Boys Basketball Downs Warriors, Noble Breaks Career Scoring Record

Drew Noble Louisville Leopards Vs. West Branch Warriors Boys Basketball

Louisville 79, Carrollton 31

The Louisville Leopards concluded league play with a 79-31 thrashing of the host Carrollton Warriors Beatty's Blue Louisville Hoodie Winter 2015 with White SleevesFriday Night at Carrollton High School. With the victory, Louisville improves to 17-4 overall and finishes 11-3 in the NBC.

Drew Noble alone outscored the Warriors with a game-high 33 points. He also had three other game-highs with 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 5 blocks for the Leopards. Noble hit two free throws late in the contest to become Louisville’s all-time scoring leader. He now has 1,025 points for his career trumping Bob Gladieux’s 50 year old record of 1,024 points (from 1962-65).

Eleven different Leopards made their way into the scorebook. Jake Pukys also dropped in 12 points & dished out a game-high 5 assists and Chris Libertore scored 9 points & recorded 4 assists.

Louisville dominated from start to finish. They took a 10-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, before ripping the game open with a 29 point second quarter to lead 39-10 at halftime. The Leopards would continue to pour it on in outscoring the Warriors 40-21 in the second half.

Louisville shot 58% (30 of 52) from the floor compared to Carrollton who shot just 29% (31 of 45) from the field. The Leopards also made 15 of 21 free throws (71%) compared to the Warriors 3 of 8 (38%) performance from the line.

Louisville held a distinct 29-19 advantage on the boards and forced 23 Carrollton turnovers. The Order Leopard Nation Highlight VideoLeopards led in steals 13-6 and blocks 7-0. Brody Hahn also finished with 3 steals for LHS.

The Warriors were led in scoring by Luke Krantz, Luke Leslie, James McMasters, and Cole Russell who all scored a team-high 4 points each. Kory Host also tallied 5 assists and Kyle Bullard had a team-high 6 rebounds.

With the victory, the Leopards have now won 5 of their last 6 against the Warriors. Louisville now leads the all-time series 46-29.

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Lake Blue Streaks on Tuesday, February 16. JV will start at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.

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VARSITY STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 79, WARRIORS 31

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 10-29-18-22–79

Carrollton 2-8-10-11–31

Louisville Leopards at Carrollton Warriors Boys Basketball Box Score 2-12-2016

Records: Louisville 17-4, 11-3; Carrollton 6-15, 2-12

JV: Louisville 68, Carrollton 36

The Leopards JV Team ousted the host Warriors 68-36 Friday Evening at CHS. With the victory, Order Leopard Nation Highlight VideoLouisville improves to 17-4 overall and finishes 13-1 against the NBC. The Leopards victory coupled with Marlington JV’s loss at Alliance Friday gives Louisville the NBC JV Title Outright.

Fourteen different Leopards scored in the contest led by Brandon Wahl who made 3 three-pointers and scored a game-high 18. Derek Zeller also dropped in 11 and both Cameron King & Bryce Zuppe added 6 points each.

Louisville outscored Carrollton in every quarter. The second quarter proved to be the turning point in the game as the Leopards outscored the Warriors 28-9 in the period to take a 41-19 halftime lead.

Drue Moore scored a team-high 14 points to lead Carrollton. Bryce Ferrell, Chase Flanagan, and Chase Marmo all scored 5 each as well.

Three Warriors fouled out as Carrollton committed 31 fouls as a team. As a result, Louisville made 31 of 47 free throws which proved to be the difference in the game.

JV STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 68, WARRIORS 36

LEOPARDS: Wahl 5 5-5 18, Zeller 3 5-5 11, King 0 6-8 6, Zuppe 2 2-2 6, Mathie 1 2-3 5, Weston 1 2-2 4, Birone 1 0-2 3, Hall 1 1-2 3, McCartney 0 3-6 3, Bast 0 2-4 2, Degenhard 0 2-4 2, Hartline 1 0-0 2, Joens 1 0-0 2. Johnson 0 1-4 1. TOTAL 16 31-47 68.

3-Pointers (5): Wahl (3), Birnen, Mathie

Team FT: 31-47 66%

WARRIORS: Moore 5 0-0 14, Ferrell 1 3-6 5, Flanagan 2 1-2 5, Marmo 1 2-4 5, Barto 1 0-0 2, King 1 0-0 2, Shepard 1 0-0 2, Roberts 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 12 7-14 36.

3-Pointers (5): Moore (4), Marmo

Team FT: 7-14 50%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 13-28-16-11—68

Carrollton 10-9-11-6–36

Fouls: 31-17 Carrollton

Turnovers: 25-12 Carrollton

Records: Louisville 17-4, 13-1

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