Daughtry Surpasses 1000 As Apaches Clinch TRC
The Wabash Apaches needed a win over Peru to win their first out right conference title since 1946 and wasted no time letting the entire gym know that would become a reality as they defeated the Tigers 66-43 Friday. During the second quarter junior Trenton Daughtry surpassed 1000 points for his career.
Trailing 5-2 after after buckets from DJ Fuller and Michael Chandler the Apaches would respond. Elijah Vander Velden would hit, followed by Daughtry and a free throw from Blake Gribben to give Wabash a 7-5 lead. Peru would answer with 6 straight with Duante Majors hitting twice before a 14-0 run from Wabash gave the Apaches a 21-11 lead. Daughtry would do most of the damage during the run with 9 points. Wabash led 21-13 after one.
Daughtry would hit the first two buckets of the second quarter with the second putting him in the 1000 point club. Logan Vander Velden would then score off a steal that increase the Wabash lead to 28-15 before Fuller and Matthew Ross closed the deficit to 31-22. Again it would be a Wabash run to close the quarter as Wabash scored the last 7 points to lead 38-22 at the half.
The Tigers would come out with some enthusiasm in the third quarter, starting the quarter on a 10-1 run to get the deficit to single digits at 39-32. Kade Townsend would score 5 points during the run that included a three pointer. At 40-34 Jared Holley and Daughtry would answer with back to back three’s to get the Wabash lead to 46-34. Logan Vander Velden and Gribben would score the final two buckets of the quarter with Wabash leading 50-35.
Holley would hit his second long ball to start the fourth quarter and was followed by a Logan Vander Velden bucket to increase the Apaches lead to 55-35. The Tigers lone bucket of the fourth came from Josh Adejokun as the Apaches ran away from the Tigers 66-43.
Scoring
| # | Athlete Name | Pts | FG | FGA | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | K. Kelsheimer (Jr) | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jasper Walters (So) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| 11 | Blake Gribben (Sr) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 60 |
| 12 | L. Vander velden (Sr) | 12 | 4 | 6 | 67 |
| 22 | T. Daughtry (Jr) | 24 | 9 | 20 | 45 |
| 30 | Jared Holley (Jr) | 8 | 3 | 7 | 43 |
| 34 | E. Vander velden (Jr) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 50 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 24 | 51 | 47 |
Rebs, Asst, Steals and TOs
| # | Athlete Name | Off | Def | Tot Reb | Ast | Stls | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Wyatt Davis (Jr) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | K. Kelsheimer (Jr) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Dereck Vogel (Jr) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Jasper Walters (So) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 11 | Blake Gribben (Sr) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | L. Vander velden (Sr) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | Bryant Boggs (So) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 | T. Daughtry (Jr) | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Jared Holley (Jr) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | E. Vander velden (Jr) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 19 | 15 |
The Wabash junior varsity defeated Peru 65-39.
Scoring : Cole 13, Reed 17, Boggs 13, Wilson 3, Leland 10, O’Neill 4, Learned 2
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