Lady Leopards Tame Tigers 68-53 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 68, Howland 53
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team downed the visiting Howland Tigers 68-53 Thursday Night at Louisville High School. The Lady Leopards have now won 4 straight games and now hold a record of 13-5 on the season.
Paige Cole and Sherilynn Mullett both scored a game-high 18 points to lead Louisville. Four different Lady Leopards reached double figures altogether as Kendal Loy dropped in 15 and Kayla Gibson added 14.
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Louisville outscored Howland in every quarter. They led 13-8 after one and 30-23 by halftime. The Lady Leopards took a double digit 44-34 advantage into the fourth quarter before outscoring the Lady Tigers 24-19 in the final stanza.
Howland (11-9) was led by Courtney Clark who finished with a double double scoring 14 points and pulling in a game-high 10 rebounds. Alyssa Pompelia also made 3 three-pointers and scored a team-high 15 points. Gillian Powell tallied 12 for the Tigers as well.
Louisville is now 1-2 against Howland all-time. The Tigers defeated the Leopards in regular season matchups the last two seasons.
JV: Howland Won
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel across town to take on the St. Thomas Aquinas Knights on Saturday, February 8 at 1:00 PM. This contest will be Varsity only.
Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 68, TIGERS 53
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Howland 8-15-11-19–53
Louisville 13-17-14-24–68
TIGERS: Pompelia 5 2 15, Clark 7 0 14, Powell 6 0 12, Chambers 2 0 4, Desalvo 2 0 4, McClain 2 0 4. TOTAL 21 2 53.
3-Pointers (3): Pompelia 3
Team FT: 2-??
LEOPARDS: Cole 8 1 18, Mullett 8 1 18, Loy 7 1 15, Gibson 6 2 14, Dyer 1 0 2, Joseph 0 1 1. TOTAL 28 6 68.
3-Pointers (2): Cole, Mullett
Team FT: 6-??
Fouls: 14-13 Howland
Rebounds: Howland 27 (Clark 10), Louisville 22 (Cole 6)
Records: Louisville 13-5, Howland 11-9
