Valley hits 10 3-pointers but drops opener to Mishawaka

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Mishawaka 62, Tippecanoe Valley 57 (final, Nov. 23): Nolan Cumberland hit four 3-pointers and scored 26 points, and Riley Shepherd also hit four treys and added 14 for the Tippecanoe Valley boys basketball team in a season-opening loss to host Mishawaka on Nov. 23.

Tayde Kiser added eight, Cooper Walls had six, Dylan Neese had two, and Kyler Johnson had one.

Valley hit 10 3-pointers while Mishawaka hit one, but the Cavemen outscored Valley 13-4 in the second quarter to take a 25-23 halftime lead.

VALLEY (57) (0-1)

Cooper Walls 2 0-0 6, Tayde Kiser 1 6-11 8, Nolan Cumberland 10 2-2 26, Riley Shepherd 4 2-2 14, Kyler Johnson 0 1-2 1, Ian Cooksey 0 0-0 0, Blaine Sheetz 0 0-0 0, Nate Parker 0 0-0 0, Stephen Akase 0 0-0 0, Dylan Neese 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 18 11-17 57

MISHAWAKA (62) (1-0)

Pritchett 0 1-2 1, Johnson 6 4-7 16, Jones 7 3-4 17, Nelson 1 0-0 3, Harringer 3 1-4 7, Snyder 2 7-8 11, Northern 0 0-0 0, J. Troyer 0 0-0 0, A. Troyer 1 0-0 2, Fischer 2 1-3 5

TEAM: 22 17-28 62

Three-point field goals:

Valley 10 (Cumberland 4, Shepherd 4, Walls 2),

Mishawaka 1 (Nelson)

Total fouls: Valley 20, Mishawaka 14

Score by quarters

Valley 19 4 13 21 – 57

Mishawaka 12 13 15 22 – 62