Girls Basketball Defeats Dukes, Now 5-2 in NBC
Louisville 48, Marlington 32
The Louisville Lady Leopards defeated the visiting Marlington Dukes 48-32 Wednesday Evening at LHS. With the victory, Louisville is now 7-6 overall and 5-2 at the midway point of conference play.
Emily Hollifield led the Lady Leopards with a game-high 15 points and 6 rebounds. Abby Beaver also scored 10 and Alexa Oberster added 9.
Louisville built a 44-21 advantage at the end of the third quarter and then cruised to victory in the fourth. The Lady Leopards out-rebounded the Dukes 37-29 for the contest led by Sabryna Benzel and Sarah Lairson who each pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds. Lairson also had 4 assists and 3 steals, both of which were game-highs.
Marlington was led by Alyssa Powers who scored a game-high 12 points and brought down 6 boards. Sheridan Rummell also scored 6 and Zoey Peck tacked on 5 for the Dukes.
Louisville has now defeated Marlington in 33 of their last 35 meetings including 17 out of the last 18 at LHS. The Lady Leopards now lead the all-time series 61-17 with a 29-10 mark at home.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to West Branch to take on the Warriors on Saturday, January 17. JV will begin at 12:00 PM and Varsity will follow at 1:30 PM.
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