Lady Leopards Edged By St. Ursula 52-49 – Girls Basketball
Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy 52, Louisville 49
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy Bulldogs 52-49 Saturday Afternoon at Louisville High School. With the loss, Louisville now evens their mark at 3-3 on the year.
Sherilynn Mullett scored a game-high 17 points, grabbed a game leading 7 rebounds, and recored 3 steals to lead the Lady Leopards. Erin Hahn also added 9 points to go along with 6 rebounds and a game-high 4 steals. Paige Cole and Maggie Galentine tacked on 8 points each as well. Cole also finished with 6 of Louisville’s 12 assists for the game.
The Bulldogs jumped out to an 18-12 lead through the first eight minutes before the Leopards cut the deficit to 31-28 by halftime. Louisville got to within a single basket at 40-38 at the end of three quarters. In the final period, St. Ursula hit 6 of 8 free throws down the stretch and outscored LHS 12-11 to take the game.
Three separate Bulldogs scored in double digits for the game. Strayhorn led the team with 12 points. Lewkowski and Mason also added 11 each. Leading rebounders for St. Ursula included Dillon with a game leading 7 and Lohrer pulling down 6.
This was the first ever meeting between the two schools in girls basketball or any other sport according to our records.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to take on the Massillon Tigers on Monday, December 10. JV begins at 6:00 PM and Varsity follows around 7:30 PM from Washington High School.
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Varsity Statistics
BULLDOGS 52, LEOPARDS 49
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
St. Ursula 18-13-9-12–52
Louisville 12-16-10-11–49
Records: Louisville 3-3
JV: Louisville 32, St. Ursula 27
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 32, BULLDOGS 27
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
St. Ursula 5-10-8-4–27
Louisville 4-7-5-16–32
BULLDOGS: Abby 6 0-0 12, Gracie 5 0-0 10, Emily 1 1-2 3, Emma 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 13 1-2 27.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 1-2 50%
LEOPARDS: Ralston 4 0-0 9, Adelman 3 2-2 8, Loy 3 2-3 8, Davis 1 1-2 3, Joseph 0 3-4 3, Thorne 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 11 9-13 32.
3-Pointers (1: Ralston
Team FT: 9-13 69%
Fouls: 14-6 St. Ursula
Records: Louisville 6-0