Louisville Nullifies Northwest Early in 64-43 Victory – Boys Basketball
Louisville 64, Northwest 43
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The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Basketball Team defeated the visiting Northwest Indians 64-43 in the second game of a co-ed double header Saturday Evening at Louisville High School. With the win, Louisville improves to 13-5 on the season.
Nigro & Aljancic Lead Leopards Offense
Sophomore guard Hayden Nigro made 3 three-pointers and poured in a game high 20 points to lead the Leopards. Junior guard Will Aljancic also made 4 three-pointers and finished with 19. Freshman post Brayden Gross scored all 8 of his points in the second half and senior guard Tyler Boldon also finished with 4 points to round out the top Louisville scorers.
The Leopards never trailed in the game taking an 8-3 lead at the start. Louisville used a 13-0 first quarter run to pull ahead 21-5 before Northwest scored the final bucket of the opening quarter to cut their deficit to 21-7.
Nigro opened up the second quarter with a three-pointer from the left wing and the Leopards continued to roll. They outscored the Indians 14-10 in the second stanza to more than double up Northwest at the break 35-17.
Louisville continued to extend their advantage in the second half. The Leopards outscored the Indians 16-14 in the third quarter and 13-12 in the fourth quarter to coast to a comfortable victory.
Stokes and Goddard Finish in Double Figures
The Indians were led by junior point guard/small forward Ray Stokes who scored a team high 11 points. Senior forward Alex Goddard also reached double digits with 10 and sophomore forward Ian Ziegler finished with 9 for Northwest
The Leopards have now taken 2 of the last 3 against the Indians in their most recent series of games together, with the home team winning all three games. Louisville is now 32-23 against Northwest all-time dating back to their first known meeting in the 1959 tournament.
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UP NEXT:The Leopards will next host the Norton Panthers on Tuesday, February 8. JV will begin at 5:30 PM with varsity following around 7:00 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 64, INDIANS 43
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Northwest 7-10-14-12—43
Louisville 21-14-16-13—64
INDIANS: Stokes 5 0-0 11, Goddard 3 5-6 10, Ziegler 4 0-0 9, LaFay 3 1-1 7, Badger 1 2-5 4, Wright 1 0-1 2,
3-Pointers (2): Stokes, Ziegler
Team FT: 8-15 53%
LEOPARDS: Nigro 8 1-2 20, Aljancic 7 1-2 19, Gross 3 2-2 8, Boldon 2 0-0 4, Mueller 1 1-2 3, Vesely 1 0-0 3, Loy 1 0-0 2, Marshall 1 0-0 2, Siegfried 1 0-0 2, Lingenhoel 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 25 6-10 64.
3-Pointers (8): Aljancic 4, Nigro 3, Vesely
Team FT: 6-10 60%
Fouls: 19-11 Louisville
Turnovers: 18-12 Northwest
Records: Louisville 13-5
