{"id":97654,"date":"2018-01-18T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97654"},"modified":"2018-01-18T07:36:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T12:36:14","slug":"vw-independent-weekend-hoops-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/18\/vw-independent-weekend-hoops-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"VW independent weekend hoops preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Two Van Wert County boys\u2019 basketball teams will try to snap losing streaks, while another will try to extend a winning streak. Below are brief previews of this weekend’s games.<\/p>\n

Van Wert vs. Shawnee, at Bryan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Cougars (3-7, 0-3 WBL) will try to reverse their fortunes this weekend. Van Wert will host WBL opponent Shawnee on Friday, then will travel to Bryan on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Cougars currently average 49.2 points per game while giving up 57.2 points per contest.<\/p>\n

Shawnee (10-2, 2-0 WBL) is considered the surprise of the league so far this season. The Indians dropped their opener to Elida (58-45) and lost to St. Henry (62-48) in Week No. 2, but since then Shawnee has won nine straight.<\/p>\n

The Indians are averaging 58.3 points per game while allowing 51.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bryan is 4-7 (0-1 NWOAL) entering the weekend and the Golden Bears will travel to Swanton on Friday before hosting Van Wert the following night.<\/p>\n

Bryan has lost two straight and averages 52.5 points per game, while giving up 52.2 points per game.<\/p>\n

Both of Van Wert\u2019s weekend games will air live on WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview at Allen East, at Antwerp<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After winning six consecutive games, the Lincolnview (6-5, 2-0 NWC) has lost four straight.<\/p>\n

For the first time since December 22, the Lancers will play an NWC opponent (Allen East) on Friday, then will travel to Antwerp on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview averages 56.7 points per game, compared to 41 for Allen East (3-7, 0-3 NWC). In terms of defense, the Lancers allow 54.9 points per game, while the Mustangs give up 56.4 points per contest.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that Allen East has lost two straight and six of seven.<\/p>\n

Antwerp (5-4) will play at Hicksville tonight before hosting Lincolnview on Saturday. The Archers are averaging 44.6 points per game while allowing 45.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Crestview at Ada<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Knights (8-3, 3-0 NWC) will try to make it five straight wins when they travel to Ada on Friday.<\/p>\n

Crestview is averaging 58.7 points per game, while allowing just 42.8 points per contest.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs (2-10, 1-1 NWC) have lost eight straight and average 42.8 points per game while giving up 57.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Knights are off on Saturday, but will host Shawnee (0-2) in what should be an intriguing game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Two Van Wert County boys\u2019 basketball teams will try to snap losing streaks, while another will try to extend a winning streak. Below are brief previews of this weekend’s games. Van Wert vs. Shawnee, at Bryan The Cougars (3-7, 0-3 WBL) will try to reverse their fortunes this weekend. 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-97654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 23:57:05","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\/97654","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=97654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}