{"id":83021,"date":"2016-12-28T09:21:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83021"},"modified":"2016-12-28T09:22:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T14:22:06","slug":"ottoville-rallies-to-down-knight-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/12\/28\/ottoville-rallies-to-down-knight-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottoville rallies to down Knight boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

CONVOY — It was a tale of two halves Tuesday night at Ray Etzler Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Crestview won the first half, while Ottoville won the second half and stunned the Knights 52-49.\u00a0 It was the second consecutive loss for Crestview (3-2).<\/p>\n

Using balanced scoring, the Knights raced out to an 18-7 lead after one quarter. Drew Kline scored five in the quarter, while Javin Etzler and Derek Stout each chipped in with four.<\/p>\n

\"Crestview's
Crestview’s Drew Kline (2) goes way up for a layup during Tuesday’s non-conference boys’ basketball game with Ottoville. The Big Green edged the Knights 52-49 in the game.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crestview displayed a suffocating defense in the second quarter, holding the Big Green to just eight points, while expanding the halftime lead to 31-15. Derick Dealey came off the bench to score five in the quarter, and Stout hit two baskets.<\/p>\n

But the Big Green outscored the Knights 16-2 in the third quarter and trailed by just two, 33-31 at the end of the period.<\/p>\n

Crestview went 1-of-11 from floor in the quarter, while Eric Van Sossan, Zane Martin and Ryan Bendele each hit a three-pointer, and freshman center Drew Fisher came off the bench to connect on two baskets and a free throw to spark Ottoville.<\/p>\n

Behind five more points from Fisher, the Big Green (5-2) took the lead in the fourth and pushed it to 48-41, before Crestview started to rally.\u00a0 With just over a minute left, Drew Kline scored on a layup, and Javin Etzler drilled a three-pointer to close the gap to 48-46, but the Knights were unable to draw closer.<\/p>\n

After a missed Ottoville free throw with three seconds left, Crestview had a chance to tie the game, but Etzler\u2019s half-court shot missed the mark at the buzzer.<\/p>\n

When the dust settled, Crestview shot just 17-51 from the floor (33%). Ottoville shot 58% from the floor, and had 22 rebounds, compared to 21 for the Knights. The Big Green finished with 20 turnovers, twice as many as Crestview.<\/p>\n

Knights head coach Jeremy Best said a number of different factors led to the loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could list 10 or 12 things, but I think right now carrying out what we talk about as coaches and valuing each possession of the game are areas our guys need to grow,\u201d Best said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a lead, and you want to continue to play well,\u201d Best added. \u201cBut they (Ottoville) played better than we did in situations and they earned it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to credit Ottoville and their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview returns to action Friday night at Delphos St. John\u2019s, while Ottoville will host Lincolnview.<\/p>\n

Box Score<\/p>\n

Crestview \u00a018 13 \u00a0 2 \u00a016\u2013-49<\/p>\n

Ottoville \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7 \u00a0 8 \u00a016 21\u2013-52<\/p>\n

Crestview (49) — Drew Kline 10, Caleb Bagley 1, Javin Etzler 11, Spencer Rolsten 2, Derek Stout 13, Trevor Gibson 2, Derick Dealey 8, Grant Schlagbaum 2.<\/p>\n

Ottoville (52) — Logan Kemper 7, Eric Van Sossan 5, Nick Moorman 21, Zane Martin 3, Ryan Bendele 6, Drew Fisher 10.<\/p>\n

JV: Crestview won 33-9 (two quarters)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports CONVOY — It was a tale of two halves Tuesday night at Ray Etzler Gymnasium. Crestview won the first half, while Ottoville won the second half and stunned the Knights 52-49.\u00a0 It was the second consecutive loss for Crestview (3-2). Using balanced scoring, the Knights raced out to an 18-7 lead after […]<\/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-83021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 19:36:52","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\/83021","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=83021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}