{"id":127922,"date":"2020-02-07T23:56:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T04:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127922"},"modified":"2020-02-07T23:57:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T04:57:14","slug":"fast-start-propels-van-wert-to-a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/07\/fast-start-propels-van-wert-to-a-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast start propels Van Wert to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Owen Treece scored 34 points and Jake Hilleary finished with 16 to power Van Wert past Elida 67-60 on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treece scored 10 points in the opening quarter alone, hitting two treys, a pair of free throws and a basket, while Hilleary drilled two triples as the Cougars (5-13, 2-5 WBL) raced out to a 23-9 lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Owen Treece is surrounded by four Elida defenders as he goes to the basket during Friday night’s game. Treece finished with 34 points.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was very important to get off to a fast start just to get the bad taste of Tuesday night out of our mouths,\u201d Van Wert head coach Ben Laudick explained. \u201cThe good thing was a lot of our shots were going in and a lot from three point range, but it kind of caught up to us a little bit in the second quarter and it allowed Elida to get back in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind six points each by Isaac Manley and Tyler Long, Elida was able to trim the deficit to 35-27 at halftime. Treece scored eight of Van Wert\u2019s 12 second quarter points, while Parker Conrad scored twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treece scored eight more in the third quarter and Keaton Brown scored four of his seven points in the period to help Van Wert to a 50-43 lead. Each team scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, with Treece accounting for eight and Hilleary seven, including a big three pointer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOwen had 34 points and he\u2019s a guy that we rely on a lot, but Jake Hilleary had a really good night tonight,\u201d Laudick said. \u201cHe brings a toughness and he\u2019s a competitor, he wants to win and he likes to get after it. He had to battle through some foul trouble but at the same time he\u2019s a guy we had to keep on the floor for quite a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Quan Moore led Elida with 28 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Manley added 14 for the Bulldogs (6-12, 2-5 WBL). Elida finished the night 23-57 (40 percent) from the floor and 9-13 from the foul line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert connected on 20-53 (38 percent) shots and the Cougars were 20-25 from the free throw line, including 15-18 by Treece. Van Wert held a slight 26-24 rebounding advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cougars will host St. Henry tonight.
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Scoring summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VWHS 23 12 15 17 \u2013 67
Elida 9 18 16 17 \u2013 60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Owen Treece 8-15-34; Keaton Brown 3-1-7; Nate Jackson 0-1-1; Parker Conrad 3-0-6; Colin Place 1-0-3; Jake Hilleary 5-3-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida: Dylan Buetner 3-0-6; Quan Moore 9-9-28; Riley Creps 2-0-6; Tyler Long 2-0-6; Isaac Manley 7-0-14<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Van Wert 40-16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Owen Treece scored 34 points and Jake Hilleary finished with 16 to power Van Wert past Elida 67-60 on Friday night. Treece scored 10 points in the opening quarter alone, hitting two treys, a pair of free throws and a basket, while Hilleary drilled two triples as the Cougars (5-13, 2-5 […]<\/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-127922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 06:49:22","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\/127922","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=127922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}