{"id":83423,"date":"2017-01-14T08:36:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83423"},"modified":"2017-01-14T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T13:36:43","slug":"knights-outlast-jefferson-in-nwc-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/01\/14\/knights-outlast-jefferson-in-nwc-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights outlast Jefferson in NWC contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

CONVOY — Points were at a premium, during Friday night\u2019s Northwest Conference contest at Ray Etzler Gymnasium.\u00a0In the end, the Crestview Knights (6-3, 3-0 NWC) scored just enough to defeat Delphos Jefferson 40-39.<\/p>\n

The Knights shot 33 percent from the floor, while the Wildcats connected on just 29 percent of their shots. The two teams combined to hit 2 of 19 three-point attempts.<\/p>\n

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Crestview’s Drew Kline (2) goes high for a layup during Friday’s NWC win over Delphos Jefferson.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wildcats (4-7, 2-1 NWC) had two chances to win late in the fourth quarter. After a steal with 25 seconds left, Delphos Jefferson missed a shot, but pulled down the offensive rebound and called timeout with 3.6 seconds showing on the clock.\u00a0The Wildcats put the ball back in play, but could only get off a contested three-point attempt from the right sideline that hit the backboard as time expired.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats battled back from a 35-29 deficit with three straight baskets by Alex Rode. The Knights broke a 35-35 tie with two free throws and a basket by Javin Etzler to make it 39-35, but Delphos Jefferson responded with two charity tosses by Jace Stockwell, who finished with a team-high 12 points.<\/p>\n

With 53 seconds left in the game, Crestview\u2019s Drew Kline scored what proved to be the winning point.\u00a0The 5-9 sophomore hit the front end of a 1-and-1 free throw, but was unable to connect on the second attempt.\u00a0 Down 40-37, the Wildcats pulled down the rebound and went on to score on a second chance shot by Drake Schmitt.<\/p>\n

The game got off to a slow start, with Crestview leading 10-6 after the first quarter, and 21-18 at halftime.\u00a0 Led by Kline\u2019s three baskets, the Knights managed to outscore the Wildcats 10-7 in the third quarter and led 31-25 going into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Etzler led all scorers with 14 points, while Kline finished with 13. Derek Stout added 8, and Trevor Gibson finished with 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to try to match their physicality, and I think we were able to do that,\u201d Crestview head coach Jeremy Best said. \u201cSometimes it looked painful and it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m proud of the kids and their effort,\u201d Best added.<\/p>\n

The Knights will travel to Arlington, while the Wildcats will host state-ranked Wayne Trace. That game will air live on WSKD 99.7, and will stream live on The Van Wert Independent<\/em> (www.thevwindependent.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Box score<\/p>\n

Crestview \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10 \u00a011 \u00a010 \u00a0 9\u2013-40<\/p>\n

Delphos Jefferson \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06 \u00a0 12 \u00a0 7 \u00a014\u2013-39<\/p>\n

Crestview (40) — Drew Kline 13, Javin Etzler 14, Derek Stout 8, Trevor Gibson 5.<\/p>\n

Delphos Jefferson (39) — Jace Stockwell 12, Drew Reiss 4, Brenen Auer 5, Davion Taylor 2, Drake Schmitt 9, Alex Rode 7<\/p>\n

Rebounds: Crestview 32, Delphos Jefferson 25<\/p>\n

Turnovers: Crestview 11 Delphos Jefferson 6<\/p>\n

JV game: Crestview won 43-31<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports CONVOY — Points were at a premium, during Friday night\u2019s Northwest Conference contest at Ray Etzler Gymnasium.\u00a0In the end, the Crestview Knights (6-3, 3-0 NWC) scored just enough to defeat Delphos Jefferson 40-39. The Knights shot 33 percent from the floor, while the Wildcats connected on just 29 percent of their shots. […]<\/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-83423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 18:50:13","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\/83423","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=83423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}