{"id":96600,"date":"2017-12-19T06:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T11:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=96600"},"modified":"2017-12-19T06:50:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T11:50:28","slug":"motycka-leads-cview-vs-ft-jennings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/12\/19\/motycka-leads-cview-vs-ft-jennings\/","title":{"rendered":"Motycka leads C’view vs. Ft. Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

CONVOY — It was the Paige Motycka show at Crestview High school on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The 5-8 senior guard-forward scored 30 points and pulled down eight rebounds in a 59-24 non-conference victory over Fort Jennings.<\/p>\n

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Paige Motycka (34) scored 30 points vs. Fort Jennings on Tuesday.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHer teammates did a great job of finding her tonight,\u201d Crestview head coach Mark Gregory said. \u201cShe did a better job of making sure she had some flexibility to be inside and outside as opposed to just being outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe scored, she rebounded, she did it all for us,\u201d Gregory added. \u201cShe handled the ball at point at times and did what seniors do.\u201d<\/p>\n

14 of Motycka\u2019s points came in the opening quarter. With Crestview ahead 6-4, she drilled a three-pointer, hit two foul shots and had a two point basket to increase the lead to 13-4. Later in the quarter Motycka hit a two and a three to push the advantage to 20-4. A bucket by Kristen Luersman ended the run, but Crestview\u2019s Lyvia Black drained a triple to give the Lady Knights a 23-6 lead at the end of the quarter.<\/p>\n

Both teams struggled from the floor in the second period. Crestview scored seven points, with Motycka scoring five. Haley Speith accounted for Crestview\u2019s only other points, and the Lady Knights didn\u2019t score for the final 3:12 of the quarter. After being held scoreless for the first five minutes of the second quarter, the Lady Musketeers received a basket from Lillian Wisner, and a bucket and foul shot from Madison Neidert.<\/p>\n

Crestview opened the third quarter with a 30-11 advantage and went right to work with an 8-2 scoring run. Motycka hit a two point shot and two free throws, Olivia Cunningham scored on an offensive rebound and return shot, then Motycka hit her second basket of the quarter. Cunningham\u2019s scored again later in the period to give the Lady Knights a 40-15 advantage.<\/p>\n

Scoring was more balanced in the fourth quarter. Lexi Gregory scored all six of her points in the quarter, Motycka had five, and Black hit her second trey of the game as the Lady Knights outscored Fort Jennings 19-9.<\/p>\n

Crestview\u2019s defense forced 24 Fort Jennings turnovers and caused scoring droughts of five minutes in each of the first two quarters, while allowing a total of nine points in the second and third quarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight from the get-go in the first quarter, we had a lot of energy with our man-to-man press, with our 1-2-2 halfcourt press,\u201d Gregory explained. \u201cWe got a lot of deflections, and that\u2019s what I told our girls \u2013 if we get those deflections, it\u2019s going to give us opportunities for steals and create opportunities on the offensive end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview (3-3) will host Allen East on Thursday, then will travel to Kalida on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Crestview 23 7 10 19 \u2013 59
\nFt. Jennings 6 5 4 9 \u2013 24<\/p>\n

Crestview: Bailey Gregory 2-0-4; Lyvia Black 3-0-8; Lexi Gregory 3-0-6; Haley Speith 2-2-4; Olivia Cunningham 3-0-6; Lizzie Bowen 0-1-1; Paige Motycka 10-6-30<\/p>\n

Ft. Jennings: Annabelle Wisner 1-1-3; Makenna Ricker 1-0-2; Madison Neidert 2-1-6; Kristen Luersman 5-1-11; Lillian Wisner 1-0-2<\/p>\n

JV: Crestview won 21-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — It was the Paige Motycka show at Crestview High school on Tuesday night. The 5-8 senior guard-forward scored 30 points and pulled down eight rebounds in a 59-24 non-conference victory over Fort Jennings. \u201cHer teammates did a great job of finding her tonight,\u201d Crestview head coach Mark Gregory said. […]<\/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-96600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 07:01:47","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\/96600","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=96600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}