Valley rides hot start to TRC road win over Maconaquah

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Tippecanoe Valley 56, Maconaquah 25 (Nov. 22): Kaydence Mellott scored eight of her

Molly Moriarty

game-high 17 points in the first quarter, and Molly Moriarty added 12 for the Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team in a road win over Maconaquah in their Three Rivers Conference opener Nov. 22.

Valley jumped out to an 18-3 lead after one quarter and never trailed.

Miranda Stoll had 14 points, and Courtney Stoll had 10 for Maconaquah.

Valley is 8-0 against Maconaquah since the schools became conference rivals in 2015, winning each game by at least 13 points.

Maconaquah first-year coach Ray Davis is a 1982 Valley grad.

VALLEY (56) (6-2, 1-0)

Lily Ault 2 0-0 6, Kaydence Mellott 5 4-4 17, Molly Moriarty 6 0-0 12, Corinna Stiles 4 0-0 8, Kelsey Cox 1 0-0 2, Gaby Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Ava Smith 1 0-0 2, Macy Petersen 3 0-0 6, Chesnee Miller 1 0-0 2, Carlee Snyder 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 23 5-6 56

MACONAQUAH (25) (1-3, 1-2)

H. Maiben 0 0-0 0, Powell 0 0-0 0, Carson 0 0-0 0, M. Stoll 5 1-2 14, C. Stoll 4 0-0 10, Addie Maiben 0 0-0 0, Avarie Maiben 0 1-2 1, Wibel 0 0-0 0, Smyth 0 0-0 0, Barnes 0 0-3 0, Rosenow 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 2-7 25

Three-point field goals:

Valley 5 (Mellott 3, Ault 2),

Maconaquah 5 (M. Stoll 3, C. Stoll 2)

Total fouls: Valley 16, Maconaquah 10

Fouled out: Miller (TV)

Score by quarters

Valley 18 21 12 5 – 56

Maconaquah 3 8 6 8 – 25