Boys Basketball Battles, Falls Short Vs. Crusaders

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Chris Libertore, Jake Pukys, Jake Adams Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball

Central Catholic 67, Louisville 65

The Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball team suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the visiting Canton Central Catholic Crusaders 67-65 Friday evening at LHS. With the loss, Louisville is now 7-1 on the season.

Drew Noble led the Leopards with 21 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 2 steals. Jake Pukys also hit 5 Beatty's Sports I love Footballof 8 three-point attempts, dished out 5 assists, and scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter for Louisville. In addition, Joe Crank had a game-high 7 assists and Chris Libertore had 5 assists.

The Leopards started hot in taking a 20-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, the turning point in the contest came in the second quarter that saw Central Catholic outscored Louisville 22-4.

The Leopards cut into the double digit deficit in the second half and got as close as 63-61 after Pukys hit home a pair of technical free throws with 1:20 left in the game. However, the Crusaders hit 9 of 13 free throws in the fourth quarter to take the game.

Christian Creamer & Jerry Leatherman each scored a team-high 14 points and Josh Schott & Luke Stuffel each added 10 to lead Central Catholic. The Crusaders have now defeated the Leopards in each of the past four seasons and lead the known all-time series 31-25.

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Boardman to take on the Spartans on Tuesday, January 6. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow at approximately 7:30 PM.

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Varsity Statistics

CRUSADERS 67, LEOPARDS 65

CRUSADERS: Creamer 4 5-7 14, Leatherman 6 1-1 14, Schott 2 6-6 10, Stuffel 4 2-4 10, Mokros 3 0-0 8, Paulowski 1 1-1 3, Ransaw 1 0-0 3, Williams 1 0-2 3, Mallette 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 23 15-21 67.

3-Pointers (6): Mokros (2), Creamer, Leatherman, Ransaw, Williams

Team FT: 15-21 71%

LEOPARDS: Noble 9 3-6 21, Pukys 6 2-2 19, Crank 2 0-0 6, Hoover 3 0-0 6, Libertore 2 1-2 6, Hahn 2 0-0 4, Adams 1 0-0 3. TOTAL 25 6-10 65.

3-Pointers (9): Pukys (5), Crank (2), Adams, Libertore

Team FT: 6-10 60%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Central Catholic 13-22-14-18–67

Louisville 20-4-17-24–65

Fouls: 17-13 Louisville

Turnovers: 12-8 Louisville

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Records: Central Catholic 4-1, Louisville 7-1

JV: Louisville 46, Central Catholic 45

Zach Fresenko hit the front end of a pair of free throws with 0.6 seconds left in the game to lift the Leopards JV Squad past the visiting Crusaders 46-45. With the victory, Louisville’s JV Team improves to 7-0 overall.

Jarrett Heater scored a team-high 15 points to lead the Leopards. Fresenko also scored 8 points and Brandon Wahl & Cole Weston each added 6 for Louisville.

Central Catholic led 24-19 at the half, but the Leopards scored the first 15 points of the third quarter to take a 34-27 advantage. The Crusaders failed to score for 6:38 of game time during what was an 18-0 run.

The Crusaders fought back, but fell a point short. Sam Boron scored a game-high 17 points and Tee Rupp dropped in 16 to lead Central. Both Boron and Rupp hit 3 three-pointers each.

JV Statistics

LEOPARDS 46, CRUSADERS 45

CRUSADERS: Boron 6 2-3 17, Rupp 6 1-2 16, Henderson 2 1-3 5, Heck 1 0-0 3, Schembechler 0 2-2 2, Thompson 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 16 6-11 45.

3-Pointers (7): Boron (3), Rupp (3), Heck

Team FT: 6-11 55%

LEOPARDS: Heater 7 1-3 15, Fresenko 2 2-4 8, Wahl 2 0-2 6, Weston 2 2-2 6, Chaplik 2 0-1 5, Holland 2 0-0 4, Birone 1 0-0 2, Zeller 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 18 7-16 46.

3-Pointers (4): Fresenko (2), Wahl (2)

Team FT: 7-16 44%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Central Catholic 12-12-6-15–45

Louisville 8-11-17-10–46

Fouls: 18-16 Central Catholic

Turnovers: 14-14

Records: Louisville 7-0

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