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Wheeler River Forest

Bearcats

Ingots

The River Forest (Hobart, IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 61-45.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	4	17	12	12	45
River Forest	14	16	13	18	61

Final score provided by S. CalPreps.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

River Forest (24-25)

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	45	16	48	33	41
1	C. Mclaughlin (Jr)	6	2	6	33	50
3	Nick Scott (Jr)	11	4	11	36	45
5	Tyne Vettickal (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
13	Carter Blane (Sr)	3	1	6	17	25
15	Logan Fox (So)	9	3	5	60	70
23	David Diaz (Jr)	4	1	7	14	14
31	Marek Barton (Sr)	5	2	8	25	31
35	Conner Welch (So)	3	1	1	100	100

River Forest

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	50	18	46	39	47
1	Ayden Silver (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0
2	Y. Williams (Sr)	12	4	7	57	71
3	Ja'Kobe Smith (Sr)	12	4	7	57	64
13	Manuel Mendoza (So)	11	4	9	44	61
23	C. Dejesus (So)	1
24	Royce Thompson (Sr)	7	3	6	50	50
30	Levi Harper (Sr)	4	2	6	33	33
35	B. Fergerson (Jr)	3	1	8	13	19

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	45	7	25	28	6	9	67	9	23	39
1	C. Mclaughlin (Jr)	6	2	5	40				0	1	0
3	Nick Scott (Jr)	11	2	8	25	1	2	50	2	3	67
5	Tyne Vettickal (Jr)	4	0	1	0				2	3	67
13	Carter Blane (Sr)	3	1	3	33				0	3	0
15	Logan Fox (So)	9	1	2	50	2	3	67	2	3	67
23	David Diaz (Jr)	4	0	3	0	2	2	100	1	4	25
31	Marek Barton (Sr)	5	1	3	33				1	5	20
35	Conner Welch (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100

River Forest

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	50	7	22	32	7	16	44	11	24	46
1	Ayden Silver (Sr)	0	0	2	0				0	1	0
2	Y. Williams (Sr)	12	2	3	67	2	2	100	2	4	50
3	Ja'Kobe Smith (Sr)	12	1	3	33	3	4	75	3	4	75
13	Manuel Mendoza (So)	11	3	6	50				1	3	33
23	C. Dejesus (So)	1				1	2	50
24	Royce Thompson (Sr)	7				1	8	13	3	6	50
30	Levi Harper (Sr)	4	0	2	0				2	4	50
35	B. Fergerson (Jr)	3	1	6	17				0	2	0

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	45	4	16	21	6	11	2	15	17
1	C. Mclaughlin (Jr)	6	1	2	3	2			2	3
3	Nick Scott (Jr)	11		1	1	1	2		2	1
5	Tyne Vettickal (Jr)	4			1		1		1	2
13	Carter Blane (Sr)	3		2	2	1	2	1	3	3
15	Logan Fox (So)	9		1	1		1			3
21	Christian Cutka (Jr)			1	1
23	David Diaz (Jr)	4		5	5	1	1		2	2
31	Marek Barton (Sr)	5	2	3	5		3	1	4	1
33	Chase Stoner (Jr)						1		1	1
35	Conner Welch (So)	3	1	1	2	1				1

River Forest

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	50	11	26	37	10	9	1	15
1	Ayden Silver (Sr)	0		5	5	4	1		2
2	Y. Williams (Sr)	12		4	4	4		1	5
3	Ja'Kobe Smith (Sr)	12	3	2	5	1	3		2
13	Manuel Mendoza (So)	11	1	3	4	1	3		3
23	C. Dejesus (So)	1	1		1
24	Royce Thompson (Sr)	7	2	3	5		1		1
30	Levi Harper (Sr)	4	3	4	7				2
35	B. Fergerson (Jr)	3	1	5	6		1		0

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.40	0.73	0.65	0.12	11
1	C. Mclaughlin (Jr)	1.00
3	Nick Scott (Jr)	0.50	1.00	2.00		1
5	Tyne Vettickal (Jr)		1.00	0.50		1
13	Carter Blane (Sr)	0.33	0.67	0.67	0.33	3
15	Logan Fox (So)			0.33
23	David Diaz (Jr)	0.50	0.50	0.50		4
31	Marek Barton (Sr)		0.75	3.00	1.00	2
33	Chase Stoner (Jr)		1.00	1.00

River Forest

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.60	5
1	Ayden Silver (Sr)	2.00	0.50
2	Y. Williams (Sr)	0.80		1
3	Ja'Kobe Smith (Sr)	0.50	1.50	1
13	Manuel Mendoza (So)	0.33	1.00	3
24	Royce Thompson (Sr)		1.00
35	B. Fergerson (Jr)		1.00

Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - River Forest defeats Wheeler

December 6, 2024: Hobart, IN 46342

The River Forest Ingots (Hobart, IN) basketball were winner over the visiting Wheeler Bearcats (Valparaiso, IN), 61-45 in Friday's league bout.

The Ingots now possess a 3-0 record. They play next when they host Hobart for a non-league bout on Saturday, December 14.

With the loss, Wheeler falls to 1-2 on the campaign. The Bearcats host Tri-Township (LaCrosse, IN) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 10. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 1-2. Tri-Township lost 54-36 in their recent league bout against Westville (Westville, IN)

Wheeler @ River Forest Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 6, 2024 @ 7p

The River Forest (Hobart, IN) varsity basketball team won Friday's home conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 61-45.

Rankings & Records

Wheeler (24-25)

IN	Class
370	83

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
11-12	2-5	6-4	5-7	0-1	.478	.286	1,072	1,109

River Forest (24-25)

IN	Class
246	73

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
17-7	5-2	9-4	7-2	1-1	.708	.714	1,447	1,150

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	12.1	11.8	11.5	12.2	46.6
River Forest	15.9	13.8	13.8	14.3	60.3

Team Stat Comparison

Wheeler		River Forest
46.6	Points Per Game	59.1
23.2	Rebounds Per Game	28.1
10.6	Assists Per Game	11.8
8.7	Steals Per Game	12.9
2.0	Blocks Per Game	1.0

Team Leaders

Wheeler		River Forest	National Avg.
#3 Nick Scott10.9	Points Per Game	#24 Royce Thompson11.2	4.9
#31 Marek Barton4.3	Rebounds Per Game	#24 Royce Thompson6.4	2.6
#13 Carter Blane2.5	Assists Per Game	#2 Ya’hyness Williams3.2	1.0
#5 Tyne Vettickal1.6	Steals Per Game	#12 Robert Nelson2.5	0.8
#13 Carter Blane0.6	Blocks Per Game	#24 Royce Thompson0.2	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wheeler	6-7		River Forest	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/3/24	Wheeler	Lowell	(L) 54-19	2/20/25	River Forest	Lowell	(L) 61-40
12/10/24	Tri-Township	Wheeler	(W) 59-37	11/27/24	River Forest	Tri-Township	(W) 64-29
12/11/24	Wheeler	Oregon-Davis	(W) 46-41	2/27/25	Oregon-Davis	River Forest	(W) 66-36
12/13/24	Wheeler	Lake Station Edison	(W) 67-51	2/1/25	Lake Station Edison	River Forest	(W) 81-51
1/9/25	Wheeler	Highland	(W) 39-36	12/3/24	Highland	River Forest	(W) 51-49
1/11/25	Griffith	Wheeler	(L) 50-40	1/24/25	River Forest	Griffith	(W) 51-50
1/17/25	Wheeler	Whiting	(W) 62-36	2/21/25	River Forest	Whiting	(W) 59-22
1/24/25	Wheeler	Calumet New Tech	(L) 54-46	1/11/25	Calumet New Tech	River Forest	(L) 65-64
1/31/25	Hammond Bishop Noll	Wheeler	(L) 67-49	1/17/25	River Forest	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 64-63
2/1/25	Wheeler	Hobart	(L) 71-49	12/14/24	Hobart	River Forest	(L) 69-61
2/11/25	Wheeler	Illiana Christian	(L) 46-40	12/20/24	Illiana Christian	River Forest	(W) 69-63
2/22/25	North Newton	Wheeler	(W) 40-31	2/15/25	River Forest	North Newton	(W) 62-38
2/25/25	Wheeler	Washington Township	(L) 69-47	2/22/25	River Forest	Washington Township	(W) 75-49

Record Breakdown

Wheeler (24-25)		River Forest (24-25)
11-12	Overall	17-7
2-5	League	5-2
9-6	Non-League	11-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-7	Common Opponent	9-4
6-4	Home	9-4
5-7	Away	7-2
0-1	Neutral	1-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
11-12	In-State	17-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0