Valley puts 4 in double figures, scores 27 in 2nd quarter in rout of Lowell

Cumberland leads with 20 as Vikings advance to 5th-place game

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 74, Lowell 35 (Dec. 29): Nolan Cumberland scored a game-high 20

points to lead four players in double figures and help Valley beat Lowell in a consolation roud game at the LaPorte Tournament on Dec. 29.

Tayde Kiser hit four 3-pointers and added 18 points, Cooper Walls had 12, and Riley Shepherd added 10.

Valley hit nine 3-pointers as a team.

Valley outscored Lowell 27-10 in the second quarter to claim a 36-17 halftime lead.

This was Valley’s first win over a Class 4A team since a 61-48 win over Plymouth on Jan. 8, 2022.

Valley will play Hanover Central in the fifth-place game. Hanover Central handled Kouts 42-35 in their consolation round game.

LOWELL (35) (2-7)

Walker 0 0-2 0, Wunsch 2 1-1 5, Smith 0 0-0 0, Summers 0 0-0 0, Cox 1 3-4 5, Pace 3 0-0 6, Viehman 4 2-2 12, Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Delgado 1 0-0 3, Quale 0 0-0 0, Elenbaum 1 2-2 4, Grskovich 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 8-11 35

VALLEY (74) (6-3)

Cooper Walls 4 2-2 12, Tayde Kiser 6 2-3 18, Nolan Cumberland 9 1-2 20, Riley Shepherd 4 0-0 10, Kyler Johnson 1 0-0 2, Ian Cooksey 0 0-0 0, Trent Marshall 0 0-0 0, Blaine Sheetz 0 0-0 0, Nate Parker 0 2-2 2, DeOndre Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Cam Manuel 0 0-0 0, Stephen Akase 4 0-0 8, Dylan Neese 0 2-4 2

TEAM: 28 9-13 74

Three-point field goals:

Lowell 3 (Viehman 2, Delgado),

Valley 9 (Kiser 4, Shepherd 2, Walls 2, Cumberland)

Total fouls: Lowell 16, Valley 16

Score by quarters

Lowell 7 10 12 6 – 35

Valley 9 27 19 19 – 74