Bremen's Slowdown Stalls Tippecanoe Valley
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
BREMEN - Tippecanoe Valley has set or tied school records in back-to-back games, but Friday's mark against Bremen was probably one the Vikings would have liked to have done without.
One game after shooting the best field-goal percentage in school history at Wabash, Tippecanoe Valley tied the school record for fewest points in a game with a 49-33 loss to the Lions.
That score tied the record set in last year's sectional championship game, ironically a 33-32 win over Columbia City.
Valley is 5-11 overall, while No. 5 Bremen improved to 15-3.
"We expected them to play real well," Valley coach Gregg Sciarra said. "They're a real good team. We didn't play with a whole lot of intensity at times. We would get one shot and out."
This game was one of time, and which team controlled it.
• Valley didn't score in the first 6:23, and by the time Brandon Eaton got a three-pointer to roll, the visitors trailed 11-3.
• The Vikings were shut out for more than three minutes to open the second quarter and fell behind as much as 21-6 with 4:45 left in the first half.
• Maintaining a 12-point lead at the start of the fourth period, Bremen inbounded and managed to run off more than five minutes before Tippecanoe Valley even got a possession. And it wasn't until there was just 1:10 left in the quarter that the Vikings put points on the board, thanks to another trey from Eaton.
"It was kind of an uneventful, boring fourth quarter," Sciarra said.
Tippecanoe Valley shot just 2 of 11 from the field in the first period (18 percent), with Eaton scoring both from long range. Bremen got points from five different players, and the Vikings trailed 13-6 at the end of one.
The lead grew to as much as 15 at 21-6, but buckets from Maurice Looman and JayDee Parker cut the margin to 24-13. Valley trailed 30-15 at halftime.
Valley played its best basketball in the third quarter, but even then, the Vikings never really challenged the Lions.
A basket from Jarvis Shepherd cut the lead to 30-20 as Valley forced a flurry of Bremen turnovers. The closest the Vikings got was 32-23 on an Eric Prater three-pointer, and Bremen led 42-30 heading into the fourth period.
The Lions inbounded on the alternating possession to start the fourth quarter, and they took full advantage of it.
Bremen took only two shots in the fourth period, but was 7 of 11 from the free-throw line. Valley shot 1 of 8 (13 percent) in the quarter, with all but one coming from beyond the three-point line.
Parker led all players with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Eaton added nine points. Prater and Looman added five each, and Shepherd rounded out the Valley scoring with four.
The Vikings shot 76 percent (39 of 51) from the field last week, but hit just 13 of 45 (29 percent) against Bremen. One bright spot for Valley, though, was that it held Bremen to 4 of 15 (27 percent) from the field in the second half.
Tippecanoe Valley (5-11) hosts Triton (4-12) tonight. The Vikings must win one of their four remaining games to avoid the worst regular season in school history. [[In-content Ad]]
BREMEN - Tippecanoe Valley has set or tied school records in back-to-back games, but Friday's mark against Bremen was probably one the Vikings would have liked to have done without.
One game after shooting the best field-goal percentage in school history at Wabash, Tippecanoe Valley tied the school record for fewest points in a game with a 49-33 loss to the Lions.
That score tied the record set in last year's sectional championship game, ironically a 33-32 win over Columbia City.
Valley is 5-11 overall, while No. 5 Bremen improved to 15-3.
"We expected them to play real well," Valley coach Gregg Sciarra said. "They're a real good team. We didn't play with a whole lot of intensity at times. We would get one shot and out."
This game was one of time, and which team controlled it.
• Valley didn't score in the first 6:23, and by the time Brandon Eaton got a three-pointer to roll, the visitors trailed 11-3.
• The Vikings were shut out for more than three minutes to open the second quarter and fell behind as much as 21-6 with 4:45 left in the first half.
• Maintaining a 12-point lead at the start of the fourth period, Bremen inbounded and managed to run off more than five minutes before Tippecanoe Valley even got a possession. And it wasn't until there was just 1:10 left in the quarter that the Vikings put points on the board, thanks to another trey from Eaton.
"It was kind of an uneventful, boring fourth quarter," Sciarra said.
Tippecanoe Valley shot just 2 of 11 from the field in the first period (18 percent), with Eaton scoring both from long range. Bremen got points from five different players, and the Vikings trailed 13-6 at the end of one.
The lead grew to as much as 15 at 21-6, but buckets from Maurice Looman and JayDee Parker cut the margin to 24-13. Valley trailed 30-15 at halftime.
Valley played its best basketball in the third quarter, but even then, the Vikings never really challenged the Lions.
A basket from Jarvis Shepherd cut the lead to 30-20 as Valley forced a flurry of Bremen turnovers. The closest the Vikings got was 32-23 on an Eric Prater three-pointer, and Bremen led 42-30 heading into the fourth period.
The Lions inbounded on the alternating possession to start the fourth quarter, and they took full advantage of it.
Bremen took only two shots in the fourth period, but was 7 of 11 from the free-throw line. Valley shot 1 of 8 (13 percent) in the quarter, with all but one coming from beyond the three-point line.
Parker led all players with 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Eaton added nine points. Prater and Looman added five each, and Shepherd rounded out the Valley scoring with four.
The Vikings shot 76 percent (39 of 51) from the field last week, but hit just 13 of 45 (29 percent) against Bremen. One bright spot for Valley, though, was that it held Bremen to 4 of 15 (27 percent) from the field in the second half.
Tippecanoe Valley (5-11) hosts Triton (4-12) tonight. The Vikings must win one of their four remaining games to avoid the worst regular season in school history. [[In-content Ad]]