Leopards Suffer Hard Fought Loss to #6 Jackson – Girls Basketball
#6 Jackson 54, Louisville 44
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the Division I #6 ranked Jackson Polar Bears 54-44 Wednesday Night at Louisville High School. With the loss, Louisville finishes the regular season with a 13-7 record.
Paige Cole hit 6 three-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Sherilynn Mullett also scored 8 and Kayla Gibson tallied 6 for Louisville.
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The Lady Leopards came out firing against the state ranked Lady Bears. Cole hit 4 of her 6 three-pointers in the opening period as Louisville took a stunning 18-11 advantage after one. The second quarter proved to be different tale as the Leopards were held scoreless from the field as Jackson pulled ahead 26-22 by halftime.
The Polar Bears outscored Louisville 17-14 in the third, but the Leopards rallied back to take the lead in the fourth. In the end, JHS would outscored LHS 11-8 in the final quarter to earn the double digit victory.
Jackson (20-2) was led by Lauren Pallotta who made 3 three-pointers and scored a team-high 15 points all in the first three quarters of action. The well-balanced Polar Bears were also led by Emma Dretke, Leena Patibandla, and Ava Scroggs who scored 9 points each.
JV: Jackson 47, Louisville 23
UP NEXT: The #6 Seed Lady Leopards will next host the #11 Seed Massillon Tigers in the DI Massillon Sectional Semifinals on Saturday, February 15 at 1:00 PM.
Varsity Statistics
POLAR BEARS 54, LEOPARDS 44
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Jackson 11-15-17-11—54
Louisville 18-4-14-8–44
POLAR BEARS: Pallotta 6 0-0 15, Dretke 4 0-0 9, Patibandla 3 2-2 9, Scroggs 3 0-0 9, Diese 3 2-2 8, McMullen 1 0-0 2, Stran 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 21 4-4 54.
3-Pointers (8): Pallotta 3, Scroggs 3, Dretke, Patibandla
Team FT: 4-4 100%
LEOPARDS: Cole 7 2-2 22, Mullett 3 2-3 8,Gibson 3 0-0 6,Adelman 2 0-0 4, Loy 1 2-2 4. TOTAL 16 6-7 44.
3-Pointers (6): Cole 6
Team FT: 6-7 86%
Fouls: 8-7 Louisville
Records: Jackson 20-2, Louisville 13-7
JV: Jackson 47, Louisville 23
JV Statistics
POLAR BEARS 47, LEOPARDS 23
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Jackson 12-19-7-9–47
Louisville 4-7-5-7–23
POLAR BEARS: Trammell 5 2-4 12, Hofner 3 1-1 7, Ignacio 3 0-0 6, Santelle 2 0-0 6, Umlauf 2 0-0 6, Gmerek 2 0-0 4, Skakon 1 1-2 4, Miller 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 19 4-7 47.
3-Pointers (5): Santelle 2, Umlauf 2, Skakon
Team FT: 4-7 57%
LEOPARDS: Gonzalez 4 0-0 9, Mayle 3 1-3 7, Ramsey 1 1-2 3, Hubbard 1 0-0 2, Thorne 0 2-2 2, Keim 0 0-1 0. TOTAL 9 4-8 23.
3-Pointers (1): Gonzalez
Team FT: 4-8 50%
Fouls: 9-7 Jackson
Records: Louisville 10-10
