{"id":59334,"date":"2015-01-05T11:08:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=59334"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:08:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T16:08:51","slug":"t-birds-get-easy-win-over-cougar-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/01\/05\/t-birds-get-easy-win-over-cougar-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Birds get easy win over Cougar boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Van Wert Cougars got behind early and couldn\u2019t catch up as the unbeaten Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds defeated the Cougars 67-49 in non-conference action played in the Cougars\u2019 Den.<\/p>\n

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Cougar Jacoby Kelly (5) goes up for a layup against Lima Central Catholic in a game won by the T-Birds 67-49. (Jan Dunlap\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The T-Birds led Van Wert by eight points, 17-9, at the end of the first period, and were up by 16, 38-22, at the half.<\/p>\n

The Cougars outscored LCC 19-15 in the third quarter to cut the lead to 12, 53-41, at the three-quarter mark, but the T-Birds went on a 12-8 run in the final stanza to seal the victory.<\/p>\n

Nick Taflinger led all scorers with 20 points, including four three-pointers, while Dantez Walton added 12 points, nine of those on three-pointers, for LCC. Tre Cobbs had 9 points for the T-Birds, while Josh Dixon added 8 for LCC.<\/p>\n

The Cougars were led by Colin Smith\u2019s 13 points, while Jacoby Kelly added 10 points and Connor Holliday had 9 points for Van Wert.<\/p>\n

The Cougars were 16 of 38 from the field (42.1 percent), including 3 of 12 from three-point range (25 percent). Van Wert made 14 of 21 from the free-throw line (66.7 percent). The T-Birds were 24 of 38 from the field (63.2 percent), including 9 of 17 from three-point range (52.9 percent). LCC were not that great from the line, though, making just 8 of 15 from the line (53.3 percent).<\/p>\n

Both teams had 20 rebounds for the game, while the T-Birds had two fewer turnovers, 14-16.<\/p>\n

The Cougars are now 2-5 on the season, while LCC is 6-0.<\/p>\n

The Van Wert junior varsity also lost, 42-33, to the T-Bird JVs. Nick Keber led the Cougar JVs with 10 points, while Thomas Williams had 13 points for LCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent sports The Van Wert Cougars got behind early and couldn\u2019t catch up as the unbeaten Lima Central Catholic Thunderbirds defeated the Cougars 67-49 in non-conference action played in the Cougars\u2019 Den. The T-Birds led Van Wert by eight points, 17-9, at the end of the first period, and were up by 16, 38-22, […]<\/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-59334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 09:52:38","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\/59334","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=59334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}