TIPPECANOE — The Tippecanoe girls basketball team cruised to a 45-19 win over Piqua Saturday at Tippecanoe High School.

Tippecanoe improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the MVL, while Piqua dropped to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the MVL.

The Red Devils jumped out to a 19-4 first quarter lead as Makenzie Chinn scored seven points, Emily Aselage added five and Maddie Moran scored four points.

Tippecanoe increased the margin to 29-7 at half and 39-13 after three quarters.

Chinn led all scorers with 18 points and added three assists and four steals.

Aselage added seven points and eight rebounds Alexa Mader had six points, three steals and six rebounds.La

Moran had four assists and four steals and Laney Cleckner had three steals.

D’Vaya Cooper paced Piqua with seven points and and eight rebounds and Audrey Bean added six points, 10 rebounds and eight steals.

Aubree Carroll pulled down seven rebounds.

Troy 50,

Xenia 46

TROY — The Troy girls basketball team improved to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the MVL.

Troy trailed 15-6 after one quarter, but got within 23-18 at halftime.

The Trojans trailed 36-31 after three quarters, before rallying in the fourth quarter with a 19-10 advantage.

Amyannah Tucker had 13 points and four steals and Kiyah Baker had 13 points, five rebounds and three assists.

Mackenzie Rogers added 12 points, Jaydn Almeida had five points and three steals and Landry Niles scored five points.

Miami East 51,

Milton-Union 38

CASSTOWN — The Miami East girls basketball team improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the TRC with a home win.

Milton-Union dropped to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in the TRC.

Miami East led 13-6, 26-14 and 38-23 at the quarter breaks.

Camryn Francis scored 17 points and pulled down six rebounds for the Vikings and Maryn Gross added 14 points and three assists.

Logan Phillips had 10 rebounds and three assists and Sera Rush dished out three assists.

Rachael Haak netted eight points and Katie Paulus scored six.

Jenna Brumbaugh had 13 points and three steals for Milton-Union.

Ava Berberich had 10 points and four steals and Rachel Jacobs had eight points and eight rebounds.

Covington 50,

Northridge 38

DAYTON — The Covington girls basketball team improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the TRC with a road win Saturday.

The Buccs trailed 9-8 after one quarter, but led 21-15 at halftime and 33-26 after three quarters.

Maggie Anderson led Covington with 14 points.

Gracie Anderson and Carlie Besecker scored 10 points each and Avery Koffer added eight points.

Troy Christian 47,

Riverside 36

DEGRAFF — The Troy Christian girls basketball team got a win in TRC action on the road.

The Eagles led 12-11, 24-16 and 34-22 at the quarter breaks.

Riley Orange scored 15 points and Brooklyn Lavy added nine points, four assists and seven rebounds.

Reign Wilkins had seven points, four assists and three steals and Karis Miller scored six points.

Jocey Hill had five points and five rebounds and Hope Carroll pulled down five rebounds.

Bethel 42,

Lehman 28

BRANDT — The Bethel girls basketball team improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the TRC with a home win.

Lehman dropped to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the TRC.

The game was tied 9-9 after one quarter and Lehman led 21-15 at halftime.

Bethel rallied for a 26-25 lead after three quarters and outscored Lehman 16-3 in the fourth quarter.

Kailee Rank had nine points and Layla Platfoot had six points and seven rebounds.

Mara O’Leary had 11 rebounds and two blocked shots and Taylor Geise had four steals.

Legacy Christian 56,

Bradford 17

XENIA — The Bradford girls basketball team dropped a road game Saturday.

Bradford trailed 20-5, 32-5 and 50-12 at the quarter breaks.

Isabella Hamilton scored 10 points and Brooklyn Crickmore had five points and seven rebounds.

Cheyenne Buchanan had three assists.

MONDAY

Fort Loramie 42,

Bethel 34

FORT LORAMIE — The Bethel girls basketball dropped to 5-1 on the season with a road loss.

Bethel trailed 13-3, 24-11 and 32-23 at the quarter breaks.

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