Lady Leopards Bow Out Early, Fall to Lake 55-29

By Leopard Nation · Published February 22, 2013 · Updated February 22, 2013

Lake Louisville Girls Basketball Tournament 2012-13

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Lake 55, Louisville 29

The Lake Blue Streaks used a 22-5 second quarter to open up the game before defeating the Louisville Leopards 55-29 in the North Canton Division I Sectional Final at Walsh University. Hannah Lemmon led Louisville with 9 points, while Jordan Monnot scored 8 and Clara Lemmon added 6.

Both teams shot just 25% in the opening quarter and the Lady Leopards were held scoreless from the field until Monnot hit from just in front of the foul line 5:03 into the contest. 8 of the Leopards 23 turnovers came in the first eight minutes, yet despite this they only found themselves down 8-5 after Hannah Lemmon hit a buzzer beating field goal at the end of the first.

But Louisville couldn’t seize momentum as Lake began the second quarter on an 11-0 run to take command of the contest. Louisville was held scored for a span of 3:20 to start the quarter and was also shutout during the final 3:57 of the first half. The Blue Streaks shot 9 of 16 from the field in the second quarter and altogether hit 5 three-pointers in the first half. Miranda Diesz hit 3 of those triples and scored all 11 of her points in the opening half.

Lake would go on to outscore Louisville 15-10 in the third and 10-9 in the fourth. The Blue Streaks for the game made 6 of 14 (43%) three-pointers and shot 41% (21 of 51) from the field altogether. Lake was led by Baylee Hymes who scored 14 points and also hit 3 three-pointers. Baylen Drylund also broke double figures for Lake with 11.

The Lady Leopards shot a dismal 24% (10 of 41) from the field for the game, which proved to be the difference in the contest. The Blue Streaks out-rebounded the Leopards 35-34, but Monnot led all rebounders for Louisville with 12.

With the loss, Lake has now defeated Louisville in their past three meetings and is 2-0 all-time against the Leopards in tournament play. But, Louisville still leads the all-time series 21-16. The Lady Leopards finish the season at 16-7, while the Lady Blue Streaks move to 20-4 and will look to play Canton McKinley in the District Semifinals.

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STATISTICS

BLUE STREAKS 55, LEOPARDS 29

BLUE STREAKS: Hymes 4 3-3 14, Diesz 4 0-2 11, Drylund 5 1-3 11, Stephens 3 1-1 7, Shockley 3 0-2 6, Alley 0 2-4 2, Bryte 1 0-0 2, Libby 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 21 7-17 55.

3-Pointers (6-14 43%): Diesz (3), Hymes (3)

Team FG: 21-51 41%

Team FT: 7-17 41%

LEOPARDS: H. Lemmon 3 2-2 9, Monnot 3 2-2 8, C. Lemmon 2 0-0 6, Nees 1 1-2 4, Mullett 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 10 5-9 29.

3-Pointers (4-15 27%): C. Lemmon (2), H. Lemmon, Nees

Team FG: 10-41 24%

Team FT: 5-9 56%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Lake 8-22-15-10–55

Louisville 5-5-10-9–29

Fouls: 19-13 Louisville

Turnovers: 23-11 Louisville