Mellott’s historic night carries Valley to season-opening win over Bremen

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 68, Bremen 32 (Nov. 3): Kaydence Mellott hit six 3-pointers to break

Kaydence Mellott

the all-time school record and also tallied her 1,000th career point for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team in a road rout of sectional rival Bremen Nov. 3.

Mellott led with 28 points, and Lily Ault added four 3-pointers and scored 14 points. Corinna Stiles hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and scored nine.

Valley hit 13 3-pointers as a team.

Valley jumped out to a 23-11 lead after one quarter and extended the lead to 36-16 at halftime.

Valley and Bremen had split their previous six meetings prior to this meeting.

Mellott finished the game with 1,010 career points. She has 190 career 3-pointers, breaking Meredith Brouyette’s school record.

VALLEY (68) (1-0)

Lily Ault 5 0-0 14, Kaydence Mellott 9 4-5 28, Molly Moriarty 1 0-0 2, Corinna Stiles 3 0-0 9, Kelsey Cox 2 0-0 4, Ava Smith 3 0-0 6, Macy Petersen 2 1-2 5, Chesnee Miller 0 0-0 0, Carlee Snyder 0 0–0 0

TEAM: 25 5-7 68

BREMEN (32) (0-2)

Foster 3 0-0 8, Shirely 0 0-0 0, Miller 2 0-0 5, K. Moyer 3 4-6 10, Grubbs 2 0-1 4, Lawmaster 0 0-0 0, Kincaid 1 0-0 3, Wisler 0 0-0 0, N. Moyer 0 0-0 0, Kertai 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 12 4-7 32

Three-point field goals:

Valley 13 (Mellott 6, Ault 4, Stiles 3),

Bremen 4 (Foster 2, Miller, Kincaid)

Total fouls: Valley 17, Bremen 9

Score by quarters

Valley 23 13 15 17 – 68

Bremen 11 5 9 7 – 32