Vikes Look To Stall Red Devils
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
AKRON -ÊWhen the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings step on the court for Wednesday's regional in West Lafayette, they will not have and easy task ahead of them.
The Vikings will face an experienced West Lafayette boys basketball team on the Red Devils' home court. The West Lafayette squad sports nine seniors, and they have 10 players that have split much of the game time this season.
"We have 10 really good players," said West Lafayette coach Dave Wood. "We have a lot of team depth. We'll probably have 10 guys in before the end of the first quarter. Of those 10 players who will come in in the first quarter, nine are seniors.
"Our team is reasonably sound. We have nine seniors, which is unusual. We are a veteran team with some experience."
"They have nine seniors, so they are experienced," said Valley coach Bill Patrick. "They play with 10 kids, and their offense is basically a fast-break. They like to push the ball up the floor."
The Red Devils will look to senior Andrew Ford for leadership. Ford, whose father played at Purdue, leads West Lafayette in scoring with 18.8 points per game and assists with 3.2 per game. Ford also pulls down 4.9 rebounds and grabs 1.5 steals per contest.
"Their leading scorer, Andrew Ford, is 6'3' and averages right around 19 points a game," said Patrick. "He shoots the three really well, and he is a good passer. He is their key player."
"We have a special player in Ford," said Wood. "He's 6'3', and he's very good. I think he's the same type of player as (Brandon) Eaton and (Cody) New. He has the ability to take over the game."
Ford is a leader for the team, but West Lafayette has several other weapons in its arsenal as well.
"Their guards are all over six foot," said Patrick. "Michael Kmec is a 6'2' senior point guard, and he is an excellent defensive player.
"Kyle Detrich is a 6'5' junior, and he is probably their best inside post player. At forward they have Etugo Nwokah, and he does a pretty good job. Aaron Wood, the coach's son, is really athletic and pretty good as well. Matt Scott is a 6'2', 210 senior. He's a big, bulky kid."
And West Lafayette knows how to use those weapons to their best advantage.
"Defensively they play a mix of zone and man-to-man. They change defenses every time they get down the floor. We need to recognize the switches they are going to make on defense and play around them.
"They like a very up-tempo game so we have to get back on defense and make sure our shot selection is pretty good so we can limit their opportunities to run with the ball.
"They use a lot of half-court and full-court press, so we need to limit our turnovers to about 12.
"Offensively, we will have to take advantage of every possession," said Wood. "We like to run the ball up the floor, but we are going to have to play a good, solid half-court offense."
However, Valley is not a team to overlook. Like the Red Devils, the Vikings have many weapons.
Brandon Eaton and Cody New provide much of the offensive spark for the Valley squad. Eaton, who has led the team in scoring all season and has been ranked in the state several times as well, scores 21.6 points and pulls down 5.7 rebounds per game for Valley. New, who was out the first half of the season, slid into Valley's offense without a hitch and adds 17.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest.
"I know Valley's good, they're really sound," said Wood. "I have watched some film and two guys are definitely capable of taking over the game. Brandon Eaton and Cody New provide good leadership for them.
"I have watched them (Valley) on video tape. We certainly want to slow down Eaton and New, that will be extremely important for us."
Along with Eaton and New, the Vikings will look to Noah Silveus, Craig Kuhn and Anthony Domenico to round out the starting five. Silveus leads the squad in assists, dishing out 4.4 per game, while Domenico, who snatches 1.5 steals per game, paces the team on the floor with his ball handling skills and quickness. Kuhn is the man in the middle, averaging 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Off the bench Valley looks to Trey Eaton, Dax Snyder and Justin Ross for much support.
"They are very sound fundamentally on both ends of the floor," said Wood.
Valley may have another advantage when they hit the court Wednesday night as well: The crowd. Valley's "sixth man" will have an advantage over the West Lafayette crowd because the Red Devils are on spring break this week.
"No, I don't think playing at home will be an advantage," said Wood. "We are on spring break right now, so they will probably have 10 times more fans than we do. We will be playing in familiar surroundings, but there will be a relatively hostile crowd. I hope with 10 seniors that will not be as much of a factor.
"We've only lost one game on the road this year, so the guys play well in a hostile crowd environment. I think with 10 seniors, the experience really helps us in that type of situation."
But Valley has at least one disadvantage that the Red Devils will not have to deal with. The Vikings have to make the long trip to West Lafayette to play a mid-week game.
"Practice (at West Lafayette) went pretty well yesterday, but it's a long drive," said Patrick. "That's a problem. We have to ride the bus for two hours and then turn around and play a game. It's not fair that one school has to travel 75 to 80 miles to play a regional game in the middle of the week."
1999-2000 TIPPECANOE VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL STATS
(Stats do not include sectional games)
Name FG FG% 3-PT 3-PT% FT FT% PTS PPG A APG S SPG R RPG
*B. Eaton (F) 135-267 51 55-123 45 106-123 86 431 21.6 82 4.1 38 1.9 114 5.7
*New (G) 52-108 48 11-35 31 21-27 78 136 17.0 18 2.3 12 1.5 62 7.8
*Silveus (G) 50-140 36 9-33 27 28-44 64 137 6.9 87 4.4 43 2.2 41 2.1
*Kuhn (C) 22-45 49 0-0 - 6-11 55 50 4.2 11 0.9 4 0.3 33 2.8
*Domenico (G) 19-48 40 0-6 0.0 15-26 58 53 2.7 81 4.1 30 1.5 34 1.7
T. Eaton 60-102 59 1-5 20 61-73 81 182 9.1 30 1.5 14 0.7 106 5.3
Snyder 46-79 58 4-6 67 38-53 72 134 7.1 49 2.6 22 1.2 86 4.5
Ross 26-49 53 0-0 - 18-29 62 70 3.5 8 0.4 6 0.3 47 2.4
Shafer 19-42 45 7-15 47 8-12 67 53 2.7 16 0.8 7 0.4 10 0.5
Wagoner 6-12 50 0-1 0.0 5-7 71 17 0.9 4 0.2 0 0.0 9 0.5
Martin 3-7 43 0-0 0.0 7-12 58 13 0.8 4 0.2 1 0.1 6 0.4
Yarian 1-1 1.000 0-0 0.0 1-2 50 3 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.4
Harmon 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Valley 439-902 49 87-224 39 314-421 75 1279 64.0 390 19.5 177 8.9 551 27.6
Opponents 396-975 41 109-329 33 231-338 68 1132 56.6 266 13.3 147 7.4 502 25.1
*starters indicated by position
1999-2000 WEST LAFAYETTE BOYS BASKETBALL STATS
(Through 21# games)
Name FG FG% 3-PT 3-PT% FT FT% PTS PPG A APG S SPG R RPG
Ford (G) 139-269 51.7 33-83 39.8 84-123 68.3 395 18.8 103 4.9 68 3.2 32 1.5
Ness (G) 59-133 44.4 32-82 39.0 30-35 85.7 177 8.4 38 1.8 31 1.5 19 0.9
Nwokah (F) 44-89 49.4 2-5 40.0 21-37 56.8 101 4.8 92 4.4 20 1.0 13 0.6
Scott (C) 38-71 53.5 1-1 100.0 17-34 50.0 85 4.0 68 3.2 15 0.7 6 0.3
Kmec (F) 21-54 38.9 0-5 0.0 34-42 81.0 72 3.6 60 3.0 45 2.3 28 1.4
Dietrich 73-133 54.9 0-0 - 26-49 53.1 162 7.7 113 5.4 13 0.6 7 0.3
Thayer 33-75 44.0 13-26 50.0 21-33 63.6 94 4.5 25 1.2 18 0.9 12 0.6
Freeman 23-47 48.9 8-25 32.0 27-35 77.1 76 3.6 35 1.7 40 1.9 13 0.6
McNulty 28-67 41.8 2-7 28.6 17-29 58.6 71 3.4 47 2.2 21 1.0 10 0.5
Wood 21-52 40.4 0-1 0.0 19-32 59.4 61 2.9 92 4.4 38 1.8 17 0.8
Totals 488-1004 48.6 92-229 40.1 299-453 66.0 1309 62.1 679 29.5 311 14.8 157 7.5
Opponents N/A
*starters indicated by position
Tippecanoe Valley
(18-5)
Warsaw 71, Valley 68 (2 OT)
*Valley 60, Col. City 53
Valley 74, North Miami 49
*Valley 69, Whitko 53
Peru 100, Valley 80
*Valley 61, Wawasee 59
*Plymouth 53, Valley 51
*Valley 59, J. Glenn 57
*Valley 60, Southwood 48
*Valley 57, Argos 35
Valley 55, Northfield 39
Valley 53, Caston 44
Valley 70, Rochester 62
Valley 55, Manchester 44
*Valley 63, Wabash 43
*Valley 69, Bremen 53
Valley 70, Triton 61
*Valley 86, Oak Hill 74
J. Glenn 65, Valley 58 (2 OT)
*SB Washington 69, Valley 61
Plymouth Sectional
Valley 59, Mishawaka marian 46
Valley 61, Plymouth 54
Valley 51, CMA 40
*regular season road games
West Lafayette
(18-5)
McCutcheon 49, West Lafayette 46
*West Lafayette 66, North Montgomery 61
West Lafayette 87, Crawfordsville 61
*West Lafayette 57, Frankfort 41
*West Lafayette 65, Benton Central 62 (OT)
*West Lafayette 72, Attica 48
Central Catholic 65, West Lafayette 58
*Western Boone 63, West Lafayette 60
West Lafayette 79, Seeger 36
*West Lafayette 67, Twin Lakes 58 (OT)
West Lafayette 84, Carroll 42
West Lafayette 70, Danville 59
West Lafayette 66, Covington 50
*West Lafayette 57, Frontier 50
West Lafayette 59, Harrison 43
Rensselaer 66, West Lafayette 64
*West Lafayette 73, Delphi 37
West Lafayette 56, Rossville 49
*West Lafayette 64, Southmont 52
Lafayette Jefferson 61, West Lafayette 47
Frankfort Sectional
West Lafayette 60, Benton Central 43
West Lafayette 79, Frankfort 72 (3 OT)
West Lafayette 69, Western 52
*regular season road games [[In-content Ad]]
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AKRON -ÊWhen the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings step on the court for Wednesday's regional in West Lafayette, they will not have and easy task ahead of them.
The Vikings will face an experienced West Lafayette boys basketball team on the Red Devils' home court. The West Lafayette squad sports nine seniors, and they have 10 players that have split much of the game time this season.
"We have 10 really good players," said West Lafayette coach Dave Wood. "We have a lot of team depth. We'll probably have 10 guys in before the end of the first quarter. Of those 10 players who will come in in the first quarter, nine are seniors.
"Our team is reasonably sound. We have nine seniors, which is unusual. We are a veteran team with some experience."
"They have nine seniors, so they are experienced," said Valley coach Bill Patrick. "They play with 10 kids, and their offense is basically a fast-break. They like to push the ball up the floor."
The Red Devils will look to senior Andrew Ford for leadership. Ford, whose father played at Purdue, leads West Lafayette in scoring with 18.8 points per game and assists with 3.2 per game. Ford also pulls down 4.9 rebounds and grabs 1.5 steals per contest.
"Their leading scorer, Andrew Ford, is 6'3' and averages right around 19 points a game," said Patrick. "He shoots the three really well, and he is a good passer. He is their key player."
"We have a special player in Ford," said Wood. "He's 6'3', and he's very good. I think he's the same type of player as (Brandon) Eaton and (Cody) New. He has the ability to take over the game."
Ford is a leader for the team, but West Lafayette has several other weapons in its arsenal as well.
"Their guards are all over six foot," said Patrick. "Michael Kmec is a 6'2' senior point guard, and he is an excellent defensive player.
"Kyle Detrich is a 6'5' junior, and he is probably their best inside post player. At forward they have Etugo Nwokah, and he does a pretty good job. Aaron Wood, the coach's son, is really athletic and pretty good as well. Matt Scott is a 6'2', 210 senior. He's a big, bulky kid."
And West Lafayette knows how to use those weapons to their best advantage.
"Defensively they play a mix of zone and man-to-man. They change defenses every time they get down the floor. We need to recognize the switches they are going to make on defense and play around them.
"They like a very up-tempo game so we have to get back on defense and make sure our shot selection is pretty good so we can limit their opportunities to run with the ball.
"They use a lot of half-court and full-court press, so we need to limit our turnovers to about 12.
"Offensively, we will have to take advantage of every possession," said Wood. "We like to run the ball up the floor, but we are going to have to play a good, solid half-court offense."
However, Valley is not a team to overlook. Like the Red Devils, the Vikings have many weapons.
Brandon Eaton and Cody New provide much of the offensive spark for the Valley squad. Eaton, who has led the team in scoring all season and has been ranked in the state several times as well, scores 21.6 points and pulls down 5.7 rebounds per game for Valley. New, who was out the first half of the season, slid into Valley's offense without a hitch and adds 17.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest.
"I know Valley's good, they're really sound," said Wood. "I have watched some film and two guys are definitely capable of taking over the game. Brandon Eaton and Cody New provide good leadership for them.
"I have watched them (Valley) on video tape. We certainly want to slow down Eaton and New, that will be extremely important for us."
Along with Eaton and New, the Vikings will look to Noah Silveus, Craig Kuhn and Anthony Domenico to round out the starting five. Silveus leads the squad in assists, dishing out 4.4 per game, while Domenico, who snatches 1.5 steals per game, paces the team on the floor with his ball handling skills and quickness. Kuhn is the man in the middle, averaging 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Off the bench Valley looks to Trey Eaton, Dax Snyder and Justin Ross for much support.
"They are very sound fundamentally on both ends of the floor," said Wood.
Valley may have another advantage when they hit the court Wednesday night as well: The crowd. Valley's "sixth man" will have an advantage over the West Lafayette crowd because the Red Devils are on spring break this week.
"No, I don't think playing at home will be an advantage," said Wood. "We are on spring break right now, so they will probably have 10 times more fans than we do. We will be playing in familiar surroundings, but there will be a relatively hostile crowd. I hope with 10 seniors that will not be as much of a factor.
"We've only lost one game on the road this year, so the guys play well in a hostile crowd environment. I think with 10 seniors, the experience really helps us in that type of situation."
But Valley has at least one disadvantage that the Red Devils will not have to deal with. The Vikings have to make the long trip to West Lafayette to play a mid-week game.
"Practice (at West Lafayette) went pretty well yesterday, but it's a long drive," said Patrick. "That's a problem. We have to ride the bus for two hours and then turn around and play a game. It's not fair that one school has to travel 75 to 80 miles to play a regional game in the middle of the week."
1999-2000 TIPPECANOE VALLEY BOYS BASKETBALL STATS
(Stats do not include sectional games)
Name FG FG% 3-PT 3-PT% FT FT% PTS PPG A APG S SPG R RPG
*B. Eaton (F) 135-267 51 55-123 45 106-123 86 431 21.6 82 4.1 38 1.9 114 5.7
*New (G) 52-108 48 11-35 31 21-27 78 136 17.0 18 2.3 12 1.5 62 7.8
*Silveus (G) 50-140 36 9-33 27 28-44 64 137 6.9 87 4.4 43 2.2 41 2.1
*Kuhn (C) 22-45 49 0-0 - 6-11 55 50 4.2 11 0.9 4 0.3 33 2.8
*Domenico (G) 19-48 40 0-6 0.0 15-26 58 53 2.7 81 4.1 30 1.5 34 1.7
T. Eaton 60-102 59 1-5 20 61-73 81 182 9.1 30 1.5 14 0.7 106 5.3
Snyder 46-79 58 4-6 67 38-53 72 134 7.1 49 2.6 22 1.2 86 4.5
Ross 26-49 53 0-0 - 18-29 62 70 3.5 8 0.4 6 0.3 47 2.4
Shafer 19-42 45 7-15 47 8-12 67 53 2.7 16 0.8 7 0.4 10 0.5
Wagoner 6-12 50 0-1 0.0 5-7 71 17 0.9 4 0.2 0 0.0 9 0.5
Martin 3-7 43 0-0 0.0 7-12 58 13 0.8 4 0.2 1 0.1 6 0.4
Yarian 1-1 1.000 0-0 0.0 1-2 50 3 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.4
Harmon 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Valley 439-902 49 87-224 39 314-421 75 1279 64.0 390 19.5 177 8.9 551 27.6
Opponents 396-975 41 109-329 33 231-338 68 1132 56.6 266 13.3 147 7.4 502 25.1
*starters indicated by position
1999-2000 WEST LAFAYETTE BOYS BASKETBALL STATS
(Through 21# games)
Name FG FG% 3-PT 3-PT% FT FT% PTS PPG A APG S SPG R RPG
Ford (G) 139-269 51.7 33-83 39.8 84-123 68.3 395 18.8 103 4.9 68 3.2 32 1.5
Ness (G) 59-133 44.4 32-82 39.0 30-35 85.7 177 8.4 38 1.8 31 1.5 19 0.9
Nwokah (F) 44-89 49.4 2-5 40.0 21-37 56.8 101 4.8 92 4.4 20 1.0 13 0.6
Scott (C) 38-71 53.5 1-1 100.0 17-34 50.0 85 4.0 68 3.2 15 0.7 6 0.3
Kmec (F) 21-54 38.9 0-5 0.0 34-42 81.0 72 3.6 60 3.0 45 2.3 28 1.4
Dietrich 73-133 54.9 0-0 - 26-49 53.1 162 7.7 113 5.4 13 0.6 7 0.3
Thayer 33-75 44.0 13-26 50.0 21-33 63.6 94 4.5 25 1.2 18 0.9 12 0.6
Freeman 23-47 48.9 8-25 32.0 27-35 77.1 76 3.6 35 1.7 40 1.9 13 0.6
McNulty 28-67 41.8 2-7 28.6 17-29 58.6 71 3.4 47 2.2 21 1.0 10 0.5
Wood 21-52 40.4 0-1 0.0 19-32 59.4 61 2.9 92 4.4 38 1.8 17 0.8
Totals 488-1004 48.6 92-229 40.1 299-453 66.0 1309 62.1 679 29.5 311 14.8 157 7.5
Opponents N/A
*starters indicated by position
Tippecanoe Valley
(18-5)
Warsaw 71, Valley 68 (2 OT)
*Valley 60, Col. City 53
Valley 74, North Miami 49
*Valley 69, Whitko 53
Peru 100, Valley 80
*Valley 61, Wawasee 59
*Plymouth 53, Valley 51
*Valley 59, J. Glenn 57
*Valley 60, Southwood 48
*Valley 57, Argos 35
Valley 55, Northfield 39
Valley 53, Caston 44
Valley 70, Rochester 62
Valley 55, Manchester 44
*Valley 63, Wabash 43
*Valley 69, Bremen 53
Valley 70, Triton 61
*Valley 86, Oak Hill 74
J. Glenn 65, Valley 58 (2 OT)
*SB Washington 69, Valley 61
Plymouth Sectional
Valley 59, Mishawaka marian 46
Valley 61, Plymouth 54
Valley 51, CMA 40
*regular season road games
West Lafayette
(18-5)
McCutcheon 49, West Lafayette 46
*West Lafayette 66, North Montgomery 61
West Lafayette 87, Crawfordsville 61
*West Lafayette 57, Frankfort 41
*West Lafayette 65, Benton Central 62 (OT)
*West Lafayette 72, Attica 48
Central Catholic 65, West Lafayette 58
*Western Boone 63, West Lafayette 60
West Lafayette 79, Seeger 36
*West Lafayette 67, Twin Lakes 58 (OT)
West Lafayette 84, Carroll 42
West Lafayette 70, Danville 59
West Lafayette 66, Covington 50
*West Lafayette 57, Frontier 50
West Lafayette 59, Harrison 43
Rensselaer 66, West Lafayette 64
*West Lafayette 73, Delphi 37
West Lafayette 56, Rossville 49
*West Lafayette 64, Southmont 52
Lafayette Jefferson 61, West Lafayette 47
Frankfort Sectional
West Lafayette 60, Benton Central 43
West Lafayette 79, Frankfort 72 (3 OT)
West Lafayette 69, Western 52
*regular season road games [[In-content Ad]]