{"id":73746,"date":"2016-02-24T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=73746"},"modified":"2016-02-24T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T16:21:45","slug":"vw-rallies-for-last-second-win-over-bryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/02\/24\/vw-rallies-for-last-second-win-over-bryan\/","title":{"rendered":"VW rallies for last-second win over Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>LIMA &#8212; Unlike the first time Van Wert played Bryan this season, when the Cougars won 58-35, Tuesday\u2019s Division II sectional final game against the Golden Bears was a real struggle. Van Wert, which trailed by 11 points, 44-33, heading into the final quarter, pulled it out at the end when Davis Munroe tipped in a Colin Smith miss with 3 seconds remaining for a 55-54 victory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73747\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/VW-boys-vs.-Bryan-sectionals-2-23-16-Kelly.jpg\" alt=\"Van Wert's Jacoby Kelly (5) scores two of his game-leading 22 points as the Cougars pull out a 55-54 Division II sectional win over Bryan on Tuesday. (Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent)\" width=\"350\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/VW-boys-vs.-Bryan-sectionals-2-23-16-Kelly.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/VW-boys-vs.-Bryan-sectionals-2-23-16-Kelly-283x600.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Van Wert&#8217;s Jacoby Kelly (5) scores two of his game-leading 22 points as the Cougars pull out a 55-54 Division II sectional win over Bryan on Tuesday.<\/strong> <em>(Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cougars trailed by a point, 11-10, at the end of the second quarter, while Bryan was up by 9 at the half, 30-21. It was Van Wert\u2019s 22-point fourth-quarter offensive effort that finally tipped the scales in its favor.<\/p>\n<p>Although Munroe made the winning basket, sophomore Jacoby Kelley, who was unstoppable in the second half, deserves a lot of the credit for the win, as he led the Cougars\u2019 fourth-quarter offensive resurrection that fueled the Van Wert comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert was ice cold in the first half, hitting just 1 of 11 three-point attempts and 5 of 12 two-pointers in the half. That changed in the second half as the Cougars started making baskets, while the Van Wert defense finally got a stranglehold on the Golden Bear offense.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Kelly, Van Wert had two other players in double figures, including Josh Braun, with 11 points, and Smith, with 10 points, including 8 of 12 from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan was led by Dylan Lehmann\u2019s 15 points, while Deylen Miley added 11 points for the Golden Bears.<\/p>\n<p>For the game, the Cougars were 20 of 48 from the field (41.7 percent), including a miserable 2 of 19 from three-point range (10.5 percent). Van Wert made 13 of 17 free throw attempts (76.5 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Bryan made 18 of 38 from the field (47.4 percent), while going 4 of 10 from behind the arc (40 percent). The Golden Bears were 14 of 24 from the line (58.3 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Bryan had the edge in rebounding, bringing down 26 caroms to 23 for the Cougars. Van Wert had fewer turnovers, 9 to 12.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars will now play Ottawa-Glandorf this Friday at Lima Senior in the Division II sectional finals. Game time is approximately 8 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent sports LIMA &#8212; Unlike the first time Van Wert played Bryan this season, when the Cougars won 58-35, Tuesday\u2019s Division II sectional final game against the Golden Bears was a real struggle. Van Wert, which trailed by 11 points, 44-33, heading into the final quarter, pulled it out at the end when Davis [&hellip;]<\/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-73746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 05:50:53","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\/73746","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=73746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}