South Ripley's Sensational Sophomore Samples Is POTW

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 11:41am

By Mike Perleberg @mikedup84

Cody Samples is the Ohio River Valley Conference Player of the Week for February 4-9.

(Versailles, Ind.) – Scoring 39 points in two games has earned South Ripley High School’s Cody Samples the honor of being the latest Ohio River Valley Conference Boys Basketball Player of the Week.

Samples, a sophomore, had a combined line of 39 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals in South Ripley’s two wins over Seymour and South Dearborn on February 7 and 8.

The Raiders' star guard is second in the ORVC in scoring this season. His 16.4 points per game are second only to Southwestern’s Tyler Kramer with 20.4 points per contest. Samples does lead the conference in three pointers made with 59.

Other ORVC boys basketball top performers for the week of February 4-9 include:

Ethan Stuart (SM), 36 pts, 12 rebs, 3 blk in 2 games
Damian Breeck (SC), 27 pts, 8 rebs, 6 ast, 5 stl in 2 games
Henry Grote (SM), 26 pts, 7 3’s, 5 stl in 2 games
Zach Weaver (SC), 21 pts, 16 rebs in 2 games
Cody Samples (SR) , 39 pts, 9 rebs, 4 ast, 4 stl in 2 games
Tyler Konkle (SC), 11 pts, 19 rebs, 6 ast in 2 games
Bryce Franklin (SR), 29 pts, 7 rebs, 3 stl, 3 ast in 2 games
Foster Mefford (SW), 19 pts, 6 ast, 5 stl, 3 rebs vs. Rising Sun
Zach Gentile (SR), 20 pts, 10 rebs, 5 stl in 2 games
Orrin Schmidt (M), 33 pts, 20 rebs in 2 games
Justin Ohlmansiek (JCD), 18 pts, 2 stl in 2 games
Nick Koons (RS), 26 pts, 10 rebs in 2 games
Brandon Baber (JCD), 15 pts, 9 rebs, 3 blk vs. Milan
Jake Bovard (RS), 21 pts, 7 rebs in 2 games
Wesley Rider (RS), 18 pts, 15 rebs, 4 ast in 2 games

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