Girls Basketball Earns 500th Win in Record Scoring Fest

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Louisville Lady Leopards Girls Basketball Team Vs. Alliance Aviators 2015

Louisville 80, Alliance 65

The Louisville Leopards defeated the host Alliance Aviators 80-65 in a shootout at Harry Fails Beatty's Sports Leopard Winter Hat 1 copyGymnasium Saturday Afternoon. With the victory, Louisville is now 6-6 overall and 4-2 in the NBC.

Sarah Lairson led the Lady Leopards with a team-high 20 points and a game-high 5 steals. Emily Hollifield also dropped in 15 points, Sabryna Benzel scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds, and Abby Beaver also added 11 points and dished out a game-high 7 assists.

The two teams combined to score 145 points, which is an LHS Girls Basketball record. It eclipsed Canfield’s 74-69 victory over Louisville back on December 12, 2012 that featured 143 points scored. Below are the top five Lady Leopards Girls Basketball games in terms of combined scores:

Place Date Location Final Score Total Points
1 1/10/2015 Away Louisville 80, Alliance 65 145
2 12/12/2012 Away Canfield 74, Louisville 69 143
3 2/14/1994 Away Doylestown 84, Louisville 57 141
3 1/22/1994 Home Louisville 77, Akron Springfield 64 141
5 12/5/2009 Home Louisville 75, Minerva 64 139
5 11/28/2007 Away Perry 72, Louisville 67 139

Alliance (5-8, 0-6) was led by Katelyn Daniels who scored a game-high 21 points and Daijana Johnson who scored 13 points & pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. Za’Nell Dixon also scored 12 and Tur’quois Smith added 11.

The 80 points scored by Louisville is the most since they won at Alliance 84-14 back on December 20, 2010. The Lady Leopards have scored 80 or more points in a game just nine times. Below is a list of those games:

Place Date Location Final Score Total Points
1 1/22/1992 Away Louisville 85, Canton South 24 85
2 12/20/2010 Away Louisville 84, Alliance 14 84
2 12/13/1989 Away Louisville 84, Carrollton 29 84
4 11/29/1988 Away Louisville 83, Marlington 30 83
5 12/23/1991 Away Louisville 82, Lake 37 82
5 1/16/1991 Away Louisville 82, Carrollton 36 82
7 1/17/1990 Home Louisville 81, Carrollton 24 81
7 1/20/1981 Home Louisville 81, Jackson 47 81
9 1/10/2015 Away Louisville 80, Alliance 65 80

The win by Louisville marks their 500th team victory since their inaugural season of 1974-75. They are now 500-371 (.574) overall. Also, the Lady Leopards have now defeated the Lady Aviators 12 consecutive times and 15 straight times at Alliance. Louisville now leads the all-time series 35-8 which includes an 18-3 record at AHS.

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Marlington Dukes on Wednesday, January 14. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow at approximately 7:30 PM.

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Varsity Statistics

LEOPARDS 80, AVIATORS 65

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 22-20-19-19–80

Alliance 16-15-9-25–65

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS STATISTICS

Player FGM 3PM FTM OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK PF PTS
12Sara Lairson 8 0 4 2 1 3 2 5 1 2 20
22Emily Hollifield 7 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 15
15Sabryna Benzel 5 0 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 3 12
11Abby Beaver 3 1 4 1 0 1 7 3 0 4 11
4Alexa Oberster 2 0 4 0 3 3 0 1 0 5 8
20Grace Jackson 2 0 1 4 4 8 1 2 1 4 5
23Danielle Walter 1 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 0 0 4
21Ellie Jackson 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 3
24Gabby Spehar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
10Emily Shea 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5Hailey Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Team
 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 18 14 15 29 18 16 2 23 80

ALLIANCE AVIATORS STATISTICS

Player FGM 3PM FTM OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK PF PTS
14Katelynn Daniels 7 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 21
2Daijana Johnson 6 0 1 3 8 11 1 1 0 3 13
10Za’nell Dixon 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 12
11Tur’quois Smith 2 0 7 1 4 5 0 1 0 3 11
15Rylee Young 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
5Cheyenne Phillips 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 2
3R’reion Hogan 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13Eryrah Lockett 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Team
 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 4 17 8 18 26 4 6 0 16 65

Turnovers: 18-14 Alliance

Records: Louisville 6-6, 4-2; Alliance 5-8, 0-6

JV: Alliance 36, Louisville 32

The Lady Leopards dropped a 36-32 affair with the Lady Aviators in the JV Game Saturday. With the loss, Louisville is now 2-10 overall and 1-5 against conference foes.

Hailey Miller and Rachel Israel led the Leopards with 7 points and 1 three-pointer each. Katie Hollifield also buried a three and finished with 5.

Louisville led 17-10 at halftime, but Alliance rallied with a 26-15 second half advantage to take the game. Zaire Dixon led the Aviators with a game-high 14 points. Morgan Davis also scored 11 and Keterra Jones added 9.

JV Statistics

AVIATORS 36, LEOPARDS 32

LEOPARDS: Israel 2 2-2 7, Miller 3 0-2 7, Hollifield 2 0-0 5, Spehar 1 2-3 4, Walter 2 0-0 4, Daneil 1 1-2 3, Guiley 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 12 5-9 32.

3-Pointers (3): Hollifield, Israel, Miller

Team FT: 5-9 56%

AVIATORS: Dixon 6 2-5 14, Davis 3 5-14 11, Jones 3 2-6 9, Green 0 2-2 2, Young 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 12 11-29 36.

3-Pointers (1): Jones

Team FT: 11-29 38%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 6-11-6-9–32

Alliance 4-6-13-13–36

Fouls: 20-12 Louisville

Turnovers: 25-15 Louisville

Records: Louisville 2-10, 1-5

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