{"id":112992,"date":"2019-02-07T06:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T11:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=112992"},"modified":"2019-02-07T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T11:24:14","slug":"hoops-preview-cougars-knights-lancers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/02\/07\/hoops-preview-cougars-knights-lancers-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoops preview: Cougars, Knights, Lancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Van Wert and Crestview have a double weekend, Lincolnview will play on Friday and Monday and tournament draws will be held on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert vs. Bath, at St. Henry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cougars (9-8, 3-3 WBL) will try to rebound from Monday night\u2019s 44-33 loss to Bryan and will try to move above .500 in Western Buckeye League action Friday night at home against Bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert should get a boost with the return of Nate Place, who missed the previous two games due to a concussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entering the weekend, Van Wert is averaging 53 points per game and giving up 53.2 points per outing, while Bath (1-16, 0-6 WBL) comes in averaging 42.4 points per game and allowing 71.1 points per contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert won last year\u2019s game 55-46.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry (14-3, No. 3 in Division IV) has won six straight and will play at Fort Recovery on Friday. The Redskins are averaging 56.5 points per game and allowing 48.5 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry won last year\u2019s game 60-42.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday and Saturday\u2019s games will air live on WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Crestview at Paulding, at Wayne Trace<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (16-1, 4-1 NWC, No. 2 in Division IV) is coming off convincing wins over Lincolnview and previously undefeated Hicksville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Knights have scored 999 points so far this season and are averaging 58.8 points per outing while allowing just 40 points per game, while Paulding (6-8, 3-2 NWC) scores an average of 53.4 points per contest and gives up 51.1 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview won last year\u2019s game 70-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Trace is 13-4 and will host Ayersville on Friday. The Raiders average 52.8 points per game and allow 45.7 points per contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview won last year\u2019s game 72-42.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday and Saturday\u2019s games will air live on WKSD 99.7FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview vs. Ada, vs. Antwerp (Monday)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview (9-8, 4-2 NWC) lost to Lincolnview and Delphos St. John\u2019s last weekend and has dropped three straight overall, the longest stretch of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lancers are averaging 54.9 points per game and allowing 52.5 points per contest, while Ada (3-14, 2-3 NWC) is averaging 43.9 points per game and giving up 55.4 points per outing. The Bulldogs lost to Arlington on Tuesday and have dropped six of seven games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview won last year\u2019s game 53-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday\u2019s game against Antwerp was originally scheduled to be played on January 19 but was postponed due to inclement weather. The Archers (11-5) will host Holgate on Friday and Edon on Saturday, and currently average 57.6 points per game while allowing 47.2 points per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Van Wert and Crestview have a double weekend, Lincolnview will play on Friday and Monday and tournament draws will be held on Sunday. Van Wert vs. Bath, at St. Henry The Cougars (9-8, 3-3 WBL) will try to rebound from Monday night\u2019s 44-33 loss to Bryan and will try to move […]<\/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-112992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 19:36:05","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\/112992","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=112992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}