{"id":83619,"date":"2017-01-21T09:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T14:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83619"},"modified":"2017-01-21T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T14:57:26","slug":"kelly-less-cougs-lose-to-kenton-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/01\/21\/kelly-less-cougs-lose-to-kenton-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly-less Cougs lose to Kenton ‘Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

The Van Wert Cougars, missing their biggest offensive gun, just couldn\u2019t generate enough \u201cO\u201d, losing to Kenton 51-43 in a Western Buckeye League contest played in the Cougars\u2019 Den on Friday.<\/p>\n

Jacoby Kelly, who is averaging 16.7 points per game, is\u00a0out for at least the weekend with a sprained ACL, and, while Nate Place and Dylan Lautzenheiser scored a bit over their averages, Van Wert was not able to overcome Kelly\u2019s offensive contributions\u00a0entirely.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert’s Nate Place (10) puts in a layup over a Kenton defender during Friday’s WBL contest against the Wildcats.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Place led the Cougars with 17 points — a little more than a point over his per-game average of 15.9 — while Lautzenheiser, who also scored four points over his average, added 13 for Van Wert. Drew Bagley had 9 points for the Cougars. Kenton was led by Tom Phillips\u2019 18 points, with Jaron Sharp adding 14 points and Hunter Phillips 13 for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n

It was a story of two halves for Van Wert, with the Cougars having a letdown in the second half that doomed their efforts to beat Kenton.<\/p>\n

Van Wert started off well and had a two-point advantage, 11-9, at the end of the first quarter, and was up by three, 23-20, at the half.<\/p>\n

But that was the high point for the Cougars, who were outscored 14-10 in the third quarter to trail by a point, 34-33, heading into the fourth quarter. That quarter sealed their fate as the Wildcats went on a 17-10 run to secure the league victory.<\/p>\n

Van Wert did not shoot well in the game, hitting just 17 of 46 field goal attempts (37.0 percent), including 0 for 6 from three-point range. The Cougars also hit only 9 of 19 free throw attempts (47.4 percent).<\/p>\n

Kenton was 17 of 40 from field goal range (42.5 percent) and hit 12 of 21 from the charity stripe (57.1 percent).<\/p>\n

Van Wert had the edge in rebounding, bringing down 30 caroms to 26 for the Wildcats, while both teams had 12 turnovers in the game.<\/p>\n

Both teams are now 6-6 on the year, and the Cougars will return to action tonight, hosting Bryan in a non-league contest at home.<\/p>\n

The Van Wert\u00a0junior varsity team had no problem winning its contest, 50-26. Brice Klausing led the Cougar\u00a0JVs with 10 points.<\/p>\n

Box score<\/p>\n

Kenton\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 11 14 17\u201451<\/p>\n

Van Wert 11 12 10 10\u201443<\/p>\n

Kenton (51) \u2013 Jaron Sharp 14, Trent Hites 3, Hunter Phillips 13, Tye Sherman 1, Tom Phillips 18, Brady Donnelly 2. Totals: 17 12-21 51.<\/p>\n

Van Wert (43) \u2013 Nate Place 17, Nick Gutierrez 2, Blake Henry 3, Dylan Lautzenheiser 13, Drew Bagley 9. Totals: 17 9-19 43.<\/p>\n

JV game: Van Wert won 50-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent sports The Van Wert Cougars, missing their biggest offensive gun, just couldn\u2019t generate enough \u201cO\u201d, losing to Kenton 51-43 in a Western Buckeye League contest played in the Cougars\u2019 Den on Friday. Jacoby Kelly, who is averaging 16.7 points per game, is\u00a0out for at least the weekend with a sprained ACL, and, while […]<\/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-83619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 03:00:52","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\/83619","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=83619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}