{"id":48331,"date":"2014-02-07T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=48331"},"modified":"2014-02-07T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T15:28:11","slug":"lady-cougars-down-defiance-in-wbl-tilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/02\/07\/lady-cougars-down-defiance-in-wbl-tilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Cougars down Defiance in WBL tilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Van Wert Lady Cougars cut the tall trees of Defiance down the size on Thursday, downing the Lady Bulldogs 65-47 for their sixth Western Buckeye League win of the season.<\/p>\n

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Cougar Emilie Moonshower (12) takes a shot from outside during Thursday’s WBL contest against Defiance. (Jan Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the win, Van Wert is now 17-4 on the year, while Defiance falls to 3-15.<\/p>\n

Although outrebounded 38-24 by the Bulldogs, Van Wert forced Defiance into 25 turnovers and played an up-tempo game to take the Bulldogs out of their offensive rhythm.<\/p>\n

The Cougars were playing without 5-10 junior Alexis Dowdy, one of their tallest players, while going up against two Defiance players who were over 6-feet tall.<\/p>\n

Van Wert led almost from the start, taking a 15-11 advantage at the end of the first quarter and parlaying that into a 9-point lead, 36-27, at the half. The Cougars then outscored Defiance 29-20 in the final two quarters to win the game.<\/p>\n

Van Wert was led offensively by Cheyenne Handy\u2019s 16 points, while Erin Morrow added 14 points, Claire Butler scored 9 points and Alexa Dunlap had 8 points for the Cougars. Defiance\u2019s Madie Naton led all scorers with 19 points, while Laura Schrag added 13 points for the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

Van Wert was 20 of 47 from field goal range (42.6 percent), while the Bulldogs made 19 of 57 field goal attempts (33.3 percent).<\/p>\n

The Cougars were 18 of 24 from the free throw line (75 percent), while Defiance hit 4 of 5 at the line (80 percent).<\/p>\n

Van Wert had 17 turnovers in the game.<\/p>\n

The Cougar junior varsity team lost to Defiance, 45-39. Emma Kohn had 10 points for the Cougar JVs, while Ally Jackson scored 9 and Phoebe Eutsler added 8 points. Morgan Porter led the Bulldogs with 13 points, while Natalie Wichman added 10 points for the Defiance JV squad.<\/p>\n

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