Louisville Can’t Overcome Howland’s Strong 2nd Quarter – Girls Basketball
Howland 59, Louisville 52
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the visiting Howland Tigers 59-52 Saturday Afternoon at Louisville High School. With the loss, Louisville drops to 6-10 on the season.
Senior Paige Cole, junior Kendal Loy, and senior Sherilynn Mullett all scored a team-high 13 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Cole hit 3 three-pointers in the second half, Loy went 7 of 8 from the free throw line, and Mullett scored 9 of her points in the fourth quarter.
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Tigers Take Command in 2nd Quarter
At the end of the first quarter Louisville trailed by only a single point at 13-12. The tables turned in the second quarter as the Tigers outscored the Leopards 18-4 to take a commanding 31-16 advantage at halftime.
Louisville used 3 three-pointers in the third quarter to help them outscore Howland 22-17 while cutting into the deficit. The Leopards also outscored the Tigers 14-11 in the final stanza, but it would not be enough as HHS prevailed 59-52.
Pompelia Leads Howland with Game-High 25
Junior shooting guard Alyssa Pompelia made 4 three-pointers and scored a game-high 25 points to lead Howland. Sophomore small forward Courtney Clark also scored in every quarter to finish in double digits with 15 and junior shooting guard Taylor Lawrence added 8 for the Lady Tigers.
Louisville is now 1-3 against Howland all-time, which includes a 1-2 record in games played at LHS in the series. The two teams have now played in each of the past four seasons.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next hit the road for a rematch with Howland on Wednesday, February 3. JV is slated to begin at 5:30 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:00 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
TIGERS 59, LEOPARDS 52
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Howland 13-18-17-11—59
Louisville 12-4-22-14—52
TIGERS: Pompelia 8 5-7 25, Clark 6 3-6 15, Lawrence 3 2-2 8, Ja DeSalvo 2 0-0 4, McClain 2 0-0 4, Sindledecker 1 0-0 3. TOTAL 22 10-15 59.
3-Pointers (5): Pompelia 4, Sindledecker
Team FT: 10-15 67%
LEOPARDS: Cole 5 0-0 13, Loy 3 7-8 13, Mullett 4 4-4 13, Adelman 3 0-0 6, Thorne 2 0-0 5, Orin 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 18 11-12 52.
3-Pointers (5): Cole 3, Mullett, Thorne
Team FT: 11-12 92%
Fouls: 14-8 Louisville
Records: Louisville 6-10
JV: Howland 48, Louisville 45
JV Statistics
TIGERS 48, LEOPARDS 45
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Howland 10-16-13-9—48
Louisville 7-13-11-14—45
TIGERS: Massacci 6 3-5 17, Barrish 1 6-8 8, Hoso 3 1-4 8, Matlock 2 0-1 4, DeSalvo 1 1-4 3, Bronson 1 0-0 2, Cox 1 0-0 2, Gajski 1 0-0 2, Zucco 0 2-2 2, Silvers 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 16 13-26 48.
3-Pointers (3): Massacci 2, Hoso
Team FT: 13-26 50%
LEOPARDS: Mayle 6 6-9 18, Gonzalez 3 4-6 10, Wasara 3 0-0 6, Popa 1 1-2 4, Burick 1 0-0 3, Thorne 1 0-0 2, Weaver 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 17 11-19 45.
3-Pointers (2): Burick, Popa
Team FT: 11-19 58%
Fouls: 19-15 Louisville
Records: Louisville 4-9
