Boys Basketball Rebounds Against Marlington 76-44
Louisville 76, Marlington 44
The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Basketball team rebounded from their loss at Alliance with a 76-44 
mauling of the visiting Marlington Dukes Friday Night at Louisville High School. With the win, Louisville improves to 13-4 overall and 9-4 in the NBC.
The Leopards Drew Noble had a solid double-double leading all scorers with 21 points and pulling down a game-high 17 rebounds. Jake Adams also scored 11 points and Chris Libertore added 9 for a Louisville team that saw 11 different players score from the field.
The Leopards scored the first 7 points of the game, but the Dukes managed to get within 21-16 by the end of the first quarter. In the the middle of the second period, Louisville went on a 9-1 run to build a double digit advantage at 35-21. Marlington failed to score from the field over that span of 4:17.
The Dukes drought ended when Drew Adams made a circus shot from the right corner. The shot grazed the top right corner of the backboard and fell in.
The Leopards answered back with a little magic of their own to end the half. Jake Pukys put an exclamation point on 
Louisville’s 21-9 second quarter by banking home a half-court shot at the buzzer. A traveling call left just 0.6 seconds remaining and Pukys made the most of the catch-and-shoot scenario. The Leopards carried all the momentum into the locker room.
Louisville started the second half as they did the first half with a 7-0 run. The Leopards would outscore the Dukes 24-7 in the third quarter to take a 66-32 lead into the final eight minutes. They rolled to a season sweep of Marlington after that.
Louisville dished out 20 assists as a team and won the battle on the boards 37-21. The Leopards also shot 55% (30 of 55) from the field compared to the Dukes 33% (16 of 48) performance from the floor. Louisville was also 9 of 20 (45%) from beyond the arch.
Marlington (7-10, 5-6) was led by Brock Begue who scored a team-high 11 points. Andrew Brady also scored 8 and both Mitchell Baxter & Trent Weigand tacked on 5.
With the victory, the Leopards have now taken the last five meetings against the Dukes overall. Louisville leads the all-time series 66-38, which includes a 35-16 record in the series played at LHS.
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Minerva to take on the Lions on Tuesday, February 2. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
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