Carrollton Closes in on NBC Title After Downing Louisville

Louisville Lady Leopards Basketball 2014

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Carrollton 66, Louisville 41

The Louisville Lady Leopards fell to the visiting Carrollton Warriors 66-41 Wednesday Evening. With the loss, Louisville falls to 5-12 overall and 5-6 in the NBC.

Rachel Zeller led the Leopards with 17 points which included 4 three-pointers. Hollyann Mullett also Beatty's Sports Leopard Hoodiebroke double digits with 10 and both Morgan Paulus & Hannah Skolosh added 4.

Ali Poole led the Warriors with a game-high 19 points which included a crowd-thrilling half court basket at the end of the second quarter. Savanah Lowery also scored 10 and both Rachel Devine & Monica Starre added 9.

Carrollton is now 16-2 overall and a perfect 11-0 in conference play. The Lady Warriors need just one win to capture at least a share of their first NBC Title since 2000-01. With two victories, they will clinch their first outright league title since 1994-95.

Carrollton has now taken the last three meetings in the series, but Louisville still leads the all-time series 34-19. This includes a 19-8 record agains the Warriors at home.

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Alliance to take on the Aviators on Saturday, February 1.

VARSITY STATISTICS

WARRIORS 66, LEOPARDS 41

WARRIORS: Poole 6 4-5 19, Lowery 4 2-2 10, Devine 4 1-2 9, Starre 4 1-1 9, Fenimore 3 0-0 8, Voll 3 0-0 8, DeGarmo 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 25 10-13 66.

3-Pointers (6): Fenimore (2), Poole (2), Voll (2)

Team FT: 10-13 77%

LEOPARDS: Zeller 6 1-2 17, Mullett 3 3-4 10, Paulus 1 2-2 4, Skolosh 2 0-0 4, Beaver 1 0-0 3, Noble 1 0-0 3. TOTAL 14 6-8 41.

3-Pointers (7): Zeller (4), Beaver, Mullett, Noble

Team FT: 6-8 75%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Carrollton 19-24-13-10–66

Louisville 10-13-4-14–41

Fouls: 11-9 Louisville

Turnovers: 14-13 Louisville

Records: Carrollton 16-2, 11-0; Louisville 5-12, 5-6

JV: Louisville 38, Carrollton 28

Danielle Walter buried 2 three-pointers & scored a game-high 12 points and Alexa Oberster also poured in 11 to lead the JV Lady Leopards past the Warriors 38-28. With the victory, Louisville is now 5-12 overall and 4-7 against NBC foes.

Kennedy Brown also scored 6 and Gabby Speher hit a first half buzzer-beater for the Lady Leopards.

Carrollton was led by Maddie Dunlap with 9 and Rachel Brown with 8.

JV STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 38, WARRIORS 28

WARRIORS: Dunlap 4 1-2 9, Brown 3 2-3 8, Donley 2 0-2 4, McFarland 1 1-2 3, Moore 1 0-0 2, Wells 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 12 4-9 28.

3-Pointers: None

Team FT: 4-9 44%

LEOPARDS: Walter 5 0-0 12, Oberster 5 0-4 11, Brown 3 0-0 6, Speher 2 0-0 4, Shea 1 0-0 3, Joseph 1 0-0 2, Kiko 0 0-2 0, Wright 0 0-1 0. TOTAL 17 0-7 38.

3-Pointers (4): Walter (2), Oberster, Shea

Team FT: 0-7 0%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Carrollton 4-8-7-9–28

Louisville 11-8-10-9–38

Fouls: 11-9 Carrollton

Turnovers: 22-21 Louisville

Records: Louisville 5-12, 4-7

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