Fishers opened its season on the road, and came home with a victory over Warren Central Tuesday.
The Tigers beat the Warriors 60-38. Fishers outscored Warren in each quarter, leading 30-19 at halftime. Katie Burton led all scorers with 16 points, and also had four steals.
Burton was the first of four Tigers players to reach double figures: Audra Emmerson added 12 points, Tamia Perryman scored 11 points and Kaitlynn Feagan hit three 3-pointers on her way to 10 points. Lydia Stullken had seven rebounds.
“The Tigers had a well-balanced attack and played great team basketball on the night,” said Fishers coach Lauren (Vail) Votaw, who begins her third year as the Tigers head coach.
This will be an experienced Tigers team, with six varsity players returning from last season. Votaw provided the following comments earlier this week:
“We return a great deal of experience from a team that went 15-10 last year including four of five starters in heady guard Audra Emmerson, scoring leader Katie Burton, physical and quick Tamia Perryman and excellent post defender Lydia Stullken,” said Votaw. “We will add freshman twins Hailey and Olivia Smith who will bring intensity, energy and speed. Senior Kaitlynn Feagan is a fundamentally sound all-around player and junior Katie Howard has excellent range and creativity. Our strength of schedule is increased with the addition of several perennially top tier teams, so we will have to come ready to play each night but we are ready to compete at that level this season. The players have shown this fall that they are ready for the challenge and we are excited to get to work.”
Fishers will play two games on Saturday. The Tigers take on Ben Davis at 11:30 a.m. at Hamilton Southeastern. Fishers’ later game with Center Grove, originally scheduled to take place at Southeastern, will now be played at the Tigers’ gym and will start at 6:30 p.m.
FISHERS 60, WARREN CENTRAL 38
Fishers FG FT TP PF
Tamia Perryman 3-10 5-6 11 3
Hailey Smith 2-2 0-0 4 2
Lydia Stullken 1-2 2-4 4 3
Katie Burton 6-10 3-4 16 2
Audra Emmerson 3-4 4-4 12 3
Olivia Smith 0-1 3-4 3 1
Kaitlynn Feagan 3-6 1-2 10 2
Shae Shaffer 0-0 0-0 0 0
Totals 18-35 18-24 60 16
Score by Quarters
Fishers 16 14 19 11 – 60
Warren 9 10 14 5 – 38
Fishers 3-point shooting (6-12) Feagan 3-5, Emmerson 2-2, Burton 1-2, Perryman 0-3.
Fishers rebounds (23) Stullken 7, Perryman 4, Burton 4, H. Smith 3, Emmerson 2, O. Smith 2, Feagan 1.