Girls Basketball Erases Early Deficit in Victory Over South

Louisville Lady Leopards Varsity Basketball Huddle 2015 Vs. Canton South

Louisville 50, Canton South 43

The Louisville Lady Leopards Girls Basketball team downed the visiting Canton South Wildcats 50-43 Wednesday Evening at LHS. With the win, Louisville is now an even 8-8 overall and improves to 6-4 in the NBC.

Abby Beaver scored 7 of her game-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Leopards. Alexa Beatty's Sports Leopards Pink Winter HatOberster also broke double figures with 11 and both Sabryna Benzel & Sarah Lairson added 9 points a piece.

Louisville got off to a slow start as Canton South took a 12-2 lead with less than two minutes left in the first quarter. However, the Leopards caught fire to score the final 7 points of the period. Benzel scored on a big bucket, Oberster hit a 3-ball, and Beaver forced a steal that led to a basket by Danielle Walter.

The Wildcats extended their advantage to 17-11 in the second quarter before the Lady Leps came roaring back. Beaver’s drive and score in the waning seconds of the first half put Louisville ahead 28-27 at the break.

The Leopards then outscored the Wildcats 13-7 in the third period to take command of the contest. One key to their success was a 31-21 advantage on the glass. Benzel led all rebounders by pulling down a game-high 10. Grace Jackson and Lairson grabbed 6 boards a piece as well.

With the victory, Louisville has now downed Canton South in 9 of their last 10 meetings including the last 5 at home. The Lady Leopards now lead the all-time series 60-24 and hold a 32-10 advantage in the series at LHS.

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Minerva Lions on Saturday, January 31. JV will begin at 12:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 1:30 PM.

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Varsity Statistics

LEOPARDS 50, WILDCATS 43

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Canton South 12-15-7-9–43

Louisville 9-19-13-11–50

CANTON SOUTH WILDCATS

Player FGM 3PM FTM OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK PF PTS
22Megan Harris 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 4 0 5 11
21Emily Mitchell 3 1 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 10
4Kamryn Tharp 3 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 9
3Beth Myers 0 0 7 2 4 6 0 1 0 3 7
32Emily Thompson 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4
34Samantha Drobney 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
14Erin Thompson 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team
0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 12 4 15 5 16 21 5 7 0 14 43

LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS

Player FGM 3PM FTM OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK PF PTS
11Abby Beaver 4 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 14
4Alexa Oberster 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 11
15Sabryna Benzel 4 0 1 4 6 10 1 2 0 1 9
12Sara Lairson 4 0 1 4 2 6 1 0 2 4 9
23Danielle Walter 2 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 5
20Grace Jackson 1 0 0 2 4 6 0 2 0 3 2
21Ellie Jackson 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
5Hailey Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 4 6 14 17 31 8 8 3 15 50

Records: Louisville 8-8, 6-4; Canton South 5-12, 3-7

JV: Canton South 39, Louisville 35

The Lady Leopards fell to the visiting Wildcats 39-35 in JV Action Wednesday. With the loss, Louisville drops to 3-13 overall and 2-8 in conference play.

Danielle Walter led the Leopards with a team-high 8 points. Rachel Israel also dropped in 7 points and Madison Fomich & Hailey Miller each added 6.

Canton South was led by Faiello who scored a game-high 13 points. Martin also scored 10 and Moore tallied 8.

JV Statistics

WILDCATS 39, LEOPARDS 35

WILDCATS: Faiello 4 5-7 13, Martin 3 4-4 10, Moore 3 2-2 8, Noll 2 0-1 4, Gotshall 1 0-0 2, Kuhn 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 14 11-14 39.

3-Pointers: None

Team FT: 11-14 79%

LEOPARDS: Walter 3 1-2 8, Israel 3 0-0 7, Fomich 3 0-2 6, Miller 2 2-2 6, Agnone 1 0-0 3, Daniel 1 0-0 2, Shea 1 0-0 2, Hollifield 0 1-2 1, Spehar 0 0-4 0.  TOTAL 14 4-12 35.

3-Pointers: Agnone, Israel, Walter

Team FT: 4-12 33%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Canton South 8-8-11-12–39

Louisville 12-10-4-9–35

Fouls: 11-9 Louisville

Records: Louisville 3-13, 2-8

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