Lady Leopards Demolish Dover in Return Home – Girls Basketball

By Leopard Nation · Published January 25, 2021 · Updated February 17, 2021

Louisville 57, Dover 30

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The Louisville Leopards Girls Basketball Team defeated the visiting Dover Tornadoes 57-30 Monday Night at Louisville High School. The game was the Lady Leopards first at home in two weeks after going 1-5 in six away games in-between. Louisville is now 4-9 on the season with the victory.

Senior Sherilynn Mullett scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Other Louisville players in double figures included senior Page Cole with 12 and junior Kendal Loy with 11.

Leopards Use a Pair of Runs to Take Command

The Tornadoes scored the first points of the game, but the Leopards answered back with an 8-0 run. Dover managed to get back within 8-7 heading into the second quarter, but Louisville began the new period on a 14-0 run to take a 22-7 advantage.

The Leopards would take a comfortable 24-12 lead into the break and rolled to victory in the second half. They picked up right where they left off with a 9-0 run to begin the third quarter.

Louisville Shuts Out Dover from the Field in 3rd

Louisville’s defense held Dover without a basket from the field from the final minute of the second quarter through the first two minutes of the fourth quarter. The Lady Leopards outscored the Lady Tornadoes 18-3 in the third quarter to take a commanding 42-15 lead into the final stanza.

Dover doubled their point total in the fourth quarter as each team scored 15 points during the final eight minutes.

Jones Leads Tornadoes with Team-High 15

The Lady Tornadoes were led by junior shooting guard Tori Jones who scored half of Dover’s points with a team-high 15. Senior power forward Lia Conner also scored 6 and junior forward Taylor Luneborg added 4.

The victory marks the Lady Leopards third straight win over the Lady Tornadoes dating back to 2005. Louisville is now 8-6 all-time against Dover, which includes a 4-3 record at home.

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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Youngstown Chaney Cowgirls on Wednesday, January 27. Senior Night will begin at 5:45 PM and Varsity will follow at 6:00 PM. There will be no JV game.

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Varsity Statistics

LEOPARDS 57, TORNADOES 30

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Dover 7-5-3-15–30

Louisville 8-16-18-15–57

TORNADOES: Jones 5 1-2 15, Cameron 2 2-2 6, Lunebore 2 0-0 4, Kiser 1 1-2 3, Martin 1 0-1 2, Shankle 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 11 4-9 30.

3-Pointers (4): Jones 4

Team FT: 4-9 44%

LEOPARDS: Mullett 9 1-1 19, Cole 5 0-0 12, Loy 5 1-2 11, Miglich 2 0-0 6, Adelman 2 1-1 5, Dyer 1 0-0 2, Gonzalez 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 25 3-4 57.

3-Pointers (4): Cole 2, Miglich 2

Team FT: 3-4 75%

Fouls: 13-8 Louisville

Records: Louisville 4-9

JV: Louisville 25, Dover 9, 2 Quarters

JV Statistics

LEOPARDS 25, TORNADOES 9, 2 QUARTERS

Team 1-2–TOTAL

Dover 4-5–09

Louisville 14-11—25

TORNADOES: Novak 2 0-0 5, Cameron 0 3-4 3, Werntz 0 1-2 1, Renicker 0 0-3 0. TOTAL 2 4-9 9.

3-Pointers (1): Novak

Team FT: 4-9 44%

LEOPARDS: Burick 2 0-0 5, Wasara 2 0-0 5, Balestra 1 0-0 3, Ramsey 1 0-0 3, Weaver 1 1-2 3, Gonzalez 1 0-0 2, Popa 1 0-0 2, Thorne 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 10 1-2 25.

3-Pointers (4): Balestra, Burick, Ramsey, Wasara

Team FT: 1-2 50%

Fouls: 9-1 Louisville

Records: Louisville 5-7