{"id":99354,"date":"2018-03-02T07:38:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T12:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=99354"},"modified":"2018-03-02T07:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T12:41:13","slug":"lady-knights-to-play-for-district-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/03\/02\/lady-knights-to-play-for-district-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Knights to play for district title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ELIDA — Crestview survived a late fourth quarter surge by Coldwater, then outscored the Lady Cavaliers 15-4 in overtime to win 69-58 in the Division III district semifinals at Elida on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Along with avenging a 60-43 regular season loss to Coldwater, the victory extended Crestview\u2019s winning streak to 13 and it advanced the Lady Knights to Saturday\u2019s district championship game against No. 1 seed Ottawa-Glandorf (22-2). The Lady Titans defeated Spencerville 64-27.<\/p>\n

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Lexi Gregory drives toward the basket against Coldwater. Gregory finished with 13 points.<\/strong> Photo by Wyatt Richardson for the Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Free throws by Lyvia Black put Crestview (19-6) up 54-49 with 17.4 seconds left in regulation, but Coldwater (19-6) rallied with two free throws by Lauren Bruns and a triple by Kourtney Diller that tied the game. Crestview turned the ball over after Diller\u2019s three pointer, but the Lady Cavaliers missed a potential game winning shot and the game went to overtime.<\/p>\n

From there, Paige Motycka hit eight free throws and a bucket, Olivia Cunningham connected from the floor and Black hit a foul shot and a basket. Meanwhile, Crestview\u2019s defense held Coldwater to a single basket and two foul shots in the extra session.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo doubt about it, our team defense was great tonight,\u201d Crestview head coach Mark Gregory said. \u201cI can\u2019t say enough about our team. We battled all night long.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview led 12-8 after the first quarter then began the second period with a 12-2 run with a basket by Black, treys by Bailey Gregory and Lexi Gregory, a free throw by Motycka and a triple by Black. However, Coldwater answered with a 9-2 run to close the quarter. Diller knocked down a three pointer, Lauren Gilliland hit two foul shots, and Katie Alig and Maura Hoying each hit baskets to close the gap to 25-19 at halftime.<\/p>\n

The Lady Cavaliers opened the third quarter with 10-4 run that tied the game at 29, but Crestview outscored Coldwater 11-5 to finish the period. Motycka hit back-to-back buckets, (Lexi) Gregory and Black hit triples and Motycka converted two free throws with no time left on the clock to give the Lady Knights a 40-34 lead entering the fourth quarter. Motycka went on to finish with a game high 26 points, Black tallied 16 and Gregory scored 13.<\/p>\n

Coldwater outscored Crestview 20-14 in the final period and tied the game on five occasions, but never led in the quarter or the entire game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was huge,\u201d Gregory said. \u201cI thought every time Coldwater would come back, we had an answer. I am so proud of how we keep finding ways to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview and Ottawa-Glandorf will meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Elida, with the winner moving on to the \u201cSweet 16.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cO-G is a great team and well coached,\u201d Gregory said. \u201cWe have so much respect for them, but we are going to lay it all in the line on Saturday and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Crestview 12 13 15 14 15 \u2013 69
\nColdwater\u00a0 8 11 15 20\u00a0 \u00a04 \u2013 58<\/p>\n

Crestview: Lexi Gregory 5-2-13; Ally McCoy 4-0-8; Lyvia Black 4-6-16; Olivia Cunningham 1-1-3; Paige Motycka 6-14-26; Bailey Gregory 1-0-3<\/p>\n

Coldwater: Kourtney Diller 6-2-17; Olivia Marlamert 1-1-4; Maura Hoying 4-2-11; Lauren Gilliland 3-8-14; Lauren Bruns 1-4-6; Katie Alig 2-0-4; Grace Bruns 1-0-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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