{"id":127728,"date":"2020-02-02T22:23:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T03:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127728"},"modified":"2020-02-02T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T03:24:04","slug":"lancers-shut-down-delphos-st-johns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/02\/lancers-shut-down-delphos-st-johns\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancers shut down Delphos St. John&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DELPHOS &#8212; Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons wanted better defense from his team and he got it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entering the weekend, the Lancers (9-8) had given up an average 57 points per game, but allowed just 40 against Delphos Jefferson on Friday, then clamped down again on Saturday, holding Delphos St. John\u2019s to just 25 percent shooting and 17 points per half in a 40-34 win against the Blue Jays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Creed-Jessee-Feb-2-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127719\"\/><figcaption><strong>Creed Jessee scored 17 points to lead Lincolnview over Delphos St. John&#8217;s 40-34.<\/strong> <em>Wyatt Richardson\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think our kids battled on both ends of the floor,\u201d Hammons said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the effort they gave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After trailing 17-12 at halftime, Lincolnview fell behind 26-20 in the third quarter, but scored the final five points of the period on a free throw from Jake Bowersock and a pair of buckets by Creed Jessee, and trailed by just one, 26-25 entering the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bucket by Bowersock early in the final period gave the Lancers a 27-26 lead and from there, Lincolnview outscored the Blue Jays 13-8, including two key triples by Jessee, who finished with a game high 17 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe did a good job of making some big shots and free throws down the stretch,\u201d Hammons said. \u201cI thought we did a good job of contesting them and making things difficult for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowersock tallied eight points and six rebounds, while Aaron Cavinder added six points. The Lancers were 14-43 (33 percent) from the floor and 9-13 from the free throw line with 24 rebounds and just six turnovers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delphos St. John\u2019s (11-5) was led by Brady Parrish, who scored six in the first quarter and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds and Aiden Rode, who netted 11 points. The Blue Jays connected on 13-51 shots, including 3-29 from three point range, with Rode and 5-7 foul shots. As a team, Delphos St. John\u2019s pulled down 26 rebounds, with half of those on the offense end and eight turnovers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Delphos St. John\u2019s will host Van Wert on Tuesday, then will play at Parkway on Friday. Lincolnview will host county rival Crestview on Friday and Coldwater on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scoring summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. John\u2019s        10   7   9   8 \u2013 34<br>Lincolnview   7   5 13 15 \u2013 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delphos St. John\u2019s: Isaac Fairchild 2-2-8; Aiden Rode 4-0-11; 7-0-14; Brady Grothaus 0-1-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lincolnview: Clayton Leeth 2-1-5; Aaron Cavinder 2-2-6; Collin Overholt 0-2-2; Daegan Hatfield 1-0-2; Jake Bowersock 2-4-8; Creed Jessee 7-0-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor DELPHOS &#8212; Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons wanted better defense from his team and he got it. Entering the weekend, the Lancers (9-8) had given up an average 57 points per game, but allowed just 40 against Delphos Jefferson on Friday, then clamped down again on Saturday, holding Delphos St. John\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/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-127728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 17:09:03","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\/127728","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=127728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}