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The Kouts (IN) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 56-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	10	11	7	9	37
Kouts	10	13	22	11	56

Final score provided by T. Schwartz.

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Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Kouts (24-25)

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	15	45	33	36
4	B. Jolliff (Fr)	6	3	4	75	75
5	Emma Steiner (Sr)	4	2	4	50	50
11	Kylie Simpson (Fr)	14	5	9	56	56
12	Ava Lukawski (So)	5	2	5	40	50
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	1	0	2	0	0
22	Leilani Gaetz (Jr)	2	1	13	8	8
24	Grace Renn (Fr)	3	1	3	33	50
32	I. Schumacher (So)	2	1	5	20	20

Kouts

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	160	56	18	65	28	32
10	Sophia Tikalsky (Sr)	26	8	1	5	20	20
12	Kayla Hoover (Sr)	10	6	2	4	50	75
13	E. VanKley (So)	19	13	4	7	57	57
14	Ellie Nemeth (So)	27	8	4	14	29	29
15	Alyssa Twedt (So)	25	6	2	8	25	38
20	Leah Croff (Jr)	8	0	0	6	0	0
21	Ellah Young (Jr)	23	5	2	10	20	25
24	Bella Birky (So)	22	10	3	11	27	32

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	2	10	20	5	10	50	13	35	37
4	B. Jolliff (Fr)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	100
5	Emma Steiner (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	50
11	Kylie Simpson (Fr)	14	0	2	0	4	6	67	5	7	71
12	Ava Lukawski (So)	5	1	3	33	0	2	0	1	2	50
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	2	0
22	Leilani Gaetz (Jr)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	8
24	Grace Renn (Fr)	3	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	I. Schumacher (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	20

Kouts

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	160	56	6	22	27	14	23	61	12	43	28
10	Sophia Tikalsky (Sr)	26	8	0	3	0	6	6	100	1	2	50
12	Kayla Hoover (Sr)	10	6	2	2	100	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	E. VanKley (So)	19	13	0	0	0	5	6	83	4	7	57
14	Ellie Nemeth (So)	27	8	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	12	33
15	Alyssa Twedt (So)	25	6	2	3	67	0	2	0	0	5	0
20	Leah Croff (Jr)	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21	Ellah Young (Jr)	23	5	1	6	17	0	1	0	1	4	25
24	Bella Birky (So)	22	10	1	3	33	3	6	50	2	8	25

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	5	17	22	8	11	8	12	17
4	B. Jolliff (Fr)	6	0	4	4	0	1	4	0	0
5	Emma Steiner (Sr)	4	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	5
11	Kylie Simpson (Fr)	14	1	2	3	4	2	1	5	1
12	Ava Lukawski (So)	5	1	1	2	4	2	0	3	0
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
22	Leilani Gaetz (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	5
24	Grace Renn (Fr)	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
32	I. Schumacher (So)	2	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	4

Kouts

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	160	56	24	20	44	14	10	3	15	10
10	Sophia Tikalsky (Sr)	26	8	2	1	3	5	1	0	2	3
12	Kayla Hoover (Sr)	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
13	E. VanKley (So)	19	13	5	2	7	0	1	2	0	0
14	Ellie Nemeth (So)	27	8	10	10	20	1	1	1	3	2
15	Alyssa Twedt (So)	25	6	2	2	4	4	1	0	2	0
20	Leah Croff (Jr)	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	1
21	Ellah Young (Jr)	23	5	2	3	5	2	2	0	2	1
24	Bella Birky (So)	22	10	1	1	2	2	4	0	3	2

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.92	0.65	0.47	11
4	B. Jolliff (Fr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	0
5	Emma Steiner (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.40	0.00	0
11	Kylie Simpson (Fr)	0.80	0.40	2.00	1.00	2
12	Ava Lukawski (So)	1.33	0.67	2.00	0.00	2
14	A. Trinidad (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
22	Leilani Gaetz (Jr)	0.00	1.33	0.80	0.00	1
24	Grace Renn (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
32	I. Schumacher (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5

Kouts

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF
	Team Totals	0.93	0.67	1.00	0.30
10	Sophia Tikalsky (Sr)	2.50	0.50	0.33	0.00
13	E. VanKley (So)	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00
14	Ellie Nemeth (So)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.50
15	Alyssa Twedt (So)	2.00	0.50	1.00	0.00
21	Ellah Young (Jr)	1.00	1.00	2.00	0.00
24	Bella Birky (So)	0.67	1.33	2.00	0.00

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Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Wheeler succumbs to Kouts

January 9, 2025: Kouts, IN 46347

The Kouts Mustangs & Fillies defeated the visiting Wheeler Bearcats basketball squad by a final score of 56-37 in Thursday's non-league outing.

Next, the Mustangs & Fillies clash with the Tri-Township Tigers (LaCrosse, IN) in a Porter County outing, on Tuesday, January 14. Kouts will attempt to upgrade on its 9-7 season record. The Tigers come into the outing with a 9-7 record after their 37-33 league loss to Washington Township (Valparaiso, IN).

The Bearcats (3-12) will now prepare for their outing against Griffith (Griffith, IN). The Panthers come into the Greater South Shore outing with a 7-9 record. In their last outing, Griffith was defeated by Munster (Munster, IN), 49-25, in a non-league outing.

Players of the Game

Wheeler (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Kylie Simpson for being selected the Wheeler Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Kouts (24-25)

Kouts has not selected any Players of the Game.

Wheeler @ Kouts Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 9, 2025 @ 7p

The Kouts (IN) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 56-37.

Rankings & Records

Wheeler (24-25)

IN	Class
311	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
9-16	2-4	5-4	2-9	2-3	.360	.333	1,006	1,092

Kouts (24-25)

IN	Class
243	51

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
12-10	5-2	7-4	5-4	0-2	.545	.714	980	893

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Wheeler	12.0	8.4	12.7	11.5	-	40.2
Kouts	12.9	11.1	11.1	12.8	10.0	44.5

Team Stat Comparison

Wheeler		Kouts
40.2	Points Per Game	44.2
31.0	Rebounds Per Game	33.1
8.5	Assists Per Game	9.3
10.5	Steals Per Game	11.3
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.9

Team Leaders

Wheeler		Kouts	National Avg.
#11 Kylie Simpson9.6	Points Per Game	#24 Bella Birky10.5	4.1
#32 Izabela Schumacher13.1	Rebounds Per Game	#13 Elizabeth VanKley9.4	2.8
#11 Kylie Simpson3.3	Assists Per Game	#24 Bella Birky2.3	0.9
#11 Kylie Simpson2.8	Steals Per Game	#24 Bella Birky3.0	1.1
#4 Brooklynne Jolliff1.0	Blocks Per Game	#13 Elizabeth VanKley2.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wheeler	4-6		Kouts	7-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/5/24	Wheeler	Lowell	(L) 59-18	12/17/24	Lowell	Kouts	(W) 50-44
11/19/24	Wheeler	Washington Township	(L) 59-29	12/3/24	Kouts	Washington Township	(L) 48-46
				2/6/25	Washington Township	Kouts	(L) 47-37
11/22/24	Hebron	Wheeler	(W) 58-25	12/21/24	Kouts	Hebron	(W) 62-17
2/7/25	Wheeler	Hebron	(W) 55-20
12/2/24	DeMotte Christian	Wheeler	(L) 40-36	12/12/24	DeMotte Christian	Kouts	(W) 52-41
12/18/24	South Central	Wheeler	(L) 41-34	12/5/24	Kouts	South Central	(W) 37-34
12/19/24	Wheeler	Morgan Township	(L) 34-29	12/14/24	Kouts	Morgan Township	(W) 45-38
1/7/25	Westville	Wheeler	(L) 64-43	12/10/24	Westville	Kouts	(L) 56-37
1/16/25	Boone Grove	Wheeler	(W) 57-36	1/30/25	Boone Grove	Kouts	(W) 76-17
1/28/25	Hobart	Wheeler	(W) 50-42	11/12/24	Hobart	Kouts	(W) 46-42

Record Breakdown

Wheeler (24-25)		Kouts (24-25)
9-16	Overall	12-10
2-4	League	5-3
5-9	Non-League	6-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-6	Common Opponent	7-3
5-4	Home	7-4
2-9	Away	5-4
2-3	Neutral	0-2
2-1	Playoff	0-1
9-16	In-State	12-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0