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WELLMAN — Not too many folks gave the Tipton girls basketball team a chance to win a game in the postseason, let alone a road game against a conference opponent that they have lost to twice before. However, that is what happened. The Tigers survived and advanced to the Class 3A Regional semifinal game Wednesday in Davenport against 7th ranked Davenport Assumption after a 57-55 victory at Mid-Prairie last Saturday. The win was the second year in a row that Tipton has begun the postseason with a road win. The Tigers won at Alburnett last season before losing at Iowa City Regina in the next round. The Tigers sit two games from the Class 3A state tournament, but that is far away. Up next is Assumption, a team with just 13 wins, but one that is in the larger school MAC conference. The winner will play the winner of Camanche-Central Lee on Saturday at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf.
“We did a good job of controlling what we can do and not getting into doing things that we can’t do. I think we handled this game and different pressures well tonight,” said Tipton girls basketball coach Chad Rezac.
“We executed our game plan and had a warrior like an attitude. We could have gone into this game and thought ‘oh we lost twice before, do we have it in us to win’. But we didn’t fall for that. We played hard, played smart and played together and that was what won it for us,” said Rezac.
Tipton led 8-7 after the first quarter and started the second quarter on a 7-3 run to take a 15-10 lead. The Tigers led 27 to 23 at halftime. The Golden Hawks erased the Tigers four-point lead with a 15-11 third-quarter run to tie the score at 38 after three quarters. In the final quarter, Tipton outscored Mid-Prairie 19-17 to secure the win.
Tipton set the tone of the ball game early, matching Mid-Prairie scores with scores of their own. The Golden Hawks star Addie Rath scored the game's first points on a three-point play chance for a 3-0 lead. Amanda Smith scored the Tigers first points with 6:00 left in the first to put the score at 3-2 Golden Hawks. Smith’s second bucket of the game pulled Tipton within 5-4 with 3:15 left in the quarter. Kamryn Chapman played off the bench in the game and scored 14 in the game on 5-for-7 shooting. She also collected four free throws. She scored her first points with 1:30 left in the quarter to give Tipton their first lead of the game. After the Golden Hawks took an 8-7 lead, THS answered. Emily Hermsen came up with one of her team-high three steals and took it the length of the court for a lay-up and an 8-7 Tipton lead. That would be the score after the first quarter.
In the second, a Smith hoop gave Tipton a 10-9 lead early. With the score tied at 10-10, Tipton scored the next five points to take their biggest lead of the first half to that point, at 15-10. Zoe Rezac drilled a three-pointer and Hermsen got her second bucket to go after slicing through the Mid-Prairie defense for the points.
Later in the quarter, Tipton used an 8-1 run to take their biggest lead of the first half, seven points at 25-18. Two baskets and two free throws by Amanda Smith were part of her 12 first-half points along with buckets by Chapman and Hermsen accounted for the points. The Tigers would go to the halftime break up 27-23.
The Tigers held the lead in the third quarter until the 4-minute mark when Mid-Prairie took a 34-33 lead. Tipton grabbed the lead back and led by three 37-34 with two minutes left in the quarter before the score was again tied, this time at 38, going to the final quarter.
The score was tied at 42 with 6:00 left in the game when the Tigers took control, going on a 7-0 run to equal their biggest lead of the game at 7 points, 49-42. Hermsen and Chapman had hoops, Chapman had a free throw and Samantha DeMoss scored her only two points of the game with two free throws in the run. The Tigers held a two-point lead at the three, two and one-minute marks of the fourth quarter and settled in for a two-point, 57-55 victory.
Tipton nearly shot 50-percent for the game, making 20-of-46 shots from the field. The Tigers got to the free throw line 25 times and made 16 attempts, nearly making more free throws than the Golden Hawks attempted (20). Three Tigers reached double figures in the game, led by Amanda Smith with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Smith was 10-for-16 from the field and missed only one of her eight free throw attempts. Chapman finished with 14 and Emily Hermsen scored 11 points and added a team-high 8 assists and 3 steals.
Mid-Prairie was led in scoring by Addie Rath and Shae Becker with 15 points and 11 rebounds each. Both fouled out in the fourth quarter. Anna Vilovchik added 8 points including two made three-pointers.
Rath recently became just the fourth Golden Hawk player in program history to top 1,000 points. The others are school leader Jessica Larsen (1,190), Emily Hershberger (1,156) and Sarah Larsen (1,060). Rath also recently signed to play basketball at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
The Tigers will travel to Davenport Wednesday to play 7th ranked Davenport Assumption. The Knights will enter the game 14-8 and their record is deceiving. The Knights collected ten of their 14 wins, sweeping MAC conference foes - Muscatine, Burlington, Clinton, Davenport Central, and Davenport West - who have a combined record of 23 wins against 80 losses. The Knights are led by guards Carlye Brown and Bailey Brown. Carlye averages 12.6 points and Bailey averages 11.2 points. Both have made over 40 three-pointers and shoot over 73-percent from the free throw line. Hannah Wislander is the leading rebounder with 132.
“Survive and advance is where we are. We have to give ourselves a chance Wednesday. You have to play the game. I tell the kids all the time, you have to play the game,” said Rezac.
Tipton last played Davenport Assumption in the 2006-07 season when they lost 59-44 in a Regional Semifinal. That postseason Tipton beat Wilton 57-32 in Wilton in the first round and won at Iowa City Regina 57-52 in the regional quarterfinal round. Against the Knights, Tipton was led by then-senior Ashley Miller with 17 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals. Mattea Meixner scored 9, Alicia Goetz 7 and Nicole Royer 5. The loss ended two straight state tournament runs that ended in Des Moines and set up the Tigers state run in the 2008-09 season.
Class 3A Regional Quarterfinal
Saturday, February 10
At Wellman
1 2 3 4 Final
Tipton 8 19 11 19 57
Mid-Prairie 7 16 15 17 55
TIPTON (57): Zoe Rezac (g) 1-3 0-0 3, Samantha DeMoss (g) 0-2 2-3 2, Emily Hermsen (g) 4-11 3-7 11, Amanda Smith (f) 10-16 7-8 27, Jamie Kofron (f) 0-5 0-0 0, Tiffany Schott 0-1 0-0 0, Kamryn Chapman 5-7 4-7 14, Laken Hermiston 0-0 0-0 0, Allie Ryan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 20-46 16-25 57.
MID-PRAIRIE (55): Anna Vilovchik (g) 3-6 0-1 8, Kessa Jones (g) 0-0 0-0 0, Addie Rath (f) 5-10 4-6 15, Shae Becker (f) 5-10 5-9 15, Delaney Smith (f) 1-3 0-0 3, Caitlyn Riggan 2-4 0-2 5, Myah Lugar 1-1 0-0 3, Phelen Hostetler 2-3 2-2 6, Jaselyn Robertson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-37 11-20 55.
3-Pt. FG: Tipton 1-7 (Rezac 1-3, Hermsen 0-3, Smith 0-1), MP 6-13 (Vilovchik 2-5, Riggan 1-3, Rath 1-1, Lugar 1-1, Smith 1-3). Rebounds: Tipton 24 (Smith 13, Rezac 3, DeMoss 3, Chapman 3, Hermsen 1, Kofron 1), MP 29 (Becker 11, Rath 11). Assists: Tipton 14 (Hermsen 8, Kofron 2, Rezac 1, Smith 1, Chapman 1, Ryan 1), MP 9 (Vilovchik 2, Riggan 2, Rath 2, Becker 2). Steals: Tipton 9 (Hermsen 3, Smith 3, Rezac 2, Chapman 1), Tipton 9 (Vilovchik 3). Blocked Shots: Tipton 1 (Hermsen 1), MP 1 (Vilovchik 1). Total Fouls: Tipton 18, MP 22. Fouled Out: Tipton none. MP Rath, Becker.
WELLMAN — Not too many folks gave the Tipton girls basketball team a chance to win a game in the postseason, let alone a road game against a conference opponent that they have lost to twice before. However, that is what happened. The Tigers survived and advanced to the Class 3A Regional semifinal game Wednesday in Davenport against 7th ranked Davenport Assumption after a 57-55 victory at Mid-Prairie last Saturday. The win was the second year in a row that Tipton has begun the postseason with a road win. The Tigers won at Alburnett last season before losing at Iowa City Regina in the next round. The Tigers sit two games from the Class 3A state tournament, but that is far away. Up next is Assumption, a team with just 13 wins, but one that is in the larger school MAC conference. The winner will play the winner of Camanche-Central Lee on Saturday at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf.
“We did a good job of controlling what we can do and not getting into doing things that we can’t do. I think we handled this game and different pressures well tonight,” said Tipton girls basketball coach Chad Rezac.
“We executed our game plan and had a warrior like an attitude. We could have gone into this game and thought ‘oh we lost twice before, do we have it in us to win’. But we didn’t fall for that. We played hard, played smart and played together and that was what won it for us,” said Rezac.
Tipton led 8-7 after the first quarter and started the second quarter on a 7-3 run to take a 15-10 lead. The Tigers led 27 to 23 at halftime. The Golden Hawks erased the Tigers four-point lead with a 15-11 third-quarter run to tie the score at 38 after three quarters. In the final quarter, Tipton outscored Mid-Prairie 19-17 to secure the win.
Tipton set the tone of the ball game early, matching Mid-Prairie scores with scores of their own. The Golden Hawks star Addie Rath scored the game's first points on a three-point play chance for a 3-0 lead. Amanda Smith scored the Tigers first points with 6:00 left in the first to put the score at 3-2 Golden Hawks. Smith’s second bucket of the game pulled Tipton within 5-4 with 3:15 left in the quarter. Kamryn Chapman played off the bench in the game and scored 14 in the game on 5-for-7 shooting. She also collected four free throws. She scored her first points with 1:30 left in the quarter to give Tipton their first lead of the game. After the Golden Hawks took an 8-7 lead, THS answered. Emily Hermsen came up with one of her team-high three steals and took it the length of the court for a lay-up and an 8-7 Tipton lead. That would be the score after the first quarter.
In the second, a Smith hoop gave Tipton a 10-9 lead early. With the score tied at 10-10, Tipton scored the next five points to take their biggest lead of the first half to that point, at 15-10. Zoe Rezac drilled a three-pointer and Hermsen got her second bucket to go after slicing through the Mid-Prairie defense for the points.
Later in the quarter, Tipton used an 8-1 run to take their biggest lead of the first half, seven points at 25-18. Two baskets and two free throws by Amanda Smith were part of her 12 first-half points along with buckets by Chapman and Hermsen accounted for the points. The Tigers would go to the halftime break up 27-23.
The Tigers held the lead in the third quarter until the 4-minute mark when Mid-Prairie took a 34-33 lead. Tipton grabbed the lead back and led by three 37-34 with two minutes left in the quarter before the score was again tied, this time at 38, going to the final quarter.
The score was tied at 42 with 6:00 left in the game when the Tigers took control, going on a 7-0 run to equal their biggest lead of the game at 7 points, 49-42. Hermsen and Chapman had hoops, Chapman had a free throw and Samantha DeMoss scored her only two points of the game with two free throws in the run. The Tigers held a two-point lead at the three, two and one-minute marks of the fourth quarter and settled in for a two-point, 57-55 victory.
Tipton nearly shot 50-percent for the game, making 20-of-46 shots from the field. The Tigers got to the free throw line 25 times and made 16 attempts, nearly making more free throws than the Golden Hawks attempted (20). Three Tigers reached double figures in the game, led by Amanda Smith with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Smith was 10-for-16 from the field and missed only one of her eight free throw attempts. Chapman finished with 14 and Emily Hermsen scored 11 points and added a team-high 8 assists and 3 steals.
Mid-Prairie was led in scoring by Addie Rath and Shae Becker with 15 points and 11 rebounds each. Both fouled out in the fourth quarter. Anna Vilovchik added 8 points including two made three-pointers.
Rath recently became just the fourth Golden Hawk player in program history to top 1,000 points. The others are school leader Jessica Larsen (1,190), Emily Hershberger (1,156) and Sarah Larsen (1,060). Rath also recently signed to play basketball at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
The Tigers will travel to Davenport Wednesday to play 7th ranked Davenport Assumption. The Knights will enter the game 14-8 and their record is deceiving. The Knights collected ten of their 14 wins, sweeping MAC conference foes - Muscatine, Burlington, Clinton, Davenport Central, and Davenport West - who have a combined record of 23 wins against 80 losses. The Knights are led by guards Carlye Brown and Bailey Brown. Carlye averages 12.6 points and Bailey averages 11.2 points. Both have made over 40 three-pointers and shoot over 73-percent from the free throw line. Hannah Wislander is the leading rebounder with 132.
“Survive and advance is where we are. We have to give ourselves a chance Wednesday. You have to play the game. I tell the kids all the time, you have to play the game,” said Rezac.
Tipton last played Davenport Assumption in the 2006-07 season when they lost 59-44 in a Regional Semifinal. That postseason Tipton beat Wilton 57-32 in Wilton in the first round and won at Iowa City Regina 57-52 in the regional quarterfinal round. Against the Knights, Tipton was led by then-senior Ashley Miller with 17 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals. Mattea Meixner scored 9, Alicia Goetz 7 and Nicole Royer 5. The loss ended two straight state tournament runs that ended in Des Moines and set up the Tigers state run in the 2008-09 season.
Class 3A Regional Quarterfinal
Saturday, February 10
At Wellman
1 2 3 4 Final
Tipton 8 19 11 19 57
Mid-Prairie 7 16 15 17 55
TIPTON (57): Zoe Rezac (g) 1-3 0-0 3, Samantha DeMoss (g) 0-2 2-3 2, Emily Hermsen (g) 4-11 3-7 11, Amanda Smith (f) 10-16 7-8 27, Jamie Kofron (f) 0-5 0-0 0, Tiffany Schott 0-1 0-0 0, Kamryn Chapman 5-7 4-7 14, Laken Hermiston 0-0 0-0 0, Allie Ryan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 20-46 16-25 57.
MID-PRAIRIE (55): Anna Vilovchik (g) 3-6 0-1 8, Kessa Jones (g) 0-0 0-0 0, Addie Rath (f) 5-10 4-6 15, Shae Becker (f) 5-10 5-9 15, Delaney Smith (f) 1-3 0-0 3, Caitlyn Riggan 2-4 0-2 5, Myah Lugar 1-1 0-0 3, Phelen Hostetler 2-3 2-2 6, Jaselyn Robertson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-37 11-20 55.
3-Pt. FG: Tipton 1-7 (Rezac 1-3, Hermsen 0-3, Smith 0-1), MP 6-13 (Vilovchik 2-5, Riggan 1-3, Rath 1-1, Lugar 1-1, Smith 1-3). Rebounds: Tipton 24 (Smith 13, Rezac 3, DeMoss 3, Chapman 3, Hermsen 1, Kofron 1), MP 29 (Becker 11, Rath 11). Assists: Tipton 14 (Hermsen 8, Kofron 2, Rezac 1, Smith 1, Chapman 1, Ryan 1), MP 9 (Vilovchik 2, Riggan 2, Rath 2, Becker 2). Steals: Tipton 9 (Hermsen 3, Smith 3, Rezac 2, Chapman 1), Tipton 9 (Vilovchik 3). Blocked Shots: Tipton 1 (Hermsen 1), MP 1 (Vilovchik 1). Total Fouls: Tipton 18, MP 22. Fouled Out: Tipton none. MP Rath, Becker.
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