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KNOX - Leading by one point, 38-37, after three quarters of play Friday, Tippecanoe Valley's varsity boys basketball team used an 11-of-13 performance at the free throw line in the fourth to down host Knox 55-45.
Senior Cory Vanlaningham was 8 of 8 at the charity strip in the final frame and also hit a three-pointer as the Vikings outscored the Redskins 17-8 in the final eight minutes of play.
Vanlaningham finished with a game-high 21 points, while sophomores David Lash and Shane Drudge added 12 each and Shane Denny four.
Valley is 3-0 on the season and is in action again Tuesday at home with Plymouth.
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 55, KNOX 45
Valley 14 14 10 17 - 55
Knox 18 9 10 8 - 45
Valley - Parker 1 0-0 2, Gibson 0 1-2 1, Vanlaningham 5 8-9 21, Lash 4 4-4 12, Drudge 5 2-2 12, Denny 2 1-2 5, Murphy 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 16-19 55.
Knox - Keiper 5 1-2 12, Nokes 2 2-2 6, Fornelli 4 0-0 11, Fosler 1 2-2 4, Johnson 1 3-3 5, Cole 2 0-0 5, Clemons 0 0-0 0, Dulin 0 0-0 0, Fletcher 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 8-9 45.
Three-point goals - Valley 3 (Vanlaningham 3), Knox 5 (Fornelli 3, Keiper 1, Cole 1. Fouls - Valley 19, Knox 12. Fouled out - none.
JV - Knox 35, Tippecanoe Valley 32
