Manchester 72
Tippy Valley 41
Squires Rip Valley 72-41
BY DALE HUBLER, Times-Union Sports Writer
2/2/00
NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester girls basketball coach Keri Nichols called Tuesday’s
game with Three Rivers Conference rival Tippecanoe Valley “Slug Fest 2000.”
In a 72-41 Manchester win, the two teams combined for 40 fouls and 48 free throws. Three Valley
starters – Lynette Wilcox, Erica Pontious, Jennifer Studebaker – fouled out.
The 31-point win improves the Squires’ overall record to 11-7 and 4-1 in the TRC. With its 11th
consecutive loss, Valley falls to 4-14 and 0-6.
The Vikings stayed with the Squires early and only trailed 10-7 after one quarter of play.
“I thought we really handled handled their press,” said Valley coach Gary Teel. “Their press ate a lot
of people up. I thought we handled their press, that was my biggest fear. We continue to make poor
decisions.”
Poor decisions on Valley’s part led to 25 turnovers. The Squires, on the other hand, only turned the
ball over 13 times.
“The last couple games we’ve been in the 20s,” said Nichols of her teams turnovers. “Coming in, our
focus was to cut down on mistakes.”
A rebound and bucket by Rachel Parker with 7:28 remaining in the second stanza brought the
Vikings within three, 12-9, but Manchester went on a 13-0 run, upping its advantage to 23-9 at the
4:44 mark.
“There was a spell there where they hit three or four shots in a row and we missed three or four
shots in a row,” said Teel. “We called time out to try and take the momentum away. It’s just one of
those things. That run was a big part in the game.”
Said Nichols: “We’re a team comprised of runs. We knew we had to be patient and get in the
groove. Once we got focused it showed on the floor.”
The Squires hit 23 of 54 (42.6) shots from the field in the game. More importanly was their
22-of-31 performance at the charity stripe. The Vikings committed 22 fouls. Manchester was
whistled for 18 violations.
“I’m happy with it,” said Nichols. “Anytime you get to the line that many times, you gotta be happy.”
Valley was 16 of 50 (32 percent) from the field and 7 of 17 (41.2 percent) from the free throw line.
“We’ve struggled all year shooting,” said Teel. “But once again, we need to make better decisions.
Sometimes they think they can see the floor better than they do. I can count at least four or five shots
that we missed at point-blank range. To stay in the game we have to make those.”
The Squires outscored Valley 26-14 in the third quarter on 9 of 15 shooting from the field, upping
their lead to 55-27. Senior Jennifer Jester was 4 of 5 in the frame, all from three-point land.
Jester finished the game with 14 points and eight steals.
“I was a little peeved at her in the first half,” said Nichols of Jester. “She knows she has the ability to
hit four or five in a row. She came back and hit a couple.”
Manchester junior forward Jessica Hicks led all scorers with 19 points. Heather Terflinger and
Carrie White added 18 and 10 points, respectively, in the win.
The Vikings had one double figure scorer, Wilcox, who scored 11 before fouling out. Studebaker
tallied seven points and 18 rebounds before fouling out. Jamie Doud and Kathy Prater added six
points apiece in the loss.
Manchester will host Class 3A No. 4 Rochester (15-0) Thursday.
“Rochester is a great team,” said Nichols. “We have to come out and play a low turnover game. I
think we have the ability to play with them. I wanna be within five or 10 points going into the fourth
quarter. If we do that I think we can win the game.”
MANCHESTER 72
TIPPECANOE VALLEY 41
T. Valley (4-14) 7 9 11 14 – 41
Manchester (11-7) 10 19 26 17 – 72
Valley FG FT R S Pts.
Kindig (G) 0-6 0-0 2 0 0
Doud (G) 2-7 1-4 1 0 6
McCalla 1-2 0-0 2 0 3
Pontious (F) 1-3 0-1 3 2 2
Wilcox (F) 5-14 1-5 7 0 11
Parker 2-3 0-0 3 0 4
Studebaker (C) 3-7 1-3 18 0 7
Fox 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Denny 1-1 0-0 1 0 2
Prater 1-7 4-4 2 0 6
Totals 16-50 7-17 44 2 41
Manchester FG FT S R Pts.
Speicher 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Terflinger (G) 7-13 4-6 4 3 18
Bungitak 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Jester (G) 4-13 2-4 2 8 14
E. White 0-4 4-4 5 0 4
Keffaber 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Harms (F) 2-8 3-7 5 3 7
C. White (C) 5-6 0-0 3 2 10
Hicks (F) 5-8 9-10 10 3 19
Totals 23-54 22-31 33 19 72
Three-pointers – Valley 2 (Doud, McCalla), Manchester 4 (Jester 4). Turnovers – Valley 25,
Manchester 13. Fouls – Valley 22, Manchester 18.
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