Boys Basketball Falls at Green 54-33

Green 54, Louisville 33

The Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball team fell to the host Green Bulldogs 54-33 Tuesday Evening in the Dog Pound at Green High School. With the loss, Louisville falls to 13-3 on the year.

Chris Libertore and Jake Pukys scored 9 points a piece to lead the Leopards. Drew Noble also scored 8 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Louisville held a 9-8 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Bulldogs outscored the Leopards in each of the final three quarters to take the game. Green was led by Kenton Keeslar who scored a game-high 11 points. Austin Marciniak also tallied double figures with 10 and John Davies finished with 9.

The loss was the largest defeat of the season for Louisville and it snapped a 6-game winning streak for the Leopards. This is the first time these two schools have met in the regular season with Green holding a 2-1 advantage over Louisville all-time. The other two contests included a Leopards AAA Sectional 68-50 Section victory on February 25, 1984 and a Bulldogs DII Sectional Final 61-49 win on March 2, 1991.

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Minerva Lions on Friday, February 6. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.

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Varsity Statistics

BULLDOGS 54, LEOPARDS 33

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 9-8-9-7–33

Green 8-15-10-21–54

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Records: Louisville 13-3

JV: Louisville 42, Green 37

The Leopards defeated the host Bulldogs 42-37 in the JV game Tuesday. With the victory, Louisville improves to 13-2 on the season.

Jarrett Heater led the Leopards with a game-high 17 points. Jared Holland also poured in 13 and both Zach Fresenko & Brandon Wahl each added 6.

After trailing Green 19-12 at the half, Louisville rallied to win the third quarter 16-7 and the fourth quarter 14-11 to take the contest.

The Bulldogs were led by Zach Ganzer who dropped in a team-high 11 and David Stopp who also broke double digits with 10.

JV Statistics

LEOPARDS 42, BULLDOGS 37

LEOPARDS: Heater 8 1-4 17, Holland 5 3-3 13, Fresenko 2 0-0 6, Wahl 3 0-0 6. TOTAL 18 4-7 42.

3-Pointers (2): Fresenko (2)

Team FT: 4-7 57%

BULLDOGS: Ganzer 4 3-4 11, Stopp 4 1-2 10, Hardman 1 2-9 5, Shetler 2 1-2 5, Papp 0 3-3 3, Schultz 1 0-0 3. TOTAL 12 10-20 37.

3-Pointers (3): Hardman, Schultz, Stopp

Team FT: 10-20 50%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Louisville 8-4-16-14–42

Green 13-6-7-11–37

Fouls: 13-11 Louisville

Turnovers: 15-12 Louisville

Records: Louisville 13-2