{"id":82726,"date":"2016-12-17T08:21:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T13:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=82726"},"modified":"2016-12-17T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T13:24:28","slug":"kelly-scores-27-as-cougs-down-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/12\/17\/kelly-scores-27-as-cougs-down-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly scores 27 as Cougs down &#8216;Riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ST. MARYS &#8212; The Van Wert Cougars defeated St. Marys 67-54 in their Western Buckeye League opener behind a 27-point performance by Jacoby Kelly on the Roughriders\u2019 home court Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly and the Cougars scorched the nets, especially from three-point range, making 10 of 14 (71.4 percent) from behind the arc, including seven by the junior point guard. Van Wert was also 14 of 21 from two-point range (66.7 percent) for an overall field-goal percentage of 68.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars also made 9 of 11 free throws in the game (81.8 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, Van Wert held the Roughriders to 20-of-44 field goal shooting (45.5 percent), including 4 of 7 three-pointers (57.1 percent). St. Marys was 10 of 12 at the free throw line (83.3 percent).<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars got out to a big first-quarter lead, garnering a 10-point advantage, 23-13, by the end of the period, and basically played mostly even from there. The \u2018Riders cut the lead to eight points, 37-29, at the half and both teams scored 10 points in the third stanza to maintain that lead heading into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert was able to make key shots &#8212; and hit its free throws &#8212; down the stretch to outscore St. Marys 20-15 in the final period.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Kelly, the Cougars had two other players in double figures, with Dylan Lautzenheiser scoring 14 points and Nate Place adding 10 points for Van Wert. St. Marys\u2019 Derek Jay had 24 points, including three three-pointers and a 5-of-5 performance at the charity stripe, while Drew Jacobs added 11 points for the Roughriders.<\/p>\n<p>St. Marys outrebounded the Cougars, 19-14, but also had five more turnovers, 15-10.<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert is now 2-1 on the season and 1-0 in the WBL.<\/p>\n<p>The Roughriders won the junior varsity contest 39-28.<\/p>\n<p>The Cougars will next play Tuesday evening at Wayne Trace. The game will stream live on WERT Radio and also on the Van Wert independent (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.thevwindependent.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Box score<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert\u00a0 23 14 10 20\u201467<\/p>\n<p>St. Marys \u00a013\u00a0 16 10 15\u201454<\/p>\n<p>Van Wert (67) \u2013 Jacoby Kelly 27, Nate Place 10, Nick Gutierrez 4, Dylan Lautzenheiser 14, Drew Bagley 6, Blake Henry 6. Totals: 24 9-11 67<\/p>\n<p>St. Marys (54) \u2013 Drew Jacobs 11, Colin Clemons 4, Derek Jay 24, Bo Kuenning 2, Braden Dunlap 4, Jacob Grannon 8, Ethan Mielke 1. Totals: 20 10-12 54.<\/p>\n<p>JV score: St. Marys won 39-28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor ST. MARYS &#8212; The Van Wert Cougars defeated St. Marys 67-54 in their Western Buckeye League opener behind a 27-point performance by Jacoby Kelly on the Roughriders\u2019 home court Friday night. Kelly and the Cougars scorched the nets, especially from three-point range, making 10 of 14 (71.4 percent) from behind the arc, [&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-82726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 08:16:59","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\/82726","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=82726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}