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\u201cI\u2019m very proud of the gritty performance we had tonight,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cWe fell behind by six or eight a couple of times but stayed with the game plan and made enough plans. We showed a lot of heart and poise to play one possession at a time at both ends to get back in it and force overtime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Points were at a premium in the first overtime. Laukhuf connected on a pair of foul shots and Wayne Trace (5-1) led 43-41, but Wren Sheets scored with 10 seconds left to force a second extra session. Conner Sheets hit Crestview\u2019s only basket of the second overtime but the Knights connected on seven free throws to seal the win. Four of Wayne\u2019s second overtime points came from Laukhuf, who finished with 25 points and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt we got caught up in their style of game rather than up-tempo,\u201d Wayne Trace head coach Jim Linder said. \u201cTheir size caused us trouble. We had a chance to seal the deal twice with free throws and power layups and didn\u2019t capitalize\u2026credit to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It appeared it might be a Wayne Trace runaway early on. The Raiders bolted out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter before ending the period with a 17-14 advantage. Kyle Stoller supplied eight points, while Putman led Crestview with a pair of treys. Laukhuf scored seven points in the second quarter and Wayne Trace took a 28-26 lead into halftime. Both teams scored in single digits in the third quarter and the Raiders led 35-31 entering the final period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Wren Sheets led Crestview with 16 points while Putman added 10. The Knights finished 17-of-39 from the floor and 14-of-19 from the foul line with 25 rebounds. Stoller had 10 points and Wayne Trace was 18-of-44 shooting and 10-of-16 from the free throw line with 21 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Knights will travel to Fort Jennings on Tuesday then will host Delphos St. John\u2019s on Friday. Wayne Trace will entertain Arlington on Friday, then will play West Noble (IN) at Trine University on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping we use this win to build on going into next week\u2019s games,\u201d Etzler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Knights 14 12 5 10 2 9 \u2013 52 Crestview: Hayden Perrott 1-2-5; Kellin Putman 3-2-10; Braxton Leeth 2-1-7; Jaret Harting 2-1-5; Wren Sheets 6-4-16; Connor Sheets 3-3-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wayne Trace: Hudson Myers1-1-3; Tanner Laukhuf 2-1-5; Brooks Laukhuf 9-6-25; Carter Clemens 3-0-6; Kyle Stoller 3-2-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n JV: Wayne Trace 45-26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor CONVOY \u2013 After dropping a heartbreaker to Spencerville in the conference opener on Friday, Crestview looked to bounce back on Saturday, but it didn\u2019t look good early in the fourth quarter. The Knights (5-1) trailed 39-31 with just under six minutes left, but went on a 10-0 run, including a basket and […]<\/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-173795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 08:39:30","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\/173795","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=173795"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173806,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173795\/revisions\/173806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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