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Hello Wildkat Fans 2015_2016 Kokomo Wildkats Basketball Season
Well we are back for another year of WildKat Basketball.
Hope You enjoy the ride.
This is Rut and
he is in Heaven now
I am Ray and I am here to give you this years games.
Here is The Dancing WildKat
HE IS READY TO SHOW THAT WILDKAT ENERGY OUT ON THE FLOOR.
Above is the team picture. It was the only one given to me for this year. If you have a better one, let me know.
Uncle Ray
BELOW ARE THE GAMES SCHEDULED, PLAYED, & RESULTS.
December 5, 2015 Kokomo at Lebanon By TRAVIS MILLER For the Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo was really rusty in this season opener and Lebanon was playing their third game — and second in two nights. Their extra sharpness showed as Lebanon earned a 63-61 victory, its first over Kokomo in nine seasons. Kokomo was out rebounded and Lebanon was able to hit those extra chance shots. Cox filled in for Matt Moore, who had to serve a mandatory one-game suspension after being ejected from last season’s sectional contest. Cox was referring to Lebanon junior guard Trevor Lakes, who scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He also blocked four shots as Kokomo did not have an answer for him at either end of the floor. Five of Lakes’ rebounds came on the offensive glass. As the final score showed, this one was tight throughout. There were six ties and nine lead changes with the largest lead being only eight points by Lebanon. After Lebanon led 18-15 at the end of the first quarter behind 10 points from Lakes, the lead changed hands on five straight possessions in the second period. It looked like Kokomo would have the lead going into halftime, but Lakes showed his inside-out game by hitting a 3-pointer as time expired to tie the game at 30-30. The game stayed tight until Lebanon broke a 40-40 tie with 3:01 left in the third quarter on a basket from Will Byrd. That started an 11-3 run that gave Lebanon the lead for good and its biggest margin at 51-43 after Byrd hit a 3 early in the final period. Kokomo immediately turned up its defensive pressure and was rewarded with a 6-0 run with baskets from Jeron Gray, Marcelle Kenner and Jordan Matthews. Kenner was especially tough to handle as he used his size to score 14 points off the bench. While the run got Kokomo within two, the Kats never could get over the hump. Twice inside two minutes the Wildkats had the basketball down 57-56, but a turnover and a missed 3-point attempt failed to push them in front. Lebanon finally scored on a basket from Alex Siegfried with :53 left to make it 59-56. Kokomo then missed the front end of a one-and-one and Byrd pushed the lead to five with two free throws at :34. Matthews scored at :14 , but Lakes added his only two points of the fourth quarter from the line to clinch it with :08 left as he pushed the margin to 61-56. Matthews led Kokomo with 17 points, the final three coming as time expired.I did not get the results of the JV game
December 8, 2015 Westfield at Kokomo by Mark Saluke
Nothing came easy for Kokomo’s boys basketball team in its home opener Tuesday night, but after the Wildkats prevailed 62-58 against a feisty Westfield squad, Kats coach Matt Moore put a positive spin on the close contest. Kokomo (1-1) couldn’t breathe a true sigh of relief until the final horn as Westfield (0-3) chipped away at a double-digit deficit over the final two minutes of the game. The Kats had just taken their biggest lead of the game at 11 points, 59-48, when Kyle Wade tipped in a Jordan Matthews missed free throw with 1:50 showing. The Shamrocks responded with a 10-2 run to make it a 61-58 game with :16.3 showing. The Kats were only 1 of 5 from the free throw line down the stretch, as Ty Sparling’s freebie with 14.6 to play accounted for the final margin. Aside from a 33-all tie midway through the third quarter, Kokomo led for all of the final three quarters after breaking a 12-all first-quarter tie with a 7-0 run to start the second period. Every time Kokomo tried to push the lead, the Shamrocks responded with a run to keep the game close. Not until Marcelle Kenner’s basket with 6:02 remaining in the game did the Kats lead swell to double digits as Westfield made for a tough out. The opening minutes of the game set a tempo that didn’t favor Kokomo as the Kats were called for four fouls over the first 1:20. With 5:32 to play in the first quarter, Kokomo had five fouls, two turnovers and just one basket. Westfield led 5-2 with 4:00 to play in the quarter when Moore called timeout and a different Kats squad emerged after the stoppage, as the Shamrocks took just one more lead, 7-6 with 3:10 showing in the quarter, the rest of the night. Out of the timeout, Sparling hit a pair of free throws, Matthews scored off a steal at midcourt, Kenner added a hoop and Matthews netted four more points to close out the frame. Matthews finished with a team-high 23 points on 9-of-16 shooting. As a team, the Kats shot 53 percent (25 of 47). Also finishing in double figures for Kokomo was Wade with 11 points on a 5-of-8 performance. Sparling chipped in nine points on 2-of-3 shooting while Wheeler added eight on a 50 percent night (4 of 8). Kokomo pulled down 25 rebounds, called for 12 turnovers and they had 20 fouls.The Junior Varsity took their game by the score of Kokomo 61 Westfield 58
with Deckard and Chamberlian scoring 11 points each and Nix scored 10 points
December 11, 2015 Kokomo at McCutcheon Kokomo Boys took their game to McCutcheon and really took it hard as they lost this game by the score of McCutcheon 75 kokomo 41. Our Kats hit only 3 of 16 from 3 point land while making only 17 of 58 total shots from the field and made only 15 of 29 from the free throw line. They pulled down 35 rebounds and calle for 17 fouls. They also had 19 turnovers. The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 45 McCutcheon 35 behind the scoring of Deckard with 12 points, Benard with 9 and Emmons with 8.
December 12, 2015 Frankfort at Kokomo The Hot Dogs came to Kokomo to take on our Wildkats and they were treated with good defence for most of the game and even though they cai=ught fire in the 3rd quater, they just could not catch kats on the scoreboard. Kokomo was led by Mathews with 14 points followed by Kenner with 12 points followed by Sparling with 9 and Wade and Bernard with 8 points each. Kokomo took 19 shots from 3 point land hitting only 1 of them. From the field they hit on 29 of 64 , and converted on 8 of 10 at the free throw line. Kokomo pulled down 51 rebounds , had 16 turnovers, and committed 19 fouls. Final score this game was Kokomo 67 Frankfort 49. The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 60 Frankfort 45. High scorer was Nix with 20 points, followed by Mattews with 14 and Chamberlain with 8 points.
December 18, 2015 Kokomo at Marion Our Wildkats were ready to take Marion to the bank in this game having a nice lead before almost falling down in defeat. Marion tried and Kokomo held on as Kokomo took this game by the score of Kokomo 86 Marion 79. Kokomo was led in scoring by Matthews with 34 points followed by Wheeler with 14, Kenner with 14 and Gray with 9. Kokomo hit on 26 of 46 from the field and converted on 31 of 41 from the free throw line. Kokomo pulled down 38 rebounds called for 19 turnovers and 17 fouls There was no JV game due to this being a girls / boy doubleheader
December 19, 2015 Huntington North at Kokomo Huntington North came to town to take on our Wildkats and really this was about the best team I have seen for some time as it seemed that North always was in position to turn a miss into a score and each player seemed to know where his team mate was and got the ball to them with ease. Kokomo just could not get the ball moving and they were out of position a lot Kokomo was led in scoring with 18 points, followed by Beard and Sparling with 8 points each. Kokomo tried 17 shots from 3 point land hitting only 5 of them. Kokomo pulled down 31 rebounds and called for 7 turnovers and had 14 fouls . The final score of this game was Huntington North 49 Kokomo 42. The JV game was a fair one won by North by the score of 39 to 36 in overtime. Kokomo was led in scoring by Hemmerick with 15 and Johnson with 8 points.
December 29, 2015 Kokomo at Zionsville Our Wildkats went to play at Zionsville and boy did they run into a busssaw. They started out leading 7 to 4 and then Zionsville went into several types of defenses that had aor team no place to set up theor game. Our top player was on the bench the 1st half but did play in the second half. Zionsville went on a 10 to 0 scoring binge and our Kats really were out of this game early. Kokomo had problems every place they tried to score from The 3 pointers just would not fall in and shots from the rest of the floor were not to be had. Kokomo hit only 4 of 23 shots from 3 point land. In all they hit only 22 of 62 shots from the field and converted only 7 of 11 from the free throw line. Kokomo pulled down only 28 rebounds , called for 15 turnovers and 12 fouls. High scorer was Matthews with 14 points followed by Kenner and Wheeler with 10 points each. Final score of this game was Zionsville 68 Kokomo 55 The Junior Varsity had problems too as they lost by the score of Zionsville 60 Kokomo 51. Kokomo was led by Jones with 16 points followed by Deckard with 14 points.
January 2, 2016 Peru at Kokomo
The Peru Tigers came to Memorial Gym to take on our Wildkats and boy did they get a surprise. Kokomo greeted them with a memory of last year in which the Tigers took Kokomo to the bank. This year was a differnt story as our Wildkats took this game with ease. Kokomo led at all stops and they were led in scoring by Matthews with 24 points followed by Kenner with 16. And Gray came through with a good game off the bench scoring 15 points.. Kokomo shot 13 from 3 point land and hit only 3 of them. But they did hit 32 out of 68 from the field and converted 16 of 27 at the free throw line. They pulled down 44 rebounds and they were called for 11 turnovers and 18 fouls. This game was won by our Wildkats by the score of Kokomo 82 Peru 52.The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 62 Peru 49 led by Chamberlain with 12 points.
January 5, 2016 Northfield at Kokomo Northfield came to Memorial Gym to take on our Wildkats and this game was one that Kokomo used to to be both offensive and defensive enough to answer Northfield' call. Kokomo usde a 12 to 0 run to put the Northfield team in the passenger seat instead of the driver's seat and Kokomo was able to put this one in the books as a win. The Kats are 5 and 4 for the season so far. Matthews led the team in scoring with 23 points and he had great help from Wade and Wheler with 12 each and Kenner chipped in with 11 points. Our Kats hit on 31 of 69 from the field and converted on 15 of 20mat the free throw line. The Kats pulled down 46 rebounds and were called for 10 fouls. and 10 turnovers.
The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 72 Northfield 26. They were led in scoring by Nix with 15 and Chamberlain with 13 .
January 8, 2016 Logansport at Kokomo in a Girls/Boys doubleheader
Our Wildkats ran into a buzzsaw tonight with Logansport showing us why they are named one of the states best. It was shooting from the deep ends that gave Logansport this win. And Logan had 3 players with lots of points that gave this game to them, Our Kats were led in scoring with 26 points while Wheeler had 14 followed by Sparlimg with 12 . Wade and Kenner scored 8 points each. Our Kats hit on 4 of 15 from 3 point land and they Had 32 rebounds, and they were called for 9 turnovers and 24 fouls. Our wildkats are 5 and 5 for the season so far. The final score of this game was Logansport 91 Kokomo 80.No Junior Varsity game tonight
January 13, 2016 Western at Kokomo This was a game where Kokomo used good ball control both defensive and offensive aganist Western to win the game. Western used a zone and Kokomo did well against it. Kokomo won the game by the score of Kokomo 62 Western 42. Kokomo was led in scoring by Matthews with 17 points followed by Kenner with 14, Sparling with 13 and Hemmerich with 11. Kokomo hit on 20 of 40 from the field 4 of which were from 3 point land. They pulled down 34 rebounds, and were called for 10 turnovers and 20 fouls. Kokomo Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 47 Western 31 with Cameron scoring 11 points followed by Jones and Edwards with 9 points each.
January 15, 2016 Kokomo at Harrison It took a dominater final quarter for our Kats to take down Harrison in this game played at Harrison. Our Wildkats trailed going into the 4th quarter by 10 points but tied the score at 51 each. With less than 2 minutes remaining Matthews drove the basket and that was the game as Harrison tried a 3 pointer at the end and missed it. Matthews led our Kats with 15 points followed by Sparling with 8 and Gray with 7 points. Our Kats tried 5 shots from 3 point land hitting only 1 of them. They connected on 26 of 50 from the field and converted 4 of 7 from the free throw line. They were called for 10 turnovers and 13 fouls. The final score tonght was Kokomo 57 Harrison 53.
The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 56 Harrison 39 with Nix scoring 16 points followed by Deckard with 14 and O'Bannion with 8 points.
January 22, 2016 Muncie Central at Kokomo Muncie came into this game with an odd lineup putting 5 guards on the floor to start this game. It worked as Muncie was ableto tone down the offense of Kokomo and Jeff won this game by the score Of Muncie Central 82 Kokomo 62. Kokomo wascled in scoring with 19 points. They tried 4 shots from the 3 point line hitting 3 of them. They were called for 18 turnovers and 21 fouls. They tried a total of 44 from the field hitting 22 of them. TThey converted on 10 of 23 from the free trow line.
The final score this game was Muncie Central 82 Kokomo 62.
The Junior varsity game was won my our Kats by the score of Kokomo60 Muncie 40 with deckard scoring 23 points and Chamberlain scoring 8 points.
January 23, 2016 Tipton at Kokomo
Tipton showed us why they are undefeated and ranked high in the polls. It was a close gamebut our Kats just were not able to take control of the game. They tried 7 shots from 3 point land and missed all of them. They pulled down 27 rebounds , and were called for 10 turnovers and 22 fouls. Kokomo was led in scoring by Matthews with 21 points Our Wildkats are 7 and 7 for the season so far. The final score tonight was Tipton 50 Kokomo 47.The Junior Varsity were victors in the reserve game by winning by the score of Kokomo 54 Tipton 32. Deckard let us in scoring with 13 points whilw Chamberlain scored 10 points.
January 29, 2016 Lafayette Jeff at Kokomo Jeff came to town to take on our Kats and really this was a tight game that had runs but no big leads as jeff took down our wildkats even though our high scorer Matthews scored 31 points and Kenner scored 19. Our Kats tried 7 times to hit the 3 point shot but did not get even one. They hit 27 from 48 from the field and converted on 7 of 12 from the free throw line. This game just was noy ours to win and so Jeff left town the victor. Again the score was Jeff 67 Kokomo 63. The Junior Varsity won thie game by the score of Kokomo 55 Jeff 43. with Hemmerich scoring 13 followed by Deckard and Bernard scoring 10 points each.
January 30, 2016 Kokomo at Cass Kokomo went to Cass to play their game and they had a great game out of Bernard who played on the JV team and then given the chance to show what he was made of. He scored 15 points and hit 4 of 5 from 3 point land. Boy do we need someone like that to shoot from downtown and make the shots. cass in this game put up a 10 to 0 lead early in the game but with Matthews heading the group wit 18 points followed by Beard with 10, Kokomo was able to take this game by the score of Kokomo 55 cass 45.Our Kats hit 19 of 37 from the field and converted 13 of 17 from the free throw line. They were called for 14 turnovers and 15 fouls and they pulled down 24 rebounds. The Junior Varsity took their game by the score of Kokomo 60 Cass 25 behind the scoring of Deckard with 14 and Bernard with 12 points.
February 4, 2016 Kokomo at Indianapolis Tech After 30 years our Wildkats took on Indianapolis Tech and boy did they play a great game. Kokomo came on top by hitting shots from the outsde and they had 4 men in double figures while doing it. The score of this game was kokomo 83 tech 79 tech has been ranked high in 4A class and as always a team that plays a fukll game. Kokomo was led in scoring by Matthews who had help from Sparling with 19, Gray with 16, and wheeler with 11 points. They took 10 shots from the 3 point line hitting 6 of them. They made 27 of 50 field goals and converted 23 of 30 at the free throw line. They pulled down 39 rebounds had 21 turnovers and called for 23 fouls. again the score of this game was Kokomo 83 Tech 79. The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 48 Tech 47 with Hemmenger scoring 14 points and Nix put in 13 points.
February 13, 2016 NCC Tournament --Kokomo versus Anderson .
Kokomo took on Anderson in this NCC tourney game and they came out on top with a victory by the score of Kokomo 65 Anderson 50.Kokomo was able to lead this game after Anderson had a 2 point lead in the 3rd quarter Kokomo then went on a 14 point run and this game was won and allows Kokomo to go on in the tourney to take on Tech. Kokomo was led in scoring by Wheeler with 18 points followed by Mathews and Kenner with 13 points each. Kokomo hit on 23 of 40 from the field and converted on 18 of 26 from the free throw line. They tried 3 shots from 3 point land hitting none of them. They pulled down 26 rebounds and were called for 15 turnovers and 16 fouls. Again the final score of this one was Kokomo 65 Anderson 50.Kokomo moves on to take on Tech in the night game.
February 16, 2016 Kokomo at Ft Wayne Wayne
Our Kats traveled north to Ft Wayne to take on Wayne and this game was about as close as it could be as both teams were close in playing a tight game. Kokomo stated with wayne about all the way and this game was not deeciided until with .04 sections remain as Matthews put in the winning field goal and then our Kats pressured Wayne rigt away as they tried to get the ball upcourt. Matthews led our Kats with 19 points and was follwed by Sparling with 9, Wheeler with 8 and Wde with 7 points. Our Kats tried 7 from 3 point land hitting only 1 of them. They hit on 17 of 39 from the field and converted 16 of 20 from the free throw line. They pulled down 27 rebounds, were called for 13 turnovers and called for 111 fouls. Kokomo is 11 wins and 9 losses so far this year. Again the final score tonight was Kokomo 51 Wayne 49. Our Kats are 11 and 9 for the season so farThe Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 55 Wayne 52, with Hemmereck scoring 14 points followed by Deckard and nix with 9 points each.
February 19, 2016 NCC Tournament Kokomo versus Tech Kokomo took on Tech after winning over Anderson in the 1st game. After a 9 to 9 score in the 1st quarter Kokomo could not get any closer as Tech used great pressure on the ball while in Kokomo's hands and they were able to take our Kats to school. One tech player score 11 straight points in 58 seconds and Kokomo just could not handle that streak as they lost this game by the score of Tech 102 Kokomo 77. Kokomo tried 59 shots from the field hitting 27 of them. They converted on 22 from 33 from the free throw line . They tried 13 shots from 3 point land hitting only 1 of them. Kokomo pulled down 38 rebounds and were called for 26 turnovers and 20 fouls. Kokomo was led by Matthews with 28 points followed by Wheeler with 15 points. Again the final score of this game was Tech 102 Kokomo 77. Our Wildkats are now 10 and 9 for the season so far.
FEB 19, 2016 Kokomo and Muncie Central in NCC Tourney
Consilation Bracket
Kokomo used most of this game even with Muncie Central but with less than 2 minutes remaining they had a 4 point lead and took this game by the score of Kokomo 72, Muncie 67. Kokomo used good free throw shooting in the 4 th quarter to seal this win and move on to try and get fifth place in this NCC Tourney when they take on Laf Jeff Saturday night. Kokomo was led in scoring by Matthews with 20 points followed by Wheeler with 19 and Beard with 10 and Sparling with 9 points. They hit on 24 of 50 from the field and converted 22 of 29 from the free throw line. They tried 6 shots from 3 point land hitting only 2 of them. They pulled down 25 rebounds and were called for 11 turnovers and 21 fouls. So Saturday night they go against Laf jeff for 5th place in this years NCC Tourney.The Kats are 12 wins and 9 losses for the year so far.
February 20, 2016 Kokomo versus Laf Jeff for 5th place in NCC Tourney Kokomo just could not take charge in this game at all as 2 playes from Jeff scored most of the points letting the balls fly from 3 point land. Kokomo did somehow get within 4 points but just could not master the task of winning this game. Jeff won thisgame by the score of Jeff 54 Kokomo 46. Two players from Jeff accounted for 40 of the 54 points they put on the boards. Kokomo was led in scoring by Wheeler with 14 points followed by Bernard with 12 points and Mathhews with 8. Our Kats pulled down 28 rebounds, and were called for 12 turnovers and 18 fouls. They tried 44 shots from the field hitting 18of them 4of which were 3 pointers. Our Wildkats are now 12 and 10 for the season and they have 2 games remaining this season before the IHSAA Tourney.
Feb 23, 2016 Fishers at Kokomo It was Senior Night at Memorial Gym and seniors took the game away from Fishers and led all the way in beating Fishers with seniors Matthews leading the way with 16 points, followed by Sparling with 9, followed by kenner and Gray with 7 points each. Kokomo held a 10 point lead in the 3rd quarter and withstood a rally by Fishers in the 4th quarter. Our Kats tried 10 shots from 3 point land hitting only 4 of those. They pulled down 26 rebounds , and were called for 6 turnovers and 14 fouls. Again the final score this game was Kokomo 59 Fishers 52 and that makes our Wildkats season record at 13 wins and 10 losses. The Junior Varsity were taken down by Fishers by the score of Fishers 57 Kokomo 55 with Bernard scoring 15 points followed by Matthews with 9, Hemmerich with 9 and Nix with 7 points.
February 26, 2016 Kokomo at F. W. Northrop
Kokomo went north to Ft Wayne to take on Nortrop and they came out a winner and Matthews used that game to reach and surpass the 1000 points of his career. Kokomo went against the zone and led this game fron start to finish. Matthews scored 28 points to join the club of 1000 points scored in basketball. He was followed in scoring by Sparling wit 17 points followed by Kenner with 13 points. Kokomo was called for 16 turnovers and 25 fouls. They pulled down 28 rebounds. They attemted 45 shots from the field and hit on 24 of them. They converted on 20 of 30 from the free throw line. Again the final score of this game was Kokomo 71 Nortrop 57
Kokomo is 14 and 10 for the season.The Junior Varsity lost their game by the score of Nortrop 45 kokomo 42 with Bernard scoring 15 points.
Sectional Tourney Kokomo versus Zionsville.
Win and play again. Lose and go home.Well it is sectional time and we did get some snow but that was all that we got because in the first game of the sectional kokomo played the game as best they could and went home the loser and as they say, wait until next year.
Kokomo went against Zionsville and got behind by 9 points early and from there it was Zionsville scoring the points and then getting back on defence. Zionsville had a 22 point lead in this one before finally putting Kokomo down for the count. Kokomo was led by Matthews with 18 points and that was the only spark in Kokomo's firepower as Gray scored 8 points followed by Sparling with 8 points and Kenner with 7 points. kokomo hit on only 17 of 61 from the field and converted on 13 of 16 from the free throw line. They tried 31 from 3 point land hitting only 7 of them. Kokomo pulled down 33 rebounds and were called for 7 turnovers and 21 fouls. Again the final score of this game and for the season was Zionsville 80 Kokomo 54. and end of the season folks andWe just hope that next year brings better shooting from the outside along with players who want to win bad enough that they will be out on the courts this summer polishing up their skills. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR
Hope You enjoyed this season of Kokomo Wildkats Basketball.
See you next year, I hope.
If I don't make it back next season, it was an honor to do the last 16 years
of Wildkat Basketball for all of you to check out each week.
Ray "Uncle Ray" Day