WABASH – The Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team lost its first Three Rivers Conference game Thursday at Northfield.
The Lady Vikings led 12-9 after the first quarter, but trailed 24-22 at halftime and 37-36 after three quarters.
Sophie Bussard, who fouled out with 1:59 to go, scored 16 points for Valley. She is now third all-time in the Valley girls basketball program with 1,147 points. She passed Staci Groom with her sixth point.
Jillian Walls also scored 16 points for Valley.
The Lady Vikings (12-4, 4-1 TRC) will host NorthWood Tuesday.
Tigers Edge Raiders
MIDDLEBURY – Kyle Dawson scored 17 points to lead the Warsaw boys freshman basketball team to a 31-29 Northern Lakes Conference victory Thursday at Northridge.
With the game tied at 29 with time winding down, Warsaw’s Hunter Rice found Dawson near the basket.
Dawson dribbled once and banked in an eight-footer as time expired.
Judah Simfukwe added seven points, while Hunter Rice scored three points and Seth Hildebrand and Isaiah Courtois each scored two points for the Tigers.
Warsaw (10-1, 3-0 NLC) won its eighth straight game, and will host Goshen Thursday.
