Basketball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for Noblesville

Meredith Tippner

Steals

01/04/25 vs Fort Wayne Northrop	2
12/28/24 vs Valparaiso	4
12/28/24 vs Norwell	4
12/21/24 vs Westfield	2
12/14/24 @ Plainfield	6

Noblesville had won six straight games and Meredith Tippner did her part to make it seven on Saturday. The Noblesville Millers came out on top against the Fort Wayne Northrop Bruins by a score of 51-41 thanks in part to Tippner, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 14 boards. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 15 games she's played dating back to last season.

Kate Rollins was another key player, putting up 12 points and four steals. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in steals.

Fort Wayne Northrop lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Alivia Rice, who shot 5-for-7 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Swynn Jackson, who posted eight points along with five rebounds and three steals.

Noblesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.1 points per game. As for Fort Wayne Northrop, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-4.

Noblesville didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 58-42 victory against Huntington North on the 4th. As for Fort Wayne Northrop, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 69-64 loss against Whitko on the 4th.