Tippecanoe Valley Upends County Rival Warsaw
November 10, 2018 at 6:54 a.m.
Tippecanoe Valley Upends County Rival Warsaw
By Dale [email protected]
In a non-conference high school girls basketball game Friday night in the Tiger Den, Tippecanoe Valley’s senior standout did just that.
Bussard, the reigning Times-Union Area Player of the year and Southeast Missouri State University recruit, battled through a 4-of-19 shooting performance to score 16 points and lead her team to a 41-33 win over the Lady Tigers.
On a night she struggled to get shots to fall, Bussard did plenty of other things for her team.
She got to the free throw line, where she knocked down 8 of 10 attempts.
She pulled down 10 rebounds.
And she dished out four assists.
“We wanted her to earn everything she got,” Krebs said of Bussard. “I didn’t think we did a bad job on Sophie.
“She’s a great player, by the way, no one is gonna be happier to see her graduate than I am. I’m sure (Valley coach) Chris (Kindig) isn’t too thrilled about losing her next year, but we’re definitely all thrilled.
“I didn’t think we did a bad job on her. It was everywhere else that we had some breakdowns, and then second-chance opportunities and fouls when we made them take a shot ... we just weren’t smart in some key situations. It seemed like every time we pulled within three or four points and made it a one or two-possession game we had a mental lapse, or they made a big play, or a combination of the two. Those are the things we have to eliminate if we’re gonna get to where we want to go by the end of the season.”
After trailing by as many as nine points, Warsaw cut Valley’s lead to 30-27 when freshman Kacilyn Krebs hit a three-pointer with 5:52 remaining.
The Lady Vikings scored the next five points, however, and were able to keep the hosts at bay.
Valley is now 2-1 on the season, while the Lady Tigers, who had more turnovers (16) than made baskets (12), fell to 1-2.
“The girls came out with the right focus from the first minute of the game until the very end,” said Valley coach Chris Kindig, whose team beat Warsaw for the first time since 2016 and for just the seventh time in 54 meetings overall.
“We had maximum effort from everybody. I?never saw a letdown one time. We talked about that before the game, that it’s a 32-minute game, not an eight-minute game or whatever.
“We hit some free throws down the stretch, but defensively, most nights we’re gonna come out and press you. We like to do that, and it seems to get the girls going. Tonight we felt like we needed to keep it a little closer in terms of the tempo, and I think the tempo was to our liking. Kudos to the girls, they executed our gameplan, and this is just a great win for our girls. We grew up a lot tonight.”
Junior Makenzie Woodcox was 3 of 3 from the field and 4 of 6 at the charity stripe for Valley, as she finished with 10 points and seven boards. Classmate Emma Craig tallied eight points and six rebounds.
“Sophie did what she needed to do tonight, but so did everybody else,” said Kindig. “She got help. It was a great team effort for us.”
Senior Kaylee Patton, who scored a total of four points in her team’s first two games, led Warsaw with 18 points.
Junior Brielle Harrison added six points and seven rebounds.
Senior Maddie Ryman, fighting through a 1-of-10 night from the field, finished with three points and eight rebounds.
“Kaylee doesn’t understand the offensive skill set that she has,” said Krebs. “We went through all of last year and two games this year ... I?think Kaylee might have taken six or seven shots total in the first two games. She was averaging two points a game, she had four points this year. If the positive thing that comes from this game is that we found another scorer, that’s what we’re gonna take from it.
“We know we’re gonna have other people step up. Maddie Ryman isn’t always going to have the night she had. She proved she’s capable of scoring, she had 22 points in our first game and 14 in the next game. Tonight we found Kaylee Patton, and that’s what we have to have. At the high school level you have to have multiple scoring options, and we were pretty one-dimensional for two games. Tonight we had one true scoring threat, Kaylee had 18, but if we put this together in the long run, combine Kaylee with Maddie and continue to find scorers as the season goes on, then we’ll be alright.”
The Lady Tigers are in action again Wednesday when they travel to Wabash.
Valley plays at Logansport Tuesday.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 41, WARSAW 33
TV 13 7 9 12 – 41
W 6 8 9 10 – 33
TV – Sidney Wagner 0-5 2-5 2, Emma Craig 4-9 0-0 8, Jillian Walls 1-6 0-0 3, Hayley Backus 1-3 0-0 2, Sophie Bussard 4-19 8-10 16, Makenzie Woodcox 3-3 4-6 10, Karina Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-45 14-21 41.
Warsaw – Halle Shipp 0-2 0-0 0, Kensie Ryman 0-7 2-2 2, Maddie Ryman 1-10 1-2 3, Kendall Wayne 0-1 1-2 1, Audrey Grimm 0-0 0-0 0, Brielle Harrison 3-5 0-0 6, Kaylee Patton 7-12 3-3 18, Kacilyn Krebs 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 12-43 7-9 33.
Three-pointers – Valley 1 (Walls), Warsaw 2 (Patton, Krebs); Rebounds – Valley 37 (Bussard 10), Warsaw 31 (M. Ryman 8); Turnovers – Valley 10, Warsaw 16; Fouls – Valley 12, Warsaw 17; Fouled out – none; Records: Valley 2-1, Warsaw 1-2
JV – Warsaw 32, Valley 8
Warsaw – Abby Sanner 10, Sydney Lancaster 8, Bailie Stephens 5, Adin Um 4, Marin Hart 3, Cora West 1, Mackenzie Sokol 1
Valley – Emma Craig 5, Jillian Walls 2, Brayden Baney 1
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In a non-conference high school girls basketball game Friday night in the Tiger Den, Tippecanoe Valley’s senior standout did just that.
Bussard, the reigning Times-Union Area Player of the year and Southeast Missouri State University recruit, battled through a 4-of-19 shooting performance to score 16 points and lead her team to a 41-33 win over the Lady Tigers.
On a night she struggled to get shots to fall, Bussard did plenty of other things for her team.
She got to the free throw line, where she knocked down 8 of 10 attempts.
She pulled down 10 rebounds.
And she dished out four assists.
“We wanted her to earn everything she got,” Krebs said of Bussard. “I didn’t think we did a bad job on Sophie.
“She’s a great player, by the way, no one is gonna be happier to see her graduate than I am. I’m sure (Valley coach) Chris (Kindig) isn’t too thrilled about losing her next year, but we’re definitely all thrilled.
“I didn’t think we did a bad job on her. It was everywhere else that we had some breakdowns, and then second-chance opportunities and fouls when we made them take a shot ... we just weren’t smart in some key situations. It seemed like every time we pulled within three or four points and made it a one or two-possession game we had a mental lapse, or they made a big play, or a combination of the two. Those are the things we have to eliminate if we’re gonna get to where we want to go by the end of the season.”
After trailing by as many as nine points, Warsaw cut Valley’s lead to 30-27 when freshman Kacilyn Krebs hit a three-pointer with 5:52 remaining.
The Lady Vikings scored the next five points, however, and were able to keep the hosts at bay.
Valley is now 2-1 on the season, while the Lady Tigers, who had more turnovers (16) than made baskets (12), fell to 1-2.
“The girls came out with the right focus from the first minute of the game until the very end,” said Valley coach Chris Kindig, whose team beat Warsaw for the first time since 2016 and for just the seventh time in 54 meetings overall.
“We had maximum effort from everybody. I?never saw a letdown one time. We talked about that before the game, that it’s a 32-minute game, not an eight-minute game or whatever.
“We hit some free throws down the stretch, but defensively, most nights we’re gonna come out and press you. We like to do that, and it seems to get the girls going. Tonight we felt like we needed to keep it a little closer in terms of the tempo, and I think the tempo was to our liking. Kudos to the girls, they executed our gameplan, and this is just a great win for our girls. We grew up a lot tonight.”
Junior Makenzie Woodcox was 3 of 3 from the field and 4 of 6 at the charity stripe for Valley, as she finished with 10 points and seven boards. Classmate Emma Craig tallied eight points and six rebounds.
“Sophie did what she needed to do tonight, but so did everybody else,” said Kindig. “She got help. It was a great team effort for us.”
Senior Kaylee Patton, who scored a total of four points in her team’s first two games, led Warsaw with 18 points.
Junior Brielle Harrison added six points and seven rebounds.
Senior Maddie Ryman, fighting through a 1-of-10 night from the field, finished with three points and eight rebounds.
“Kaylee doesn’t understand the offensive skill set that she has,” said Krebs. “We went through all of last year and two games this year ... I?think Kaylee might have taken six or seven shots total in the first two games. She was averaging two points a game, she had four points this year. If the positive thing that comes from this game is that we found another scorer, that’s what we’re gonna take from it.
“We know we’re gonna have other people step up. Maddie Ryman isn’t always going to have the night she had. She proved she’s capable of scoring, she had 22 points in our first game and 14 in the next game. Tonight we found Kaylee Patton, and that’s what we have to have. At the high school level you have to have multiple scoring options, and we were pretty one-dimensional for two games. Tonight we had one true scoring threat, Kaylee had 18, but if we put this together in the long run, combine Kaylee with Maddie and continue to find scorers as the season goes on, then we’ll be alright.”
The Lady Tigers are in action again Wednesday when they travel to Wabash.
Valley plays at Logansport Tuesday.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 41, WARSAW 33
TV 13 7 9 12 – 41
W 6 8 9 10 – 33
TV – Sidney Wagner 0-5 2-5 2, Emma Craig 4-9 0-0 8, Jillian Walls 1-6 0-0 3, Hayley Backus 1-3 0-0 2, Sophie Bussard 4-19 8-10 16, Makenzie Woodcox 3-3 4-6 10, Karina Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-45 14-21 41.
Warsaw – Halle Shipp 0-2 0-0 0, Kensie Ryman 0-7 2-2 2, Maddie Ryman 1-10 1-2 3, Kendall Wayne 0-1 1-2 1, Audrey Grimm 0-0 0-0 0, Brielle Harrison 3-5 0-0 6, Kaylee Patton 7-12 3-3 18, Kacilyn Krebs 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 12-43 7-9 33.
Three-pointers – Valley 1 (Walls), Warsaw 2 (Patton, Krebs); Rebounds – Valley 37 (Bussard 10), Warsaw 31 (M. Ryman 8); Turnovers – Valley 10, Warsaw 16; Fouls – Valley 12, Warsaw 17; Fouled out – none; Records: Valley 2-1, Warsaw 1-2
JV – Warsaw 32, Valley 8
Warsaw – Abby Sanner 10, Sydney Lancaster 8, Bailie Stephens 5, Adin Um 4, Marin Hart 3, Cora West 1, Mackenzie Sokol 1
Valley – Emma Craig 5, Jillian Walls 2, Brayden Baney 1
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