Valley girls roundup: Bussard scores 15, Wise adds 12 as Valley slows down Maconaquah

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Gaby Gonzalez Dalynne Bussard

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 55, Maconaquah 32 (Jan. 7): Dalynne Bussard scored 15 points, and Hadley Wise added 12 for the Valley girls basketball team in a win over visiting Maconaquah at Rita Price Simpson Court Jan. 7.

Savana Miller added nine points. Miller and Wise hit two 3-pointers each.

Valley led 25-17 at halftime and extended their lead to 43-26 after three quarters.

Eight different Valley players scored.

Valley made 21 of 26 free throws.

Ireland Kile had 16, and Delaney Betzner added 10 for Maconaquah (12-3), who had their six-game winning streak snapped.

The 32 points for Maconaquah were a season low. Valley has allowed only four of their 15 opponents to score 40 or more points.

Maconaquah coach Ray Davis is a 1981 Valley grad.

MACONAQUAH (32) (12-3)

Averie Maiben 0 0-0 0, Addie Maiben 0 0-0 0, Betzner 3 2-4 10, Stoll 2 1-3 6, Kile 5 6-7 16, Murry 0 0-0 0, Kaiser 0 0-0 0, Fuller 0 0-0 0, Griffis 0 0-0 0, Boshears 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 9-14 32

VALLEY (55) (11-4)

Gaby Gonzalez 2 3-4 7, Hadley Wise 3 4-4 12, Savana Miller 3 1-2 9, Dalynne Bussard 3 9-12 15, Izzy Woodruff 3 0-0 6, Lillie Koch 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 1 0-0 2, Maycee Koch 0 2-2 2, Kinley Crabb 0 2-2 2

TEAM: 15 21-26 55

Three-point field goals:

Maconaquah 3 (Betzner 2, Stoll),

Valley 4 (Wise 2, Miller 2)

Total fouls: Maconaquah 18, Valley 12

Score by quarters

Maconaquah 8 9 9 6 – 32

Valley 17 8 18 12 – 55

Tippecanoe Valley 50, NorthWood 27 (Jan. 3): Gaby Gonzalez scored 11 of her game-high 15 points in the first half, and Hadley Wise and Savana Miller added eight each for the visiting Lady Vikings in a win over sectional rival NorthWood at the Panther Pit Jan. 3.

Dalynne Bussard added seven points, and Betty Shepherd had six.

Valley led 27-14 at halftime and extended the lead to 37-21 after three quarters.

Valley made more free throws (12) than NorthWood attempted (nine).

Valley has won five of their last six meetings with NorthWood.

Valley improved to 10-4. The Lady Panthers fell to 6-10.

NorthWood coach Taylor Burkhart is a 2010 Valley grad.

VALLEY (50) (10-4)

Gaby Gonzalez 4 5-6 15, Hadley Wise 3 0-0 8, Savana Miller 3 0-2 8, Dalynne Bussard 2 3-7 7, Izzy Woodruff 2 0-3 4, Lillie Koch 0 0-0 0, Hailey Stookey 0 0-0 0, Malaynie Costello 0 0-0 0, Maycee Koch 0 2-3 2, Betty Shepherd 2 2-4 6, Kinley Crabb 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 12-25 50

NORTHWOOD (27) (6-10)

Davis 1 2-3 4, Marcum 3 2-2 8, Everingham 0 0-0 0, Balesa 4 0-0 9, Hill 1 1-2 3, Leeper 1 0-0 2, Lindsey 0 0-0 0, Weldy 0 1-2 1, Titus 0 0-0 0, Parvu-Timmer 0 0-0 0, Greenlee 0 0-0 0, Berkey 0 0-0 0, Nelson 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 6-9 27

Three-point field goals:

Valley 6 (Miller 2, Wise 2, Gonzalez 2),

NorthWood 1 (Balesa)

Total fouls: Valley 12, NorthWood 18

Score by quarters

Valley 13 14 10 13 – 50

NorthWood 7 7 7 6 – 27