15

Score by quarters

Wabash 8 8 11 2 – 29

Valley 27 13 20 7 – 67