{"id":175711,"date":"2024-02-10T00:52:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=175711"},"modified":"2024-02-10T00:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T05:52:12","slug":"wildcats-hold-off-lancers-for-46-43-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/02\/10\/wildcats-hold-off-lancers-for-46-43-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats hold off Lancers for 46-43 win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Delphos Jefferson built up a 10-point lead at halftime then held off Lincolnview down the stretch for a 46-43 victory on Friday. It was the 10th straight loss by the Lancers (4-14, 0-6 NWC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview scored the first bucket of the game on a Reide Jackson layup but from there the visiting Wildcats went on a 13-1 run, prompting a Lincolnview timeout with just over three minutes left in the first quarter. The Lancers then scored the final seven points of the period and trailed 13-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought our guys did a great job jumping out to an early lead at a place like Lincolnview, where that can be tough,\u201d Delphos Jefferson head coach Jordan Jettinghoff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kreston Tow (1) tries to put up a shot against Karder Agner. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we battled tonight,\u201d Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons said. \u201cWe got down 10 early in the first quarter but give them credit, they made shots and we didn\u2019t. We were able to battle back but we could never take the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos Jefferson\u2019s Mason Wiltsie buried a pair of second quarter treys and Alijah Petty hit his third triple to help give the Wildcats a 30-20 halftime lead. The lead grew to 39-26 after three quarters, but the Lancers came alive in the final period and outscored Delphos Jefferson 17-7. Kreston Tow and Cal Evans combined for 12 points and Max Hammons added a trey from the right corner that pulled Lincolnview to within two, 43-41, with 1:10 left. However, the Lancers could draw no closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just made too many crucial errors on both ends of the floor to be able to pull this one out,\u201d the elder Hammons said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOffensively we led them back in late in the game with some costly turnovers but we found a way to hold on in the end,\u201d Jettinghoff said. \u201cWe played a sold defensive game and followed our scouting report to a T.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karder Agner led all scorers with 16 points, including seven in the first quarter, and Petty finished with 13 points and eight rebounds. The Wildcats connected on 18-of-38 floor shots and 5-of-9 foul shots. Delphos Jefferson also controlled the boards 23-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKarder Agner was his usual self controlling the paint but we had a lot of guys step up and play some key minutes with some foul trouble,\u201d Jettinghoff said. \u201cI\u2019m just proud of our guys getting the win tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Tow and Evans each scored 11 points and the Lancers hit 16-of-42 shots 5-of-11 free throws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview will host Paulding tonight and Delphos Jefferson (6-12, 2-4 NWC) will travel to Lima Central Catholic on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are a very skilled team,\u201d Hammons said of the Panthers. \u201cThey do a great job of attacking the basket and kicking out and making shots. They do a good job of getting after the basketball. We\u2019ve got to make sure we\u2019re ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildcats 13 17 9 6 \u2013 46
Lancers 10 10 6 17 \u2013 43<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos Jefferson: <\/strong>Mason Wiltsie 2-1-7; Isaac Gallmeier 0-2-2; Isaac Rostofer 1-0-2; Kellen Carder 2-0-4; Karder Agner 7-2-16; Alijah Petty 5-0-13; Xach Houx 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: <\/strong>Kreston Tow 3-2-11; Cal Evans 4-0-11; Reide Jackson 3-0-7; Max Hammons 1-1-4; Holden Price 1-2-4; Bennett Kill 2-0-4; Jared Jessee 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Lincolnview 57-32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Delphos Jefferson built up a 10-point lead at halftime then held off Lincolnview down the stretch for a 46-43 victory on Friday. It was the 10th straight loss by the Lancers (4-14, 0-6 NWC). Lincolnview scored the first bucket of the game on a Reide Jackson layup but from there the visiting […]<\/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-175711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 12:55:56","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\/175711","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=175711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175717,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175711\/revisions\/175717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}