Girls Basketball Wins NBC Opener Against Salem

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Alexa Oberster Louisville Leopards Girls Basketball Vs. Salem Quakers 2015

Louisville 47, Salem 42

The Louisville Lady Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball team opened up league play with a 47-42 victory Beatty's Property of Louisville Sweatshirtover the visiting Salem Quakers Saturday at LHS. With the win, Louisville is now 2-1 over all and 1-0 in the NBC.

Alexa Oberster led the Lady Leopards with a game-high 14 points and Abby Beaver also dropped in 13 points. Beaver hit 2 three-pointers and also made two big buckets to put the game on ice in the fourth quarter. Sarah Lairson rounded out Louisville’s top scorers with 8.

The Leopards rolled to a 13-6 advantage after the first quarter and pulled ahead to 29-15 at the break. Salem creeped back into the game by owning the third quarter 15-7, but would shrink the deficit no smaller than 5 points in the fourth quarter.

The Quakers (1-1, 0-1) were led by Leah Menegos who matched Oberster with a game-high 14. Rylee Order Leopard Nation Highlight VideoLeider also dropped in 13 and Chloe Cheresne hit 2 three-pointers & finished with 8.

With the victory, Louisville has now defeated Salem in 10 of their last 11 meetings which includes the last 6 games in the series at LHS. The Leopards now lead the all-time series 11-6, which includes a 7-2 mark at Louisville.

UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to West Branch to take on the Warriors on Saturday, December 5. JV will begin at 12:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 1:30 PM.

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VARSITY STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 47, QUAKERS 42

QUAKERS: Menegos 4 6-6 14, Leider 4 4-4 13, Cheresne 2 2-5 8, Davidson 2 0-1 4, Stiff 1 1-3 3. TOTAL 13 13-19 42.

3-Pointers (3): Cherene (2), Leider

Team FT: 13-19 68%

LEOPARDS: Oberster 5 4-4 14, Beaver 5 1-1 13, Lairson 4 0-1 8, Hollifield 2 1-1 5, E. Jackson 2 0-0 4, Benzel 1 1-2 3. TOTAL 19 7-9 47.

3-Pointers (2): Beaver (2)

Team FT: 7-9 78%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Salem 6-9-15-12–42

Louisville 13-16-7-11–47

Fouls: 16-16

Turnovers: 16-12 Salem

Records: Louisville 2-1, 0-1; Salem 1-1, 0-1

JV: Louisville 64, Salem 13

The Lady Leopards JV Team scored the first 24 points of the contest in rolling to a 64-13 win over the Order Leopard Nation Highlight Videovisiting Lady Quakers. With the win, Louisville is now 2-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

Hanna Lautzenheiser led the Leopards with a game-high 22 points. Erin Hahn also poured in 16 and both Alexis Beaver & Heather Guiley added 6 each.

Louisville held Salem off the board until 5:26 left in the second quarter. The Leopards would at one point lead 40-4 and their largest lead of 48 points came late in the fourth up 60-12.

The Quakers were led by Jessica Slocum who scored a team-high 4 points.

JV STATISTICS

LEOPARDS 63, QUAKERS 14

QUAKERS: Slocum 2 0-0 4, Davidson 1 0-0 2, Jamison 1 0-0 2, Koskinen 1 0-0 2, Markovich 1 0-0 2, Moore 1 0-0 2, Cochean 0 0-6 0. TOTAL 7 0-6 14.

3-Pointers: None

Team FT: 0-6 0%

LEOPARDS: Lautzenheiser 9 4-7 22, Erin Hahn 6 4-4 16, Beaver 3 0-0 6, Guiley 3 0-0 6, Cole 2 0-0 4, Shea 2 0-0 4, Agnone 1 0-0 2, Israel 1 0-0 2, Daniel 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 27 9-13 63.

3-Pointers: None

Team FT: 9-13 69%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Salem 0-4-6-4–14

Louisville 18-18-16-11–63

Fouls: 13-10 Salem

Turnovers: 22-11 Salem

Records: Louisville 2-1, 1-0

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