Girls Basketball Ornaments Perfect NBC Mark at Canton South
Louisville 49, Canton South 46
The Lady Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team nipped the host Canton South Wildcats 49-46 Wednesday Night at Charles “Red” Ash Gymnasium. With the victory, Louisville improves to 8-1 overall and stays an undefeated 6-0 in the NBC.
Abby Beaver scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Leopards. Sarah Lairson also added 9 and Sabryna Benzel tacked on 8 for Louisville.
The Lady Wildcats jumped out to a 15-10 lead at the end of the first eight minutes, but the Leopards rallied back in the second to take a 26-25 lead into the locker room. Louisville outscored Canton South 15-6 in the third quarter to take a commanding 41-31 lead and then withstood a Wildcat rally to take the contest.
Canton South (5-4, 2-4) was led by Shannon Moore and Kamryn Tharp who scored a team-high 12 points each. Megan Mitchell also broke double digits with 10.
The Leopards have now won 10 of their last 11 meetings against the Wildcats. Louisville now leads the all-time series 61-24, which includes a 27-13 mark at Canton South.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Carrollton Warriors on Saturday, January 2. JV will begin at 12:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 1:30 PM.
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