Lady Vikings Split Games; Finish Third At Hall Of Fame Classic
December 30, 2016 at 5:08 p.m.
Lady Vikings Split Games; Finish Third At Hall Of Fame Classic
By Dale [email protected]
In action for the first time in two weeks, the Lady Vikings fell 67-58 to 3A No. 1 North Harrison in a semifinal game, but came back after only a few hours rest to beat Plainfield 51-36 in the consolation game of the prestigious four-team tournament.
Greenfield-Central, a 48-46 winner over Plainfield in the tourney's first semifinal, beat undefeated North Harrison 61-37 in the championship game.
With a hectic schedule of travel and competition, Valley is playing two games today in the Lakeland Tournament today.
"I think it would have been tough to do the tournament (today) at Lakeland if we had lost this game, it would have been tough for us mentally," said Valley coach Chris Kindig, whose team is now 11-3 on the season. "I thought we played pretty well.
"It got a little dicey in the fourth quarter, we threw the ball away a couple times. I think we had a 14-point lead, and they got it down to six, but we were able to hit our free throws down the stretch and take care of the basketball a little better. I thought, defensively, we did a good job on Plainfield. That's a good team. I don't want to minimize that at all. They play great defense, and I was happy to score 50-some."
Plainfield (12-5) led Valley 12-10 after one quarter of play, but the Lady Vikings outscored the Quakers 28-14 in the middle two quarters to establish command.
Valley finished the game 17 of 32 (53 percent) from the field overall and 17 of 21 at the free throw line, while Plainfield struggled against the Lady Vikings' defense and made just 15 of 54 attempts overall and 6 of 21 from three-point range.
Plainfield attempted just two free throws and missed them both.
"I felt like the girls came out with the right mindset," said Kindig. "You never know after only having two or three hours to rest. You never know how they're going to react, or if they're going to be up for the game. I thought we had just as much intensity in this game as we did in the first game. I'm really proud of the girls, that they were able to get themselves ready to go.
"You know, we were off for two weeks, and I think that first game we had a little rust from not playing for two weeks. We still turned the ball over too much, we have to getObetter at that, but I think this will really propel the girls into the second half of the year."
While the Hall of Fame Classic is about showcasing your team, and a lot of times is an indicator of teams that will make a tourney run, it's also a platform for individuals.
Valley senior Anne Secrest certainly made another strong case in her bid to make the Indiana All-Star team that will play in the annual series with Kentucky's best this summer.
Secrest was 6 of 8 from the field and 8 of 8 at the charity stripe en route to a game-high 20 points in the consolation and also grabbed 10 rebounds.
In the two games combined, Secrest was 13 of 16 from the field and 16 of 17 from the free throw line en route to 42 points, a performance that landed her on the all-tournament team.
"Anne is in a class by herself, and I hope this kinda shows the state where she's at," said Kindig. "I got a lot of compliments from a lot of coaches that said they enjoyed watching her play today. That tells you a lot when coaches tell you that."
Greenfield-Central's Madison Wise, an Iowa State recruit who tallied 23 points and 12 rebounds in the semifinals against Plainfield, was named the tournament's MVP. Others on the all-tournament team were Katie Real and Katie Helagson of Greenfield-Central, North Harrison's Lilly Hatton and Plainfield's Samantha Olinger.
Sophie Bussard and Hannah Dunn helped Valley's cause in the consolation win with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
Olinger led Plainfield with 10 points, while Delaney Kendall chipped in with nine.
In their 67-58 semifinal loss to No. 1 North Harrison, it was a slew of turnovers and a third-quarter scoring drought that did the Lady Vikings in.
The game was tied 34-34 at halftime after Valley's Meredith Brouyette hit a deep NBA three-pointer at the buzzer.
The Lady Vikings came out of the break and scored the first two points of the second half, but North Harrison took control of the game with an 18-0 run, turning a 36-34 deficit into a 52-36 lead.
Valley fought back, but got no closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Kindig stressed to his players before the game that two numbers needed to stay low for them to be successful - Valley's turnovers and North Harrison's point total.
The Lady Vikings turned the ball over 19 times, and North Harrison scored 67 points, nearly double that of Valley's 35-point defensive average.
"One of the things we put on our board (in the lockerroom) was 10 turnovers or less," said Kindig. "We knew with their pressure defense, you could see it in the game film, if we didn't take care of the basketball this could have been a 20- or 30-point game.
"Although we didn't handle the ball as well as I'd liked to, I thought we did a pretty good job until that third quarter, and then they went on that run. It was tied 34-34 at halftime ... then we turned the ball over a few times and they got some easy baskets. The momentum really changed, but we hung in there, we could have given in and it could have been a 20-point game or something."
Junior guards Cali Nolot and Taylor Rennirt led North Harrison with 18 points each, while senior Stevi Burns and Hatton finished with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
The 6-1 Hatton went into the tournament averaging 21 points, eight rebounds and nearly five blocks per game.
She scored just two points in the first half and wasn't really a factor until Secrest fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Secrest was the best player on the floor in the semifinal game, making 7 of 8 field goal attempts and 8 of 9 charity tosses en route to a game-high 22 points.
Bussard chipped in with 13 points for Valley, while Brouyette added nine.
On top of their turnover struggles, the Lady Vikings had to fight through foul trouble. Miller and Dunn also fouled out, as Valley was whistled for 22 fouls to North Harrison's 14.
North Harrison was 22 of 32 at the free throw line, including 18 of 24 in the second half.
The Lady Vikings were 9 of 14 at the charity stripe in the loss. Valley is in action again today with two games in the Lakeland Tournament.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 51, PLAINFIELD 36
(consolation)
P 12 7 7 10 - 36
TV 10 17 11 13 - 51
Plainfield - Indira Peters 1-9 0-0 2, Kayla Casteel 3-16 0-0 7, Kaiah Haberkorn 3-4 0-0 6, Delaney Kendall 3-8 0-0 9, Samantha Olinger 4-8 0-2 10, Brooke Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Allie Good 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah O'Day 1-3 0-0 2, Hayley Spaulding 0-5 0-0 0, Kyla Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-54 0-2 36.
T. Valley - Sophie Bussard 4-8 6-9 14, Hannah Dunn 4-4 2-2 10, Anne Secrest 6-8 8-8 20, Meredith Brouyette 2-7 1-2 5, Addy Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Olivia Trippiedi 0-0 0-0 0, Taneisha Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Peterson 0-2 0-0 0, Asia O'Connor 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 17-32 17-21 51.
Three-pointers - Plainfield 6 (Kendall 3, Olinger 2, Casteel), T. Valley 0; Rebounds - Plainfield 22 (Peters 6), T. Valley 35 (Secrest 10); Turnovers - Plainfield 7, T. Valley 18; Fouls - Plainfield 18, T. Valley 5; Fouled out - none; Records: Plainfield 12-5, T. Valley 11-3
NORTH HARRISON 67, TIPPECANOE VALLEY
(semifinal)
NH 18 16 18 15 - 67
TV 20 14 7 17 - 58
NH - Lilly Hatton 3-5 4-4 10, Hallie Hinton 2-3 0-0 6, Stevi Burns 2-4 7-8 13, Taylor Rennirt 6-11 3-6 18, Cali Nolot 4-7 8-12 18, Lexy Terrell 0-0 0-0 0, Shelby Kondovski 0-0 0-2 0, Savana Rhodes 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Nokes 0-0 0-0 0, Madison Shelton 0-1 0-0 0, Jessicka Chiquito 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 18-33 22-32 67.
TV - Sophie Bussard 6-9 1-4 13, Hannah Dunn 1-5 0-0 2, Anne Secrest 7-8 8-9 22, Meredith Brouyette 3-9 0-1 9, Addy Miller 3-9 0-0 9, Olivia Trippiedi 0-0 0-0 0, Taneisha Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Peterson 1-6 0-0 3, Asia O'Connor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 9-14 58.
Three-pointers - NH 9 (Rennirt 3, Hinton 2, Burns 2, Nolot 2), TV 7 (Brouyette 3, Miller 3, Peterson); Rebounds - NH 22 (Hatton 9), TV 30 (Dunn 8, Brouyette 8); Turnovers - NH 16, TV 19; Fouls - NH 14, TV 22; Fouled out - Dunn, Miller, Secrest
Other consolation: Greenfield-Central 48, Plainfield 46
Championship: Greefield-Central 61, North Harrison 37
All-Tourney Team - Madison Wise (GC, MVP), Katie Real (GC), Katie Helagson (GC), Lilly Hatton (NH), Anne Secrest (TV), Samantha Olinger (P)
In action for the first time in two weeks, the Lady Vikings fell 67-58 to 3A No. 1 North Harrison in a semifinal game, but came back after only a few hours rest to beat Plainfield 51-36 in the consolation game of the prestigious four-team tournament.
Greenfield-Central, a 48-46 winner over Plainfield in the tourney's first semifinal, beat undefeated North Harrison 61-37 in the championship game.
With a hectic schedule of travel and competition, Valley is playing two games today in the Lakeland Tournament today.
"I think it would have been tough to do the tournament (today) at Lakeland if we had lost this game, it would have been tough for us mentally," said Valley coach Chris Kindig, whose team is now 11-3 on the season. "I thought we played pretty well.
"It got a little dicey in the fourth quarter, we threw the ball away a couple times. I think we had a 14-point lead, and they got it down to six, but we were able to hit our free throws down the stretch and take care of the basketball a little better. I thought, defensively, we did a good job on Plainfield. That's a good team. I don't want to minimize that at all. They play great defense, and I was happy to score 50-some."
Plainfield (12-5) led Valley 12-10 after one quarter of play, but the Lady Vikings outscored the Quakers 28-14 in the middle two quarters to establish command.
Valley finished the game 17 of 32 (53 percent) from the field overall and 17 of 21 at the free throw line, while Plainfield struggled against the Lady Vikings' defense and made just 15 of 54 attempts overall and 6 of 21 from three-point range.
Plainfield attempted just two free throws and missed them both.
"I felt like the girls came out with the right mindset," said Kindig. "You never know after only having two or three hours to rest. You never know how they're going to react, or if they're going to be up for the game. I thought we had just as much intensity in this game as we did in the first game. I'm really proud of the girls, that they were able to get themselves ready to go.
"You know, we were off for two weeks, and I think that first game we had a little rust from not playing for two weeks. We still turned the ball over too much, we have to getObetter at that, but I think this will really propel the girls into the second half of the year."
While the Hall of Fame Classic is about showcasing your team, and a lot of times is an indicator of teams that will make a tourney run, it's also a platform for individuals.
Valley senior Anne Secrest certainly made another strong case in her bid to make the Indiana All-Star team that will play in the annual series with Kentucky's best this summer.
Secrest was 6 of 8 from the field and 8 of 8 at the charity stripe en route to a game-high 20 points in the consolation and also grabbed 10 rebounds.
In the two games combined, Secrest was 13 of 16 from the field and 16 of 17 from the free throw line en route to 42 points, a performance that landed her on the all-tournament team.
"Anne is in a class by herself, and I hope this kinda shows the state where she's at," said Kindig. "I got a lot of compliments from a lot of coaches that said they enjoyed watching her play today. That tells you a lot when coaches tell you that."
Greenfield-Central's Madison Wise, an Iowa State recruit who tallied 23 points and 12 rebounds in the semifinals against Plainfield, was named the tournament's MVP. Others on the all-tournament team were Katie Real and Katie Helagson of Greenfield-Central, North Harrison's Lilly Hatton and Plainfield's Samantha Olinger.
Sophie Bussard and Hannah Dunn helped Valley's cause in the consolation win with 14 and 10 points, respectively.
Olinger led Plainfield with 10 points, while Delaney Kendall chipped in with nine.
In their 67-58 semifinal loss to No. 1 North Harrison, it was a slew of turnovers and a third-quarter scoring drought that did the Lady Vikings in.
The game was tied 34-34 at halftime after Valley's Meredith Brouyette hit a deep NBA three-pointer at the buzzer.
The Lady Vikings came out of the break and scored the first two points of the second half, but North Harrison took control of the game with an 18-0 run, turning a 36-34 deficit into a 52-36 lead.
Valley fought back, but got no closer than eight points the rest of the way.
Kindig stressed to his players before the game that two numbers needed to stay low for them to be successful - Valley's turnovers and North Harrison's point total.
The Lady Vikings turned the ball over 19 times, and North Harrison scored 67 points, nearly double that of Valley's 35-point defensive average.
"One of the things we put on our board (in the lockerroom) was 10 turnovers or less," said Kindig. "We knew with their pressure defense, you could see it in the game film, if we didn't take care of the basketball this could have been a 20- or 30-point game.
"Although we didn't handle the ball as well as I'd liked to, I thought we did a pretty good job until that third quarter, and then they went on that run. It was tied 34-34 at halftime ... then we turned the ball over a few times and they got some easy baskets. The momentum really changed, but we hung in there, we could have given in and it could have been a 20-point game or something."
Junior guards Cali Nolot and Taylor Rennirt led North Harrison with 18 points each, while senior Stevi Burns and Hatton finished with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
The 6-1 Hatton went into the tournament averaging 21 points, eight rebounds and nearly five blocks per game.
She scored just two points in the first half and wasn't really a factor until Secrest fouled out in the fourth quarter.
Secrest was the best player on the floor in the semifinal game, making 7 of 8 field goal attempts and 8 of 9 charity tosses en route to a game-high 22 points.
Bussard chipped in with 13 points for Valley, while Brouyette added nine.
On top of their turnover struggles, the Lady Vikings had to fight through foul trouble. Miller and Dunn also fouled out, as Valley was whistled for 22 fouls to North Harrison's 14.
North Harrison was 22 of 32 at the free throw line, including 18 of 24 in the second half.
The Lady Vikings were 9 of 14 at the charity stripe in the loss. Valley is in action again today with two games in the Lakeland Tournament.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 51, PLAINFIELD 36
(consolation)
P 12 7 7 10 - 36
TV 10 17 11 13 - 51
Plainfield - Indira Peters 1-9 0-0 2, Kayla Casteel 3-16 0-0 7, Kaiah Haberkorn 3-4 0-0 6, Delaney Kendall 3-8 0-0 9, Samantha Olinger 4-8 0-2 10, Brooke Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Allie Good 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah O'Day 1-3 0-0 2, Hayley Spaulding 0-5 0-0 0, Kyla Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-54 0-2 36.
T. Valley - Sophie Bussard 4-8 6-9 14, Hannah Dunn 4-4 2-2 10, Anne Secrest 6-8 8-8 20, Meredith Brouyette 2-7 1-2 5, Addy Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Olivia Trippiedi 0-0 0-0 0, Taneisha Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Peterson 0-2 0-0 0, Asia O'Connor 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 17-32 17-21 51.
Three-pointers - Plainfield 6 (Kendall 3, Olinger 2, Casteel), T. Valley 0; Rebounds - Plainfield 22 (Peters 6), T. Valley 35 (Secrest 10); Turnovers - Plainfield 7, T. Valley 18; Fouls - Plainfield 18, T. Valley 5; Fouled out - none; Records: Plainfield 12-5, T. Valley 11-3
NORTH HARRISON 67, TIPPECANOE VALLEY
(semifinal)
NH 18 16 18 15 - 67
TV 20 14 7 17 - 58
NH - Lilly Hatton 3-5 4-4 10, Hallie Hinton 2-3 0-0 6, Stevi Burns 2-4 7-8 13, Taylor Rennirt 6-11 3-6 18, Cali Nolot 4-7 8-12 18, Lexy Terrell 0-0 0-0 0, Shelby Kondovski 0-0 0-2 0, Savana Rhodes 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Nokes 0-0 0-0 0, Madison Shelton 0-1 0-0 0, Jessicka Chiquito 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 18-33 22-32 67.
TV - Sophie Bussard 6-9 1-4 13, Hannah Dunn 1-5 0-0 2, Anne Secrest 7-8 8-9 22, Meredith Brouyette 3-9 0-1 9, Addy Miller 3-9 0-0 9, Olivia Trippiedi 0-0 0-0 0, Taneisha Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Emily Peterson 1-6 0-0 3, Asia O'Connor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 9-14 58.
Three-pointers - NH 9 (Rennirt 3, Hinton 2, Burns 2, Nolot 2), TV 7 (Brouyette 3, Miller 3, Peterson); Rebounds - NH 22 (Hatton 9), TV 30 (Dunn 8, Brouyette 8); Turnovers - NH 16, TV 19; Fouls - NH 14, TV 22; Fouled out - Dunn, Miller, Secrest
Other consolation: Greenfield-Central 48, Plainfield 46
Championship: Greefield-Central 61, North Harrison 37
All-Tourney Team - Madison Wise (GC, MVP), Katie Real (GC), Katie Helagson (GC), Lilly Hatton (NH), Anne Secrest (TV), Samantha Olinger (P)
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