JCD's Day Scores 1000th Point; Earns ORVC Weekly Honor

The Lady Eagles star is averaging 18.2 points per game this season.

(Osgood, Ind.) – Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles basketball star Mariah Day notched her 1,000th career point to earn Ohio River Valley Conference weekly honors.

The ORVC report for December 17 through January 5 was released on Tuesday.

Mariah Day is the ORVC Girls Basketball Player of the Week after posting 101 points, 38 rebounds, 23 assists and eight steals in five games over the holidays.

To date, Day is the second leading scorer in the ORVC at 18.2 points per game. Only Shawe Memorial’s Kate Grote averages more points at 22.7 per contest.

As a team, Jac-Cen-Del is 13-4 and ranked #7 in Class 2A.

The ORVC Boys Basketball Player of the Week went to Southwestern’s Matthew Williams. The Rebels star averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds and three steals over his last two games. Williams has played a key role in helping Southwestern ascend to the #1 team in Class 2A with a 13-1 overall record.

Other top performers from December 17-January 5 are listed below.

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

           

Paige Ledford (JCD)                26 pts, 22 rebs in RCT                                    

Aleiah Thomas (SC)                 112 pts, 19 rebs, 4 ast, 4 stl in 6 gms

Annabelle Williams (JCD)       27 pts, 7 3’s, 6 ast in RCT                               

Jessie Duvall (SC)                    43 pts, 26 ast in 6 games

Lindsay Montgomery (RS)      58 pts, 39 rebs in 4 games                              \

Rylee Hankins (SC)                  6 pts, 27 rebs, 5 stl in ROR tourney

Danyka Groover (RS)              32 pts, 13 rebs in 4 games                             

Kate Grote (SM)                      128 pts, 34 rebs in 5 games

Grace McAllister (SM)            22 pts, 13 rebs in 2 games

 

BOYS BASKETBALL

 

Damian Breeck (SC)                35 pts, 9 rebs, 9 ast in 2 games                     

Brandon Baber (JCD)              57 pts, 26 rebs in 3 games

Dalton Tingle (SC)                   27 pts, 7 rebs, 4 ast in 2 games                     

Will Neal (JCD)                        30 pts, 7 ast in 2 games

Matthew Williams (SW)          52 pts, 14 rebs, 10 3’s, 6 stl in 2 games         

Caleb Simon (JCD)                   12 pts, 5 rebs vs. So. Ripley

Tyler Kramer (SW)                  46 pts, 11 rebs, 10 ast, 8 3’s in 2 games        

Noah Pflum (RS)                      39 pts (RTC MVP) in 2 games

Cody Samples (SR)                  96 pts, 24 rebs, 10 ast in 5 games                 

Nick Koons (RS)                       67 pts, 13-14 FT in 4 games

Ethan Stuart (SM)                   30 pts, 15 rebs, 2 ast, 2 stl in 2 games          

Wesley Rider (RS)                   21 pts, 7 rebs in 2 games

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