Louisville Falls at New Philadelphia 52-35 – Girls Basketball
New Philadelphia 52, Louisville 35
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the host New Philadelphia Quakers 52-35 at New Philadelphia High School Monday Night. With the loss, Louisville drops to 4-13 on the year.
Ten different Lady Leopards scored during the contest led by 6 from Senior Ellie Jackson. Jackson also finished with a team-high 4 steals and matched Paige Cole with a team leading 4 rebounds. Sydney Bast and Hanna Lautzenheiser also added 5 points each for Louisville.
The Lady Quakers were led by Aaliyah Currence who cashed in 18 of her game-high 26 points in the first half and snagged 6 boards for the game. Megan Maurer also hit 2 three-pointers to finish with 6 and both Kate McEwan and Josie Pry each scored 5. Pry, along with Rachel Anderson also pulled down a game leading 7 rebounds each for New Philadelphia.
The Leopards out-shot the Quakers 30% (12 of 40) to 29% (18 of 62) from the field. However, New Philadelphia dominated the glass 34-24, which included a 20-11 edge on the offensive boards to generate more second chance opportunities. The Quakers also out-scored the Leopards 20-0 in points off turnovers as New Philadelphia’s defense produced 31 takeaways.
With the loss, the Leopards have now lost 6 of their past 7 meetings against the Quakers. Louisville now trails the all-time series 4-8, but the series is still even in games played at New Philadelphia 3-3. The Lady Leopards are now 0-6 in non-conference, but will still host non-league foes Canfield and Canton Central Catholic to end the regular season.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Marlington Dukes on Wednesday, January 31. JV will start at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
QUAKERS 52, LEOPARDS 35
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 5-10-6-14–35
New Philadelphia 15-21-7-9–52
Team Statistics
Individual Statistics
Records: Louisville 4-13
JV: Louisville 54, New Philadelphia 40
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 54, QUAKERS 40
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 18-11-10-15—54
New Philadelphia 9-10-9-12—40
LEOPARDS: Cole 9 0-0 19, Mullett 6 1-2 14, Joseph 5 0-0 10, Bast 1 3-6 5, Nyland 1 2-2 4, Siegfried 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 23 6-11 54.
3-Pointers (2): Cole, Mullett
Team FT: 6-11 55%
QUAKERS: Storeman 6 0-0 12, Robin 1 3-4 5, Wanosik 2 1-3 5, Goodwin 2 0-0 4, Long 1 2-2 4, Henary 1 1-2 3, Kaiser 1 1-2 3, Malcolm 1 0-0 2, Nguyen 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 16 8-13 40.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 8-13 62%
Fouls: 12-11 New Philadelphia
Records: Louisville 14-2