SYRACUSE -ÊFriday night's boys basketball game between Tippecanoe Valley and Wawasee could have been called a barn burner. After three quarters, the score was tied at 48, and the game was not decided until the final seconds of regulation.

In the end, Valley came out on top of Wawasee 61-59 in a tough-fought basketball game.

With 59.1 seconds left on the clock, Dax Snyder nailed two free throws to give Valley a 59-58 lead, and Brandon Eaton hit the front end of a one-and-bonus to put the Vikings up 60-58 with 15.9 ticks left in regulation.

However, Jeremy High grabbed the rebound from Eaton's missed free throw and was fouled to give the Warriors the chance to tie the score with two seconds remaining. High hit one of the two charity shots to make the score 60-59 in Valley's favor.

Snyder hit one more free throw with 0.7 seconds to increase Valley's lead to two, but Wawasee had one more chance to make a shot.

But it was a chance that Wawasee did not have the opportunity to make when the inbounds pass flew out of bounds at the sideline, giving the ball back to Valley.

When time ran out, Valley went home with a 61-59 victory.

"Well, it's a win," said Valley coach Bill Patrick. "The Wawasee kids played real well. I can't say enough about how well Wawasee played tonight. We just made a couple things happen at the end and it went our way. It could've gone either way, and in some ways, they deserved to win this game.

"Wawasee is a well-coached basketball team, and they continue to improve. They are going to win some ballgames."

"I thought we played really well,"said Wawasee coach Robb Berger. "We made a few mistakes in the final 59 seconds.

"For 31 minutes, we played solid, good basketball. We had a couple chances to wrap it up at the end, but we just couldn't quite make some plays."

Three Valley players scored in double figures. Brandon Eaton and Dax Snyder each scored 14 for the Vikings, while Trey Eaton added 11 points in the win.

Four Warriors finished the game in double figures with Travis Speicher and his 13 points leading the way. Jeremy High and Brent Doty chipped in 11 points each, while R.J. Wilson added 10.

Wawasee (0-6) will not have much time to dwell on this loss as the Warriors host South Bend Riley tonight. Valley, now 4-2, will play in the Plymouth Tourney Wednesday at 8 p.m.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 61

WAWASEE 59

Valley 16 25 7 13 - 61

Wawasee 12 25 11 11 - 59

Valley FG FT R A S Pts.

*Silveus 1-1 2-4 1 2 1 4

*B. Eaton 5-13 1-3 4 1 3 14

*Domenico 3-4 0-0 1 4 3 6

*Ross 2-3 1-1 0 0 0 5

*Snyder 4-10 6-8 6 0 2 14

Martin 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2

T. Eaton 4-6 3-3 3 0 0 11

Shafer 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 5

Totals 18-40 13-19 15 7 9 61

Wawasee FG FT R A S Pts.

*High 4-9 3-4 6 2 0 11

*Klenke 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0

*Wilson 3-6 2-2 1 0 0 10

*Packer 4-5 0-0 6 2 2 8

*Gradle 1-6 2-2 2 0 0 4

Doty 3-4 2-2 0 0 1 11

Speicher 3-6 5-6 1 0 2 13

Farrell 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0

Adkins 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

Totals 19-37 14-16 17 4 5 59

Three-point goals -ÊValley 4-11 (B. Eaton 3-9, Domenico 0-1, Shafer 1-1), Wawasee 7-13 (Wilson 2-4, Gradle 0-2, Doty 3-3, Speicher 2-4). Turnovers -ÊValley 11, Wawasee 15. Total fouls -ÊValley 13, Wawasee 16. Fouled out - Domenico, T. Eaton, Speicher.

JV Score - WAWASEE 53, VALLEY 28

Wawasee leaders - Kyle Lantz 4 points, Greg Abbs 5 points, Scott Beasley 9 points, Justin VanLue 10 points, Kurt Longenbaugh 5 points, Mike Ellsworth 3 points, Clint Custer 4 points, Andy Popenfoose 2 points, Phil Brumbaugh 7 points, Adam Packer 4 points.

Valley leaders -ÊAndrew Kramer 3 points, Blaine Hartzler 4 points, Aaron Zolman 6 points, Shawn Severns 2 points, Brandon Harmon 11 points, Brandon McCombs 2 points. [[In-content Ad]]