Triples carry Tribe past Tigers

FORT RECOVERY — If any first or second graders need work on their multiplication tables, the Indians provided a lesson Tuesday. After giving up the opening basket of the game, they spent most of the rest of the first half counting by threes.

Twenty-one of the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team’s 30 first-half points came on three-point plays Tuesday as it built a double-digit lead en route to a 49-42 victory over the Jackson Center Tigers.

The Indians (9-1) turned the ball over on their first possession, leading to Olivia Clark putting Jackson Center on the board on the other end of the floor. But after Grace Thien buried a 3-pointer moments later, the home team never trailed again.

Val Muhlenkamp added a 3-pointer at the 5:18 mark, and Olivia Patch recorded a three-point play when she scored off a Carley Stone assist and made the ensuing free throw. Stone hoops, first on a fast break and then off of a Thien assist, capped a 13-point run for Fort Recovery.

Muhlenkamp added a second 3-pointer at the 2:17 mark of the opening period, and Brooke Kahlig, Stone and Thien all added triples in the second.

Fort Recovery shot 8-of-16 from long distance and hit for 45 percent from the field overall.

Stone, who along with Kiah Wendel spent the first half harassing Jackson Center’s guards into six turnovers, paced the Indians with an efficient 14 points on 6-of-8 from the field to go along with three assists. Thien, who scored all of her points from 3-point range, and Muhlenkamp added nine apiece, and Wendel and Patch each scored seven.

Thien had a team-best seven rebounds as the Tribe posted a 31-22 advantage on the glass, and Patch recorded four rebounds and four blocks.

Jackson Center managed to stay in the game thanks to 14 points at the free-throw line compared to just five for the Indians. Clark made all of her eight foul shots and led all scorers with 21 points. She also had nine rebounds.

Katelyn Sosby added 10 points and four rebounds.



Junior varsity

Fort Recovery already had a 14-point lead before shutting out the Tigers in the fourth quarter of a 36-10 victory.

The Indians took control of the game when they outscored Jackson Center 12-2 in the second quarter. They added another dozen points while blanking the visitors in the final period.

Hope Wendel scored 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting to lead Fort Recovery to the win. Brenna Homan added nine points, and Alli Vaughn scored six.