Leopards Shutdown Aviators 75-19 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 75, Alliance 19
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team shutdown the visiting Alliance Aviators 75-19. Louisville has now won 3 of their last 4 games to improve their overall mark to 4-10 and their NBC record to 4-5.
Sydney Bast scored a game-high 13 points and tallied 2 steals to lead the Lady Leopards. Erin Hahn also scored all of her 12 points in the first half as did Ellie Jackson who dropped home 8.
Louisville flew out of the gate in taking a 25-2 first half lead. The run encompassed a string of 19 straight points while the Leopards defense shutout the Aviators for over 8 minutes. LHS took a 39-8 advantage into halftime and outscored AHS 36-11 in the second half to roll to their second most lopsided home victory in team history.
Louisville doubled up Alliance on the glass 22-11 and recorded 16 steals on defense. Kayla Gibson led the Leopards with a game-high 5 steals to go along with her game leading 4 assists. Cassidy Kiko pulled down a game-high 6 boards and Paige Cole also recorded 5 rebounds.
All 13 Louisville Players scored during the contest as the Leopards bench outscored the Aviators 42-4. Louisville out-shot Alliance from the field 51% (28 of 54) to 38% (8 of 21) and 69% (18 of 26) to 37% (3 of 8) from the line.
The Lady Aviators (1-13, 0-9) were led by Kylie Young who scored a team-high 12 points and had 2 assists. Other scorers for Alliance included Char’metria Threats with 4 and Megan Brookes with 3.
This was the 50th all-time meeting between the two teams with Louisville now holding a 42-8 advantage overall with a 19-4 edge at home. The Leopards have now defeated the Aviators in 19 consecutive matchups overall and the last 9 in the series played at LHS. The 56 points is the second largest margin of victory at home in team history. Louisville defeated the visiting Carrollton Warriors 81-24 for the record 57 point spread back on January 17, 1990.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Carrollton Warriors on Monday, January 22. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
Alliance Aviators Vs. Louisville Leopards
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 75, AVIATORS 19
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Alliance 2-6-5-6—19
Louisville 20-19-14-22—75
Individual Stats
Records: Louisville 4-10, 4-5; Alliance 1-13, 0-9
JV: Louisville 52, Alliance 21
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 52, AVIATORS 21
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Alliance 0-7-10-4–21
Louisville 17-9-10-16—52
AVIATORS: Tolley-Smith 4 1-3 13, Runion 2 1-2 5, Davis 1 0-0 2, Mandy 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 7 3-7 21.
3-Pointers (4): Tolley-Smith 4
Team FT: 3-7 43%
LEOPARDS: Mullett 7 3-4 17, Cole 5 1-2 12, Joseph 3 4-4 10, Nyland 2 0-0 6, Siegfried 2 0-0 5, Mueller 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 20 8-10 52.
3-Pointers (4): Nyland 2, Cole, Siegfried
Team FT: 8-10 80%
Fouls: 8-6 Louisville
Records: Louisville 11-2, 5-1
