Lady Leps Can Cardinals 58-47
Louisville 58, Canfield 47
Brianna Libertore led the Lady Leps with 15 points, while Mackenzie Storlie and Clara Lemmon also each poured in double figures during the Louisville Lady Leopards 58-47 win over the Canfield Cardinals Wednesday Night at the Louisville Gymnasium.
The Cardinals flexed their muscle early taking a 17-8 lead into the final minute of the first quarter. But then the Lady Leopards showed just how explosive they could be by scoring the next 16 points. Louisville closed the opening quarter getting buckets from Lemmon, Catelyn Radalia, an two free throws from Jordan Monnot.
Defensively the Lady Leps shut out the Cardinals for nearly five minutes, while continuing production on the offensive end in the second quarter. Storlie hit back-to-back three-pointers to open up the scoring in the second frame before Libertore went to work in the paint scoring 6 of the next 8 Louisville points.
After taking a 28-19 lead, the Lady Leps hit a wall of their own as they failed to score in the final 3:28 of the first half. Canfield took advantage by surmounting a 10-0 run which enabled them to take a 29-28 lead early on in the third quarter. It would be their last. The Lady Leps buckled down and started to press. The Cardinals collapsed under the pressure and Louisville dominated the remainder of the quarter taking a 42-32 lead into the final period.
Canfield got within seven, but it was all academic at that point. Louisville ran out the clock and capped off an impressive 58-47 over the Cardinals, the opposite semifinalist in the Alliance District last season. The win marks Louisville’s 8th straight win over a non-conference opponent in the regular season and 7th straight regular season victory overall.
STATISTICS
CARDINALS: Mangapora 9 0-0 18, Baker 3 2-3 8, Barko 3 2-2 8, Vrabel 2 1-2 5, Pavlansky 1 2-2 4, Gelonese 0 2-6 2, Tinkey 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 19 9-15 47.
3PT: NONE
TEAM FT: 9-15 60%
LEOPARDS: Libertore 7 1-2 15, Storlie 4 3-4 13, C. Lemmon 5 0-0 10, Radalia 2 2-2 6, Rice 3 0-0 6, Brown 2 0-0 4, Monnot 1 2-2 4. TOTALS 22 8-10 58.
3PT (2): Storlie (2)
TEAM FT: 8-10 80%
NEXT UP: The Lady Leopards will host the Minerva Lions on Saturday, December 3. JV will tip at 12:00 PM and Varsity will follow at approximately 1:30 PM. The Lady Leps split the series with Minerva last season winning on the road 56-51 on December 4, 2010 and falling at home 45-41 on January 26, 2011. Neither team has swept the other since Louisville did in 2007-08.
PICTURES
JV REPORT
Canfield 35, Louisville 27
Hollyann Mullet led the Lady Leps with 7 points and Nora Hmeidan also added 6 points, but the JV Squad still fell to 0-2 on the year losing to Canfield 35-27. Canfield jumped out to an 8-2 lead after the first quarter, but Louisville roared back with a 10-0 run to take a 14-12 lead into the second half. Canfield led 23-20 after three before removing all doubt by outscoring the Leps 12-7 in the final period.
JV PICTURES
JV STATISTICS
CARDINALS: Whitehead 4 2-6 10, Barko 1 5-10 7, Gebnese 2 2-4 6, Giambattista 3 0-0 6, Cockrell 1 0-0 2, Risner 1 0-0 2, Kilbert 0 1-4 1, Macmurray 0 1-2 1, Luargo 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 12 11-28 35.
3PT: NONE
TEAM FT: 11-28 39%
LEOPARDS: Mullet 2 3-4 7, Hmeidan 3 0-0 6, Rankin 2 0-0 4, Nees 1 0-2 2, Noble 1 0-1 2, Paulus 1 0-0 2, Zeller 0 2-2 2, Hupp 0 1-4 1, Skolosh 0 1-2 1. TOTALS 10 7-15 27.
3PT: NONE
TEAM FT: 7-15 47%
