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Carrollton 60, Louisville 56

The two teams combined to hit 17 three-pointers before visiting Carrollton edged Louisville 60-56 Friday Night.  The Leopards were led by Blake Hoover with season-high 20 points and Pavin Parks with 14 points and 4 three-pointers.

The Warriors used 10 three-pointers to escape with the victory.  Carrollton’s Caleb Pasiuk was red-hot from long range and hit 7 from beyond the arch accounting for 21 of his game-high 22 points on the evening.  Andrew Collins also hit 2 three-pointers and scored 15 points on the evening for the Warriors.

The Leopards built a 28-20 lead late in the second quarter, but the Warriors trimmed the Louisville advantage to 30-29 at the break.  The offensive first half nearly matched the final score of the same contest a year ago at LHS which Carrollton won by a count of 32-30.

Hoover remained consistent throughout the whole contest and was a large part of Louisville’s success in building a first half lead.  The Sophomore Post scored 10 points in each half and tallied home 9 total field goals.

Yet even with their efforts the Leopards found themselves down 47-38 after the Warriors blitzed them with an 18-point third quarter.  But Louisville fought on.  Hoover made a circus basket to end the third quarter and dropped in another tough shot to start the final period.  Following that, back-to-back three-pointers by Parks got the Leopards back to within one point just 95 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Out of a timeout, Carrollton answered back with a few punches of their own.  Pasiuk hit a three-pointer from the left corner, was fouled in the process, and then completed a rare four-point play.  Then Zade Deitz buried a three-ball from the opposite side of the arch to inflate the Warriors lead to 56-48.

The resilient Leopards answered back in the form of Joe Crank’s pair of deep three-pointers that cut the deficit to two.   Collins made a runner off the glass to extend the Carrollton advantage back to four, but Hoover broke through the tough defense of Stephen Erickson to match Collins with 1:22 left in the game.  Carrollton 58, Louisville 56.

Time melted away and then Louisville caught a break on a questionable Carrollton back-court violation.  On the ensuing possession, a golden opportunity escaped the Leopards when they lost the ball out of bounce on the baseline.  The Leps were still just down just one possession with seconds remaining and thus hope remained.  But that hope was extinguished when Jake Peterson buried his ninth and tenth points of the contest from the free throw line to give Carrollton a devastating 60-56 lead that soon after became the final score.

With seven straight victories over Louisville, Carrollton has narrowed the Leopards all-time series lead to 41-27.  Louisville has now lost five straight, which is their longest losing streak since 2008.  But their hearts were in every play for all 1,920 seconds played on the court Friday night.  They will look to carry this momentum into Tuesday when they host Alliance.

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STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 60, WARRIORS 56

WARRIORS: Pasiuk 7 1-1 22, Collins 3 7-7 15, Peterson 4 2-4 10, Erickson 3 1-5 7, Dobijevic 0 3-4 3, Deitz 1 0-0 3, Warner 0 0-1 0.  TOTAL 18 14-22 60.

3-Pointers (10): Pasiuk (7), Collins (2), Dritz

Team FT: 14-22 64%

LEOPARDS: Hoover 9 2-2 20, Parks 5 0-0 14, Crank 2 0-0 6, Carter 2 0-0 5, Schooley 1 3-4 5, Hollifield 2 0-0 4, Mathie 0 2-2 2.  TOTAL 21 7-8 56.

3-Pointers (7): Parks (4), Crank (2), Carter

Team FT: 7-8 88%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Carrollton 16-13-18-13–60

Louisville 13-17-10-16–56

Fouls: 18-12 Louisville

Records: Carrollton 10-4, 5-3; Louisville 3-10, 1-7

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Alliance Aviators on Tuesday, January 22.  JV will start at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow at 7:30 PM.

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JV: Carrollton 52, Louisville 33

Carrollton took a commanding 31-12 first half lead and played even with Louisville in the second half before taking the contest 52-33.

The Leopards was led by a three-headed Jake-Attack that included Jake Pukys with 9, Jake Adams with 8, and Jake Mathie with 6.

The Warriors were led by Danile Leary with 11 points and Luke Clay, Devon Hezoucky, and Krantz who each added 7.

With the lost the Leopards are now 7-5 overall and 5-3 in Junior Varsity play.

STATISTICS

WARRIORS 52, LEOPARDS 33

 WARRIORS: Leary 4 0-0 11, Clay 3 1-1 7, Hezoucky 3 0-0 7, Krantz 3 1-2 7, Warner 3 0-0 6, Fairclough 2 0-0 4, Albrecht 1 0-0 2, Bales 1 0-0 2, Dowell 1 0-1 2, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Knapp 1 0-0 2.  TOTAL 23 2-4 52.

3-Pointers (4): Leary (3), Hezoucky

Team FT: 2-4 50%

LEOPARDS: Pukys 4 1-6 9, Adams 3 0-0 8, Mathie 2 1-4 6, Lairson 2 0-0 4, Eddins 0 2-2 2, Kerzan 0 2-2 2, Shaheen 1 0-0 2, Graybeal 0 0-2 0.  TOTAL 12 6-16 33.

3-Pointers (3): Adams (2), Mathie

Team FT: 6-16 38%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Carrollton 15-16-7-14–52

Louisville 7-5-15-6–33

Fouls: 16- 8 Carrollton

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