{"id":58931,"date":"2014-12-20T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=58931"},"modified":"2014-12-20T08:32:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T13:32:45","slug":"o-g-rallies-in-second-half-to-beat-cougs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2014\/12\/20\/o-g-rallies-in-second-half-to-beat-cougs\/","title":{"rendered":"O-G rallies in second half to beat Cougs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It looked like the Van Wert Cougars had a firm handle on their Western Buckeye League opener against Ottawa-Glandorf on Friday, with a 12-point lead at halftime, but they unfortunately lost that handle as the Titans turned the tables on Van Wert in the second half, outscoring the Cougars 43-18 to win by 13 points, 63-50.<\/p>\n

The Cougars led by nine points, 15-6, at the end of the first quarter, as O-G had trouble finding the basket in the stanza, while going up by 12, 32-20, at the half.<\/p>\n

The Titans erased Van Wert\u2019s lead in one quarter, outscoring the Cougars 23-11 in the third quarter to tie the game at 43-all heading into the final stanza.<\/p>\n

Ottawa-Glandorf then hit its free throws — and everything else — down the stretch in a 20-7 scoring performance that gave the Titans the 13-point victory.<\/p>\n

Titan Noah Bramlage led all scorers with 25 points, including 17 of 18 at the line, while Jordan Verhoff had 12 points and Zach Kuhlman added 10 points for O-G.<\/p>\n

Connor Holliday did most of the scoring for Van Wert, with 22 points, including 9 of 10 from the free-throw line. Colin Smith added 9 points for the Cougars.<\/p>\n

Van Wert was 13 of 29 from two-point range (44.8 percent), but hit only 2 of 12 three-point attempts (16.7 percent) for a total field goal percentage of 36.6 percent) 15 of 41). The Cougars were 18 of 24 at the free-throw line (75 percent).<\/p>\n

Ottawa-Glandorf made 16 of 28 two-point attempts (57.1 percent), but was also cold from three-point range, hitting just one of 12 attempts (8.3 percent), for a total field goal percentage of 42.5 percent (17 of 40). The Titans were 28 of 32 from the line (87.5 percent).<\/p>\n

Van Wert had the edge in rebounding, 29-23, while each team had 11 turnovers in the game.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are now 1-2 overall and 0-1 in the WBL, while O-G is 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference.<\/p>\n

Van Wert\u2019s junior varsity team also lost, 35-30. Dylan Lautzenheiser was the Cougar JVs\u2019 top scorer with 8 points.<\/p>\n

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