Freshman Boys Basketball Win NBC Outright

By Leopard Nation · January 18, 2013

Louisville Leopards Freshman Boys Basketball 2012

Louisville Vs. Alliance Video Highlights

Louisville 64, Marlington 29

The Leopards Freshman squad dominated host Marlington from start to finish in a 64-29 win to clinch the NBC Outright. With the win the Class of 2016 is now 46-0 against the NBC since the 7th Grade.

Kyle Ashcraft led the way with 12 points for the Leopards, while Matt Eddins scored 9 and Jarett Heater added 8.

The Leopards led 42-22 at the half and outscored the Dukes 22-7 over the final 14 minutes to seal their title. The win clinched them a share of the title, but later Leopard Nation found out that every other freshman team had at least 3 losses thus giving them the NBC outright.

Conner Bast, Brock Haren, and Alec Jones all scored 7 points a piece for the Leopards who are now 12-2 on the season and 12-0 in the NBC.

STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 64, DUKES 29

LEOPARDS: Ashcraft 3 6-8 12, Eddins 3 2-2 9, Heater 4 0-1 8, Bast 3 1-1 7, Haren 3 1-1 7, Jones 3 1-4 7, Castles 3 0-0 6, Vernier 2 0-0 4, Burk 0 2-3 2, Mathie 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 25 13-22 64.

3-Pointers (1): Eddins

Team FG: 49%

Team FT: 13-22 59%

DUKES: N/A

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 20-22-12-10–64

Marlington 11-11-3-4–29

Louisville 59, Alliance 26

Even playing without a few key players, the Leopards did not disappoint in their final NBC home game of the year as they dismantled Alliance 59-26.

Anthony Vernier led Louisville with 13 points, while Jarett Heater and Issac Mathie both reached double digits with 10 points each.

The Leopard defense held the Aviators to no field goals in the entire second quarter as they went up 30-10 at the break and cruised to victory.

Trevor Burk and Alec Jones also tallied 7 points each for Louisville.

Alliance was led by Richard Wright with 9, Nick Coleman with 8, and Adam Tucker with 7.

STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 59, AVIATORS 26

AVIATORS: Wright 2 5-8 9, Coleman 4 0-0 8, Tucker 2 3-3 7, Hale 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 9 8-11 26.

3-Pointers: None

Team FT: 8-11 73%

LEOPARDS: Vernier 6 0-0 13, Heater 5 0-0 10, Mathie 5 0-0 10, Burk 3 0-0 7, Jones 2 3-6 7, Harsh 3 0-0 6, Castles 2 0-0 4, Hartline 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 27 3-6 59.

3-Pointers (2): Burk, Vernier

Team FG: 53%

Team FT: 3-6 50%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Alliance 5-5-6-10–26

Louisville 17-13-14-15–59

Fouls: 11-4 Louisville

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UP NEXT: The Freshman Squad will next travel to Salem to take on the Quakers on Thursday, January 24 at 7:30 PM.