Valley girls basketball roundup: Valley drills 9 treys, beats DeMotte Christian by 30

Wise leads with 24; Miller, Bussard, Stookey also score in double figures

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Hadley Wise Gabby Gonzalez Hailey Stookey

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 72, DeMotte Christian 42 (Saturday): Hadley Wise scored a game-high 24 points to lead four Valley players in double figures in a road win over DeMotte Christian Saturday.

Wise hit four 3-pointers – one in each quarter – and Valley made nine treys as a team.

Savana Miller and Dalynne Bussard added 11 each, and Hailey Stookey had 10. Nine different Valley players scored.

The 72 points were the most for Valley in a game in the Rebekah Parker era as coach.

Valley led 33-23 at halftime and then outscored DeMotte Christian 18-2 in the third quarter to push the lead to 26.

Valley improved to 15-5. They are 7-1 in their last eight games with the lone loss to Class 4A, No. 4 Warsaw. The Lady Knights have lost six of their last seven and dropped to 6-12.

VALLEY (72) (15-5)

Gaby Gonzalez 0 3-4 3, Hadley Wise 10 0-0 24, Savana Miller 4 1-1 11, Dalynne Bussard 2 7-10 11, Izzy Woodruff 1 1-2 3, Lillie Koch 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 4 0-0 10, Malaynie Costello 0 3-4 3, Maycee Koch 1 2-2 4, Betty Shepherd 0 0-6 0, Kinley Crabb 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 23 17-29 72

DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN (42) (6-12)

E. Dyke 0 7-8 7, Perzee 0 0-0 0, Nanninga 2 3-4 8, Parsons 0 0-0 0, Neises 4 0-1 8, Kooy 1 0-0 3, C. Dyke 5 0-2 10, Bult 0 0-0 0, Kingma 1 0-0 3, Mudde 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 0-0 0, Burlingham 0 1-2 1, Wories 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 11-17 42

Three-point field goals:

Valley 9 (Wise 4, Miller 2, Stookey 2, Crabb),

DeMotte Christian 3 (Nanninga, Kooy, Kingma)

Total fouls: Valley 23, DeMotte Christian 20

Fouled out: Bult (DMC)

Score by quarters

Valley 15 18 18 21 – 72

DeMotte Christian 11 12 2 17 – 42

Warsaw 55, Tippecanoe Valley 32 (Thursday): Gaby Gonzalez scored 12 points, and Hadley Wise added 10 for the host Lady Vikings in a loss to Class 4A, No. 4 Warsaw Thursday. Dalynne Bussard added seven, all in the first half. Savana Miller hit a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter.

Brooke Zartman hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 23 for Warsaw. Joslyn Bricker added 10. 

Zartman is a Miami (Ohio) commit. Bricker is a Butler commit. Both were Indiana Junior All-Stars last year.

Warsaw led 28-19 at halftime and extended their lead to 42-25 at halftime.

Valley has lost their last six meetings with the Lady Tigers.

WARSAW (55) (21-2)

Robinson 2 0-0 4, Zartman 8 2-2 23, Neely 3 0-0 8, Bricker 3 3-4 10, Weidenbenner 0 0-0 0, Kiser 1 0-2 2, Kesler 0 0-0 0, Wrenn 0 0-0 0, Goheen 3 0-0 6, McManus 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 21 5-8 55

VALLEY (32) (14-5)

Gaby Gonzalez 5 1-1 12, Hadley Wise 4 2-2 10, Savana Miller 1 0-0 3, Dalynne Bussard 2 2-6 7, Izzy Woodruff 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 0 0-0 0, Betty Shepherd 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 5-9 32

Three-point field goals:

Warsaw 8 ((Zartman 5, Neely 2, Bricker),

Valley 3 (Bussard, Miller, Gonzalez)

Total fouls: Warsaw 12, Valley 12

Score by quarters

Warsaw 9 19 14 13 – 55

Valley 7 12 6 7 – 32

Tippecanoe Valley 49, South Bend Washington 11 (Jan. 17): Hadley Wise scored 15 points, all in the first half, and Savana Miller added 12 for the Lady Vikings in a road win over South Bend Washington Jan. 17. Betty Shepherd added nine, and Dalynne Bussard had eight.

Valley blanked South Bend Washington in the second quarter in building a 35-6 halftime lead.

VALLEY (49) (14-4)

Gaby Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Hadley Wise 6 2-2 15, Savana Miller 5 2-2 12, Dalynne Bussard 4 0-0 8, Izzy Woodruff 0 1-2 1, Lillie Koch 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 0 0-2 0, Maycee Koch 1 0-0 2, Betty Shepherd 4 1-2 9, Kinley Crabb 0 0-0 0, Malaynie Costello 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 21 6-10 49

SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (11) (2-15)

Jones 0 1-2 1, Stalling 0 0-0 0, Perry 1 1-2 3, Ashford 0 0-0 0, Cobb 1 0-0 3, Langford 1 2-3 4, Bonilla 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 3 4-7 11

Three-point field goals:

Valley 1 (Wise),

South Bend Washington 1 (Cobb)

Total fouls: Valley 12, South Bend Washington 11

Score by quarters

Valley 18 17 12 2 – 49

SB Washington 6 0 3 2 – 11

Tippecanoe Valley 44, North Miami 26 (Jan. 16): Savana Miller and Dalynne Bussard scored 10 points each for Valley in the road win over North Miami Jan. 16. Betty Shepherd added eight off the bench.

Porscha Pickett led North Miami with nine points on three 3-pointers.

Valley went 8 for 11 from the foul line while North Miami did not attempt a free throw.

Valley outscored North Miami 20-2 in the third quarter to build a 39-17 lead.

North Miami’s point total was a season low. Valley held North Miami guard Laney Musall scoreless in the second half.

VALLEY (44) (13-4)

Gaby Gonzalez 1 1-3 3, Hadley Wise 3 0-0 6, Savana Miller 3 3-4 10, Dalynne Bussard 4 2-2 10, Izzy Woodruff 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 2 0-0 5, Maycee Koch 0 0-0 0, Betty Shepherd 3 2-2 8, Malaynie Costello 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 17 8-11 44

NORTH MIAMI (26) (10-7)

Musall 2 0-0 5, Pickett 3 0-0 9, Hampton 0 0-0 0, Donaldson 2 0-0 4, Sailors 3 0-0 6, Deardorff 0 0-0 0, Kling 1 0-0 2, Correll 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 0-0 26

Three-point field goals:

Valley 2 (Stookey, Miller),

North Miami 4 (Pickett 3, Musall)

Total fouls: Valley 13, North Miami 11

Score by quarters

Valley 9 10 20 5 – 44

North Miami 9 6 2 9 – 26

Tippecanoe Valley 50, Caston 25 (Dec. 18): Hadley Wise scored 13 of her game-high 18 points in the first half for Valley in a home win over Caston Dec. 18.

Hailey Stookey and Gaby Gonzalez added six each, and Izzy Woodruff and Savana Miller had five each.

Valley held Caston to one point in the third quarter. Caston’s point total was a season low.

Madi Douglass led Caston with 12 points.

Valley led 35-13 at halftime.

CASTON (25) (7-5)

Hadlie Coffing 1 0-0 2, Grace Colvin 2 0-0 5, Camila Hernandez-Rios 0 0-0 0, Madi Douglass 4 4-9 12, Allison Craig 2 2-2 6, Ellie Zartman 0 0-0 0, Natalie Warner 0 0-0 0, Adyson Steininger 0 0-0 0, Gigi Berry 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 6-11 25

VALLEY (50) (7-3)

Gaby Gonzalez 3 0-0 6, Hadley Wise 8 1-1 18, Savana Miller 2 0-0 5, Dalynne Bussard 1 1-2 3, Izzy Woodruff 2 1-2 5, Lillie Koch 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 3 0-2 6, Malaynie Costello 1 0-1 2, Maycee Koch 1 0-0 2, Betty Shepherd 1 1-4 3

TEAM: 22 4-12 50

Three-point field goals:

Caston 1 (Colvin),

Valley 2 (Wise, Miller)

Total fouls: Caston 9, Valley 13

Score by quarters

Caston 6 7 1 11 – 25

Valley 20 15 9 6 – 50

John Glenn 44, Tippecanoe Valley 34 (Dec. 6): Hadley Wise scored 15 points, and Gaby Gonzalez added 10 for Valley in an INSC road loss to John Glenn Dec. 6. Wise and Gonzalez combined for four 3-pointers.

Dalynne Bussard added five, and Betty Shepherd had four.

Valley led 19-17 at halftime, but John Glen came back to lead 26-25 after three quarters before pulling away in the fourth.

VALLEY (34) (6-3, 2-1)

Gaby Gonzalez 4 0-1 10, Hadley Wise 5 3-5 15, Savana Miller 0 0-0 0, Dalynne Bussard 2 1-2 5, Izzy Woodruff 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 0 0-0 0, Malaynie Costello 0 0-0 0, Betty Shepherd 2 0-2 4

TEAM: 13 4-10 34

JOHN GLENN (44) (7-2, 2-1)

Park 0 0-0 0, Vermilyer 1 0-0 3, Hurford 5 1-2 11, Reese 4 2-2 13, Weddington 4 2-6 11, Stanley 2 2-4 6

TEAM: 16 7-14 44

Three-point field goals:

Valley 4 (Gonzalez 2, Wise 2),

John Glenn 5 (Reese 3, Vermilyer, Weddington)

Total fouls: Valley 20, John Glenn 9

Fouled out: Wise (TV), Shepherd (TV)

Score by quarters

Valley 9 10 6 9 – 34

John Glenn 6 11 9 18 – 44