Louisville Falls at Carrollton in NBC Opener – Girls Basketball
Carrollton 68, Louisville 39
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the host Carrollton Warriors 68-39 Saturday Afternoon at Carrollton High School. With the loss, Louisville drops to 0-2 on the young season and 0-1 in conference play.
Kayla Gibson poured in a game-high 15 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Ellie Jackson also broke double digits with 10 and Rachel Israel tallied 5 for Louisville.
Carrollton jumped out to a 23-7 advantage after the first quarter and cruised to a 37-25 halftime lead. The Lady Warriors continued to extend their lead in the second half in outscoring the Leopards 21-10 in the third quarter and 10-4 in the fourth quarter to take the contest.
Angela Starre scored all of her game-high 20 points in the first three quarters to lead Carrollton. Mikayla Poole hit both of the Warriors 2 three-pointers and finished with 17. Cailee Husted also dropped in 9 and both Darei Leary and Maysie Rogers added 8 each.
This was the 60th meeting all-time between the two teams with Louisville still leading the head-to-head series 37-23. Carrollton’s win snaps the Leopards 2-game winning streak in the series, although the Warriors have now won 5 of their past 6 matchups against Louisville in the Black Hole. However, the Leopards still hold a 16-14 edge in the series in games played at Carrollton.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Green to take on the Bulldogs on Wednesday, December 6. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
WARRIORS 68, LEOPARDS 39
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 7-18-10-4–39
Carrollton 23-14-21-10–68
LEOPARDS: Gibson 7 1-4 15, Jackson 4 1-2 10, Israel 1 2-2 4, Coles 1 1-2 3, Kiko 1 0-0 3, Daniel 0 2-2 2, Lautzenheiser 1 0-0 2, Cole 0 0-1 0. TOTAL 15 7-13 39.
3-Pointers (2): Jackson, Kiko
Team FT: 7-13 54%
WARRIORS: Starre 8 4-7 20, Poole 6 3-5 17, Husted 4 1-2 9, Leary 2 4-6 8, Rogers 3 2-2 8, Pridemore 1 4-8 6. TOTAL 24 18-28 68.
3-Pointers (2): Poole 2
Team FT: 18-28 64%
Fouls: 21-16 Louisville
Records: Louisville 0-2, 0-1
JV: Louisville 54, Carrollton 42
The Lady Leopards JV Team downed the host Warriors 54-42 Saturday to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Paige Cole made 10 field goals as part of her game-high 25 points to lead Louisville. Sherilynn Mullett also scored 17 and Erika Joseph added 6.
Carrollton was led by Chloe Glass who scored a team-high 16 and Shelby Rogers who also poured in 15.
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 54, WARRIORS 42
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Carrollton 8-7-15-12–42
Louisville 19-8-9-18–54
LEOPARDS: Cole 11 2-4 25, Mullett 7 2-4 17, Joseph 2 2-2 6, Bast 1 2-2 4, Nyland 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 22 8-12 54.
3-Pointers: Cole, Mullett
Team FT: 8-12 67%
WARRIORS: Glass 7 0-0 16, Rogers 7 1-4 15, Laizure 1 2-2 5, Fritz 1 0-0 2, Hutchison 1 0-0 2, Moore 1 0-0 2, Kean 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 18 3-8 42.
3-Pointers: Glass 2, Laizure
Team FT: 3-8 38%
Fouls: 13-10 Carrollton
Records: Louisville 2-0, 1-0
