{"id":18552,"date":"2012-01-04T04:51:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T09:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=18552"},"modified":"2012-01-04T04:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T09:51:02","slug":"cougar-girls-use-size-to-beat-lincolnview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/01\/04\/cougar-girls-use-size-to-beat-lincolnview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougar girls use size to beat Lincolnview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Van Wert Lady Cougars used balanced scoring — with a devastating inside game — and good defense to defeat Lincolnview 63-39 in a cross-county rivalry game on Tuesday evening in the Cougar\u2019s Den.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert's Alexis Dowdy (30) goes in for a lay-up against Lincolnview on Tuesday evening. (Ian Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Cougar girls were led by its three big players, with 6-1 senior Alex Morrow scoring 25 points, 5-9 freshman forward Alexis Dowdy adding 13 points and 5-10 senior forward Molly Gamble with 12 points for Van Wert. The Lady Lancers were led by their tallest player, 5-7 Carly Springer\u2019s 15 points. Katie Dye and Julia Thatcher each added 8 points to the Lincolnview offensive totals.<\/p>\n

The game was close \u2026 for a quarter, with the Lady Lancers trailing by only a basket, 15-13, at the end of the first period. But that\u2019s when the bottom fell out for Lincolnview as the Cougar girls went on a tear, outscoring the Lancers 16-8 in the second stanza to go up by 10, 31-21, at the half.<\/p>\n

Van Wert used its size inside to dominate the smaller Lancers, with the bigger Cougars doing most of their scoring in the paint.<\/p>\n

Van Wert continued its offensive onslaught in the second half, more than doubling the Lancers\u2019 output, 13-6, for a 17-point lead, 44-27, heading into the final quarter. Lincolnview\u2019s offense got untracked a bit in the final period, but the Cougars didn\u2019t slow down, either, outpointing the Lancers 19-12 in the fourth quarter for the win.<\/p>\n

In addition to its field goal production, Van Wert shot well from the free throw line, downing 15 0f 18 at the charity stripe (83.3 percent). The Lancers were 6 of 11 at the line (54.5 percent).<\/p>\n

With the victory, The Cougars are now 5-4 on the year, while Lincolnview is 4-6 overall.<\/p>\n

The Van Wert junior varsity team was also victorious, 35-27, to run its record to 6-3 on the year.<\/p>\n

The Cougars will host Kenton this Thursday for a Western Buckeye League match-up. JV start time is 6 p.m. Lincolnview will also be at home against Putnam County League team Kalida for a non-conference game.<\/p>\n

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