{"id":111791,"date":"2019-01-14T06:33:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T11:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=111791"},"modified":"2019-01-14T06:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T11:34:04","slug":"miller-leads-lancers-past-miller-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/14\/miller-leads-lancers-past-miller-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller leads Lancers past Miller City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zane Miller\u2019s 14 point third quarter sparked Lincolnview\u2019s 61-48 comeback victory over Miller City on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory capped off the first double win weekend of the season for the Lancers (7-5), but things didn\u2019t look good for the hosts early in the game. The Wildcats drilled seven treys in the opening quarter, including three by Jake Koenig and a pair by Luke Lammers, and Miller City (6-6) led 24-10 at the end of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams struggled from the floor in the second quarter, but the Wildcats enjoyed a 31-19 lead at halftime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zane Miller goes up for two of his game high 20 points against Miller City on Saturday.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCredit Miller City, they jumped on us early,\u201d Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons said. \u201cThey were on fire but we were resilient, we battled and we were able to get it to a 12 point game at halftime. We weren\u2019t executing our game plan, especially on the offensive end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lancers went to work early in the third quarter. Jorge Salinas hit a basket and free throw, Miller scored, then Alek Bowersock hit four consecutive foul shots to pull Lincolnview to within three, 31-28 with 4:48 left in the period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller City\u2019s Austin Ruhe\u2019s basket put the Wildcats on the board at the 4:35 mark, but Miller promptly responded with a deep trey from the right corner, then the 6-2 senior hit another three pointer and a jumper from the right elbow to give the Lancers their first lead, 36-35, with 2:35 remaining in the quarter. After a bucket by Koenig, Jake Bowersock, Miller and Kyle Wallis each connected from the floor and Lincolnview led 42-39 at the end of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t shooting it very well in the first half,\u201d Hammons said of Miller. \u201cLike I told him, he has a shooter\u2019s mentality and he\u2019s going to miss shots and that\u2019s what he has to understand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe got rolling and hit those threes for us in the third quarter, and it really gave him some confidence. I think getting him on the top of our zone, getting him more active, he got a couple of steals that helped him. He played with a lot of confidence in the second half and got us going.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lammers scored three consecutive baskets to cut Lincolnview\u2019s lead down to three, 48-45 with 5:50 left in the game, but the Lancers used a pair of baskets by Creed Jessee, one each by Ethan Kemler and Alek Bowersock and as a team hit 9 of 11 shots from the foul line to secure the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been shooting 60 percent from the free throw line and we didn\u2019t shoot it very well last (Friday) night either, so to step up and make free throws the way they did, even with tired legs, I thought they stepped up and made them especially at the end when they were fouling us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019ve been focusing on and working on and I\u2019m glad it showed tonight,\u201d the coach added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller finished with a game high 20 points, while Wallis and Alek Bowersock each scored nine. Kemler chipped in with eight points. Lammers led Miller City with 19 points and Koenig finished with 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview will host Allen East on Friday and Antwerp on Saturday. The game against the Archers will air live on WKSD 99.7FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 10 9 23 19 \u2013 61
\nMiller City 24 7 8 9 \u2013 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview: Jorge Salinas 1-3-5; Ethan Kemler 3-2-8; Collin Overholt 0-2-2; Kyle Wallis 4-0-9; Alek Bowersock 2-5-9; Jake Bowersock 1-0-2; Creed Jessee 2-2-6; Zane Miller 7-4-20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller City: Luke Lammers 8-1-19; Isaac Fillinger 2-0-5; Austin Ruhe 1-0-2; Jake Koenig 5-0-14; T.J. Michel 1-0-3; Jon Burgel 2-0-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior varsity: Lincolnview won 46-42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Zane Miller\u2019s 14 point third quarter sparked Lincolnview\u2019s 61-48 comeback victory over Miller City on Saturday. The victory capped off the first double win weekend of the season for the Lancers (7-5), but things didn\u2019t look good for the hosts early in the game. The Wildcats drilled seven treys in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 10:23:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}