Girls Basketball Strikes Early in Win Over Blue Streaks

Louisville 56, Lake 35

The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball team bounced back with a 56-35 victory in their home Beatty's White Louisville Leopards Hoodieopener against the Lake Blue Streaks Wednesday at LHS. With the victory, Louisville is an even 1-1 on the young season.

Sarah Lairson scored 11 of her game-high 18 points in the first half to lead the Leopards. Alexa Oberster also scored 9 and both Abby Beaver & Hanna Lautzenheiser added 6 a piece.

Louisville held Lake scoreless for over nine minutes during a 21-0 run. Lairson also played a big role on
the defensive side of the ball constantly causing havoc in the backcourt. The Leopards stormed out to a 26-4 advantage with 4:03 left in the second quarter before taking a 28-12 lead into the locker room.


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Louisville remained consistent on offense in the second half adding another 28 points to their total http://www.facebook.com/JenniferLBolyard/before the final buzzer while holding Lake to 23. The Blue Streaks were led by Taylor Champagne who hit 2 of Lake’s 4 three-pointers in scoring a team-high 8. MacKenzie Hance also scored 7 points for the Lady Streaks.

With the victory, the Leopards have now won their last three meetings against the Blue Streaks. Louisville now leads the all-time series 24-17, which includes a 13-6 mark at home.

The win also marks the largest turn around in point differential in team history. Just four days before, the Lady Leopards suffered a 81-33 loss at GlenOak, their worse in terms of point differential since a 92-29 loss at Northwest in 2003. The 48-point loss Saturday coped with a 21-point victory over Lake Wednesday is a 69-point swing. It is only the third time the Lady Leopards have had a 60-point swing all-time:

  • 2016-17 – GlenOak 81, Louisville 33 >>> Louisville 56, Lake 35 | +69
  • 2001-02 – McKinley 71, Louisville 27 >>> Louisville 69, Marlington 51 | +62
  • 2007-08 – Lake 51, Louisville 23 >>> Louisville 66, Marlington 34 | +60

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Salem to take on the Quakers on Saturday, December 3. JV will start at 12:00 and Varsity will follow around 1:30 PM.

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VARSITY STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 56, BLUE STREAKS 35

BLUE STREAKS: Champagne 2 2-4 8, Hance 2 2-4 7, Butler 1 2-2 4, S. Miller 2 0-0 4, November 0 3-3 3, Smith 1 0-0 3, Kirven 0 2-4 2, LeBeau 0 2-2 2, Leising 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 9 13-19 35.

3-Pointers (4): Champagne 2, Hance, Smith

Team FT: 13-19 68%

LEOPARDS: Lairson 6 4-6 18, Oberster 3 3-4 9, Ab. Beaver 2 2-4 6, Lautzenheiser 2 2-2 6, Jackson 1 3-4 5, Al. Beaver 2 0-0 4, Agnone 1 0-0 3, Walter 1 0-0 3, Hahn 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 19 14-20 56.

3-Pointers (4): Lairson 2, Agnone, Walter

Team FT: 14-20 70%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Lake 4-8-13-10–35

Louisville 17-11-12-16–56

Fouls: 15-15

Turnovers: 22-8 Lake

Records: Louisville 1-1; Lake 0-1

JV: Louisville 33, Lake 26

The Lady Leopards JV Basketball team earned a 33-26 victory over the visiting Blue Streaks Wednesday at LHS. With the win, Louisville evens their record at 1-1 on the year.

Kayla Gibson scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Maggie Galentine also dropped in 6 and Cassidy Kiko scored 4.

Louisville used a 15-0 run during the first half to take a double digit lead at 27-17 with under two minutes to go in the third quarter. The Leopards would not relinquish their lead the rest of the way.

Lake was led by Natalie November who hit 2 three-pointers in scoring a team-high 12. Molly Hudson and Jessica LeBeau also added 4 each.

JV STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 33, BLUE STREAKS 26

BLUE STREAKS: November 5 0-0 12, Hudson 1 2-4 4, LeBeau 2 0-0 4, Florek 0 2-2 2, Ickes 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 10 4-6 26.

3-Pointers (2): November 2

Team FT: 4-6 67%

LEOPARDS: Gibson 5 4-6 15, Galentine 2 1-2 6, Kiko 1 2-2 4, Cole 1 0-1 2, Film 1 0-3 2, Fresenko 1 0-0 2, Israel 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 12 7-16 33.

3-Pointers (2): Galentine, Gibson

Team FT: 7-16 44%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Lake 6-11-2-7–26

Louisville 5-13-9-6–33

Fouls: 12-7 Lake

Turnovers: 23-15 Lake

Records: Louisville 1-1, Lake 0-1

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