Leopards Freshman Open Up NBC Play with Win at Carrollton
Louisville 44, Carrollton 31
The Louisville Leopards Boys Freshman Basketball Team defeated the host Carrollton Warriors 44-31 Monday Evening at Carrollton High School. With the win, Louisville evens their record at 1-1 overall and is now 1-0 in NBC play on the young season.
The Leopards fell behind early in the first quarter and were down 16-8 at the start of the 2nd. The Leopards turned up their defense and held the Warriors to only 7 points during the 2nd and 3rd quarters total. Louisville scored 27 points during these same 2 quarters to put the game out of reach.
The Leopard scoring was led by Elliot Tornow with 14 points and Michael Ball 10 points. Sterling lead Carrollton with 10 points. Cole Malley, Connor King, Tyler Jackson, and Jake House all had key points during the Leopards win.
-Information and Cover Photo Submitted by Mike Tornow
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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Canton South to take on the Wildcats on Thursday, December 7 at 5:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 44, WARRIORS 31
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 8-18-9-9–44
Carrollton 16-5-2-8–31
LEOPARDS: Tornow 6 2-3 14, Ball 4 0-0 10, Mayle 3 0-5 6, Jackson 2 0-0 5, King 2 0-0 5, Korah 1 0-0 3, House 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 19 2-8 44.
3-Pointers (5): Ball (2), Jackson, King, Kroah
Team FT: 2-8 25%
WARRIORS: Sterling 5 0-1 10, Racic 3 0-0 8, Timberlake 3 0-0 6, Carlisle 2 0-0 4, Warner 0 2-2 2, Burfield 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 13 3-5 31
3-Pointers (2): Racic 2
Team FT: 3-5 60%
Fouls: 14-10 Louisville
Records: Louisville 1-1, 1-0
Note: Leopards scorebook had 45 points accounted for.