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Tale of the tape: KR-Tippecanoe girls hoops
SPRINGFIELD — The Kenton Ridge and Tippecanoe girls have combined for 19 wins this season.
The Cougars (10-0, 6-0 CBC) are outscoring opponents by a total of 32.8 points per game. Meanwhile, Tippecanoe (9-0, 6-0 CBC) is beating its opponents by 34.3 ppg.
Tonight, Jan. 6, something will have to give when the two schools meet in Tipp City in Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division action. There should be a packed house tonight. We’ll be live-blogging the game after each quarter.
Here’s a scouting report on each team:
SCOUTING THE COUGARS: Kenton Ridge is coming off a big stretch of wins at both the Garfield Heights Holiday Cage Classic in Cleveland and the Bragging Rights Classic in Columbus, where they beat Kenston (43-34), Cleveland Villa Angelo-St. Joseph (92-34) and Cleveland Shaw (65-53). During that span, they also beat CBC Mad River Division leader Graham (77-46) and walloped Tecumseh (101-25). … They face four straight road games starting tonight (at Tippecanoe, at Bellefontaine, at Indian Lake, at Shawnee). … The Cougars play a motion style offense and mostly 2-3 zone on defense. They also love to pressure all over the court. … They’re led by the dynamic duo of junior Saira House (30.5 ppg) and freshman Mariah Harris (14.2 ppg). They combine for 12 steals per game.
SCOUTING THE RED DEVILS: Tipp hasn’t given up more than 32 points since allowing 52 to Northwestern on Dec. 12. … They hammered Division III regional finalist Miami East 65-30 on Dec. 27. … The Red Devils will be patient with the basketball on offense. They’ll also play man-to-man defense full court with hopes of swarming to the basketball. … Senior Abby Dowd is averaging 15.4 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. They also have three players averaging 9 points or more: Leah Schiller (9.6), Cassie Berning (9.4) and Christina Pentaudi (9.3).
LAST SEASON: The squads shared the CBC Kenton Trail title, each finishing 15-1. KR beat Tippecanoe at home 55-53, while the Red Devils defended their home turf, beating KR 53-48.
X-FACTOR: Defense. Each team plays tough, hard-nosed defense. The team who is able to best handle the pressure will be the team who comes out on top.
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