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Wheeler Tri-Township

Bearcats

Tigers

The Tri-Township (LaCrosse, IN) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN) by a score of 41-37.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	-	-	-	-	37
Tri-Township	-	-	-	-	41

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Game Stats

Tri-Township (23-24)

Wheeler

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	37	14	51	27	31
3	Brady Rife (Sr)	11	4	16	25	31
5	Tyne Vettickal (So)	9	4	12	33	33
11	Roger Blaney (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
13	Carter Blane (Jr)	3	1	3	33	33
15	Nick Scott (So)	3	1	9	11	17
31	Marek Barton (Jr)	11	4	7	57	64

Tri-Township

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	41	14	31	45	52
4	Noah Kneifel (Sr)	7	3	4	75	88
10	Ethan Hood (Sr)	1	0	0
11	Isaiah Bartels (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
20	Blain Rust (Sr)	8	2	10	20	25
21	Kade Koselke (Jr)	5	1	1	100	100
23	Carter Welkie (Sr)	8	3	6	50	67
45	Dillon Stewart (Jr)	10	4	9	44	44

Wheeler

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	37	4	20	20	5	9	56	10	31	32
3	Brady Rife (Sr)	11	2	9	22	1	2	50	2	7	29
5	Tyne Vettickal (So)	9	0	2	0	1	3	33	4	10	40
11	Roger Blaney (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	Carter Blane (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	3	33
15	Nick Scott (So)	3	1	7	14	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	Marek Barton (Jr)	11	1	1	100	2	2	100	3	6	50

Tri-Township

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	41	4	14	29	9	15	60	10	17	59
4	Noah Kneifel (Sr)	7	1	1	100	0	0	0	2	3	67
10	Ethan Hood (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	2	50	0	0	0
11	Isaiah Bartels (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
20	Blain Rust (Sr)	8	1	9	11	3	6	50	1	1	100
21	Kade Koselke (Jr)	5	0	0	0	3	3	100	1	1	100
23	Carter Welkie (Sr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
45	Dillon Stewart (Jr)	10	0	0	0	2	4	50	4	9	44

Wheeler

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	37	13	15	28	8	15	2	14	18
1	Collin Edwards (Sr)	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	1
3	Brady Rife (Sr)	11	1	2	3	1	2	0	4	5
5	Tyne Vettickal (So)	9	4	0	4	0	5	0	2	3
11	Roger Blaney (Sr)	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
13	Carter Blane (Jr)	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	3	5
15	Nick Scott (So)	3	3	3	6	1	2	0	1	1
31	Marek Barton (Jr)	11	4	3	7	1	5	2	1	3

Tri-Township

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	41	11	21	32	13	17	3	21	13
4	Noah Kneifel (Sr)	7	1	4	5	3	6	0	3	1
10	Ethan Hood (Sr)	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
11	Isaiah Bartels (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	3
20	Blain Rust (Sr)	8	1	3	4	4	3	0	7	0
21	Kade Koselke (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0	3	0	2	3
23	Carter Welkie (Sr)	8	2	2	4	3	1	2	3	3
30	Tanner Ringle (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
45	Dillon Stewart (Jr)	10	5	10	15	2	2	0	2	2

Wheeler

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.57	1.07	0.83	0.11	1	36
1	Collin Edwards (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	5
3	Brady Rife (Sr)	0.25	0.50	0.40	0.00	0	4
5	Tyne Vettickal (So)	0.00	2.50	1.67	0.00	0	9
11	Roger Blaney (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
13	Carter Blane (Jr)	0.33	0.33	0.20	0.00	0	4
15	Nick Scott (So)	1.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0	3
31	Marek Barton (Jr)	1.00	5.00	1.67	0.67	0	9

Tri-Township

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.62	0.81	1.31	0.23	8
4	Noah Kneifel (Sr)	1.00	2.00	6.00	0.00	2
10	Ethan Hood (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0
20	Blain Rust (Sr)	0.57	0.43	3.00	0.00	1
21	Kade Koselke (Jr)	0.00	1.50	1.00	0.00	2
23	Carter Welkie (Sr)	1.00	0.33	0.33	0.67	3
30	Tanner Ringle (Sr)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0
45	Dillon Stewart (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0

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Game Story

Indiana High School Basketball - Wheeler nipped by Tri-Township

December 5, 2023: LaCrosse, IN 46348

The Tri-Township Tigers tipped the visiting Wheeler Bearcats basketball team by a final score of 41-37 in Tuesday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Tigers face the Hebron Hawks (Hebron, IN) in a Porter County game, on Friday, December 8. Tri-Township will attempt to move on its 1-2 season record. The Hawks enter the game with a 4-0 record after their 63-41 non-league win over Lowell (Lowell, IN).

With the defeat, Wheeler moves to 2-2 on the year. The Bearcats host Lake Station Edison (Lake Station, IN) to face the Fighting Eagles in a Greater South Shore game on Friday, December 8. The Fighting Eagles enter the game with a record of 0-4. Lake Station Edison lost 66-26 in their recent league game against Griffith (Griffith, IN)

Rankings & Records

Wheeler (23-24)

IN	Class
431	99

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
5-18	2-5	2-9	2-7	1-2	.217	.286	913	1,293

Tri-Township (23-24)

IN	Class
452	93

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
3-20	0-7	3-7	0-9	0-4	.130	.000	950	1,416

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Wheeler	9.8	8.2	10.8	10.2	39.7
Tri-Township	10.7	13.0	9.7	12.0	41.3

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Team Stat Comparison

Wheeler		Tri-Township
38.0	Points Per Game	41.3
18.5	Rebounds Per Game	24.8
9.0	Assists Per Game	10.1
5.6	Steals Per Game	8.0
0.8	Blocks Per Game	1.9

Team Leaders

Wheeler		Tri-Township	National Avg.
#15 Nick Scott9.6	Points Per Game	#45 Dillon Stewart11.1	4.9
#31 Marek Barton4.4	Rebounds Per Game	#45 Dillon Stewart9.1	2.6
#3 Brady Rife1.9	Assists Per Game	#4 Noah Kneifel2.5	1.0
#5 Tyne Vettickal1.4	Steals Per Game	#4 Noah Kneifel1.6	0.8
#45 Conner Welch0.3	Blocks Per Game	#23 Carter Welkie0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Wheeler	2-6		Tri-Township	1-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/23	Wheeler	South Central	(W) 49-39	1/26/24	South Central	Tri-Township	(L) 69-41
12/1/23	River Forest	Wheeler	(W) 43-39	11/22/23	Tri-Township	River Forest	(L) 54-37
12/22/23	Oregon-Davis	Wheeler	(L) 55-50	12/16/23	Oregon-Davis	Tri-Township	(W) 47-46
1/13/24	Wheeler	DeMotte Christian	(L) 49-36	2/16/24	Tri-Township	DeMotte Christian	(L) 69-49
				3/1/24	DeMotte Christian	Tri-Township	(L) 63-30
2/1/24	Boone Grove	Wheeler	(L) 70-47	12/15/23	Tri-Township	Boone Grove	(L) 51-38
				1/17/24	Tri-Township	Boone Grove	(L) 71-37
2/9/24	Wheeler	Hebron	(L) 73-28	12/8/23	Hebron	Tri-Township	(L) 76-30
2/27/24	Hebron	Wheeler	(L) 68-37
2/20/24	Washington Township	Wheeler	(L) 60-47	1/5/24	Washington Township	Tri-Township	(L) 53-40

Record Breakdown

Wheeler (23-24)		Tri-Township (23-24)
5-18	Overall	3-20
2-5	League	0-7
2-11	Non-League	3-10
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-6	Common Opponent	1-8
2-9	Home	3-7
2-7	Away	0-9
1-2	Neutral	0-4
0-1	Playoff	0-1
5-18	In-State	3-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1