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OTTOVILLE — Saturday night, two teams coming away with hard-earned wins the night before squared off at the L.W. Gymnasium in Ottoville.

The Lincolnview Lancers came to Big Green land to take on another Putnam County League squad after already defeating Kalida and Ft. Jennings earlier in the year. The game was closely fought throughout but the Big Green used a 20-1 free-throw-made advantage to take the 52-40 non-league win over the Lancers.

The first quarter saw the Lancers of head coach Brett Hammons riding the hot shooting of junior Kyle Williams as he connected on three 3-pointers to give his team a 13-10 advantage after one quarter of play. The Big Green relied on junior Luke Schimmoeller to keep them close during the first eight minutes as he netted six of his team’s total of 10 for the quarter.