{"id":97226,"date":"2018-01-06T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97226"},"modified":"2018-01-06T08:43:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:43:48","slug":"roughriders-stun-the-van-wert-cougars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/06\/roughriders-stun-the-van-wert-cougars\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders stun the Van Wert Cougars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It was a frustrating night for Van Wert, as the Cougars struggled from the floor throughout the game and lost to St. Marys 53-37.<\/p>\n

Early consecutive baskets by Jacoby Kelly gave the Cougars a 4-2 lead, and after a St. Marys bucket, Nate Place hit a trey to give Van Wert a 7-4 lead with 5:30 remaining in the opening quarter. It would turn out to be the only time the Cougars led in the game.<\/p>\n

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Blake Henry pulls up for two of his nine points against St. Marys.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two foul shots by Drew Jacobs and baskets by Austin Wilker and Bo Kuenning gave St. Marys a 10-7. Van Wert broke a scoring drought of over three minutes with a free throw, and the 6-4 junior beat the buzzer with a bucket from the paint to tie the game at 10.<\/p>\n

The Roughriders (3-7, 1-1 Western Buckeye League) opened the second quarter on a 10-0 run to push their advantage to 20-10. Meanwhile, the Cougars didn\u2019t crack the scoreboard until the 4:50 mark, when Blake Henry hit two foul shots. Van Wert\u2019s first basket of the period came with 3:40 left on an offensive rebound and return shot by Thane Cowan. St. Marys responded with five unanswered points, including a triple by Drew Jacobs, who went on to finish with a game high 18 points. Two foul shots by Henry pulled the Cougars to within 12, 29-17. From there, Jacobs hit another trey, but Place hit an NBA-range three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 32-20.<\/p>\n

Struggling against various zone defenses offered by St. Marys, Van Wert shot just 7-of-21 in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed some shots early,\u201d Van Wert head coach Mark Bagley said. \u201cWe were attacking side to side, and we worked on zone stuff all week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was shocking,\u201d Bagley added. \u201cI want to give St. Marys credit. They were the tougher team tonight and they deserved to win, no question about that. But it was alarming \u2013 it was like we hadn\u2019t practiced all week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henry opened the third quarter with two baskets that trimmed the deficit to 32-24, but from there the Cougars were scoreless for more than four minutes. Place canned a shot at the 3:53 mark, and Cowan closed out Van Wert\u2019s scoring with a basket with two minutes left on the clock. St. Marys didn\u2019t fare much better, mustering just 10 points in the period.<\/p>\n

Place began the final quarter with a basket and a triple in just 40 seconds, but the Cougars didn\u2019t score again until three minutes later, when Place hit another bucket. The 6-2 junior finished with a team-high 13 points, including seven in the fourth period. Van Wert\u2019s last basket of the game (by Kelly) came with 2:48 left in the contest.<\/p>\n

The Cougars shot 8-of-25 in the second half, and 15-of-46 (32.6 percent) for the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pride ourselves on preparation, we pride ourselves on outplaying teams and it didn\u2019t happen tonight, and it was disappointing.\u201d Bagley said. \u201cOur guys are very disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Wert (3-4, 0-2 WBL) will return to action tonight at Fort Carroll (IN). The game will be played at the Alumni Gym instead of the Fieldhouse. Live coverage will air on WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Van Wert 10 10\u00a0 \u00a08\u00a0 \u00a09 \u2013 37
\nSt. Marys 10 22 10 11 \u2013 53<\/p>\n

Van Wert: Nate Place 5-0-13; Jacoby Kelly 4-0-8; Blake Henry 3-3-9; Drew Bagley 1-1-3; Thane Cowan 2-0-4<\/p>\n

St. Marys: Braeden Dunlap 3-0-6; Austin Wilker 7-3-17; Ethan Mielke 1-4-7; Drew Jacobs 6-5-18; Colin Clements 1-0-2; Bo Kuenning 1-0-2<\/p>\n

JV: Van Wert won 51-32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor It was a frustrating night for Van Wert, as the Cougars struggled from the floor throughout the game and lost to St. Marys 53-37. Early consecutive baskets by Jacoby Kelly gave the Cougars a 4-2 lead, and after a St. Marys bucket, Nate Place hit a trey to give Van Wert […]<\/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-97226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 16:09:04","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\/97226","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=97226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}