Prep Roundup: Tippecanoe Valley Girls Fall In Season Opener To Bremen

BREMEN – Sophie?Bussard’s 23 points weren’t enough as the?Tippecanoe?Valley girls basketball team opened its season with a 62-48 loss Thursday at Bremen.

Valley (0-1) was deadlocked with Bremen (1-0) at 14 heading into the second quarter. 

The Lady?Vikings pulled ahead on the strength of Bussard’s seven second-quarter points to take a 27-19 lead.

However, the Lady Lions ripped off 21 points in the third quarter and 22 in the fourth for the convincing, double-digit victory. 

Hayley?Backus and Sidney Wagner each added eight points for Valley. 

Bremen was led by Erin?Coffel’s 18 points and Kaelyn Shively’s 13.

Valley will play Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Culver Academies. 

BREMEN 62, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 48

TV 14 13 10 11 - 48

B 14 5 21 22 - 62

Valley - Sidney Wagner 3 2-5 8, Emma Craig  0 2-2 2, Jillian Walls 1 0-0 3, Hayley Backus 4 0-0 8, Sophie Bussard 9 3-5 23, Makenzie Woodcox 1 2-2 4, Karina Young 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 9-14 48. 

Bremen - Kaelyn Shively 4 2-2 13, Bailey Vermillion 0 0-2 0, Ellia Foster 3 1-2 7, Dellenira Duran 1 0-0 2, Erin Coffel 7 2-5 18, Haylie Rodriguez 1 8-9 11, Mirella Duran, Karlee Feldman 4 2-5 11. Totals 20 15-25 62. 

Three-pointers - Valley 3 (Bussard 2, Walls 1), Bremen 7 (Shively 3, Coffel 2, Rodriguez 1, Feldman 1); Records - Valley 0-1, Bremen 1-0.

Wawasee Falls To Marian In Opener

MISHAWAKA - The Wawasee girls basketball team struggled in a 67-18 season-opening loss Thursday at Mishawaka Marian.

Marian led 12-7 after the first quarter and stretched its lead to double digits by halftime.

From there, the Lady Knights coasted to victory. 

Caitlin Wortinger nearly had a double-double for the?Lady?Warriors (0-1), with nine points and 11 rebounds.

Wawasee’s Hannah Lancaster added three points and six rebounds.

The Lady?Warriors will play Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Prairie Heights.

MISHAWAKA MARIAN 67, WAWASEE 18

W 6 4 2 6 - 18

M 12 21 19 15 - 67

Wawasee - Abby Steiner 0 0-0 0, Hannah Lancaster 1 1-6 3, Rhian Galloway 0 0-0 0, Casey Schroeder 0 0-0 0, Jada Carter 0 0-2 0, Danielle Jenkins 1 -0-0 3, Caitlin Wortinger 3 3-8 9, Madison Mottern 0 0-1 0, Jadison Rostochak 1 1-2 3, Ava Harker 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 5-19 18.

Marian - Kiya Roby 1 0-2 2, Meghan McCormick 1 0-0 2, Kendall Bethel 0 0-0 0, Makayla Weaver 11 1-2 23, McKenzie Hudgen 3 0-0 6, Jaiden Rangel 2 1-2 6, Payton Rangel  2 0-0 5, Anija Payne 8 3-4 19, Christian Himelick 1 2-4 4. 

Three-pointers - Wawasee 1 (Steiner 1), Marian 2 (J. Rangel 1, P. Rangel 1); Records - Wawasee 0-1, Marian 1-0.