{"id":47783,"date":"2014-01-24T10:03:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=47783"},"modified":"2014-01-24T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T15:03:20","slug":"cougars-nearly-upset-state-ranked-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/01\/24\/cougars-nearly-upset-state-ranked-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars nearly upset state-ranked Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/b>independent sports<\/i><\/p>\n

After losing by 16 points to Crestview, the Van Wert Lady Cougars were spoiling for a fight when state-ranked Lima Bath came into town on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Lady Cougar Alexis Dowdy (5) shoots a jumper against Bath in a WBL nail-biter played Thursday night in the Cougar’s Den. (Jan Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After trailing by seven heading into the fourth quarter, the Cougars put together a furious fourth-quarter rally that fell short of an upset by only a basket, with Bath happy to escape the Cougar\u2019s Den with a 43-41 Western Buckeye League victory.<\/p>\n

The Lady Wildcats did a good job of containing Van Wert\u2019s top scorer, Erin Morrow, holding the 5-9 junior forward to just 4 points in the game. Alexis Dowdy made up the difference, though, scoring 17 points to lead the Cougars offensively. Bri Smith led Bath (14-1) with 11 points.<\/p>\n

The Wildkittens led 13-10 after the first quarter and were up by seven, 28-21, at the half. The Bath lead was remained at seven at the three-quarter point, 40-33, but Van Wert outscored the Wildkittens 8-3 in the final quarter to almost steal the win.<\/p>\n

The Cougars were sharper than Bath from both the field and the free-throw line, but just didn\u2019t get as many looks, largely because of the Wildkittens advantage in turnovers and rebounds.<\/p>\n

Van Wert was 15 of 34 from field goal range (44.1 percent), while hitting 9 of 13 free throws (69.2 percent). The Wildkittens made 16 of 47 field goal attempts (34 percent) and were 6 of 13 at the line (46.2 percent).<\/p>\n

Bath also had five three-pointers, to just two for the Cougars.<\/p>\n

With the loss, Van Wert is 13-4 on the season, and 4-2 in the WBL. The Wildkittens are undefeated in league play at 5-0.<\/p>\n

Bath also won the junior varsity game, 58-21, over the Cougar JVs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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