Leopards Beat Warriors in Highest Scoring Game Since 2010

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Blake Hoover Louisville Leopards Vs. West Branch Warriors Boys Basketball 2014

Louisville 86, West Branch 69

Five Leopards reached double figures as Louisville won a shootout over visiting West Branch 86-69 Friday Night at LHS. With the victory, the Leopards are now 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the NBC.

Blake Hoover scored a game-high 25 points and Drew Noble also scored 16 points & slammed down Beatty's Sports I love Footballtwo dunks to lead the Leopards.

The two squads played to a 19-19 tie after one quarter and Louisville took a 37-36 lead into the locker room. In the third quarter, The turning point of the contest came in the third quarter which saw the Leopards double up the Warriors 26-13 to take command of the contest. Hoover scored 11 in the period alone.

Louisville also recorded 11 three-pointers during the contest. Joe Crank hit 4 three-pointers and finished with 14 points, Chris Libertore made 3 three-pointers and finished with 13 points, and Jake Adams also put in 3 three-pointers and finished with 11 points.

The Leopards 86 point output is their most since February 19, 2010 when they won at Minerva 96-55. The combined scored of 155 is the highest since Louisville fell at Canton Central Catholic 83-75 (158 combined points) back on December 27, 2005.

West Branch was led by Jarian Thomas who scored a team-high 22 points. Three other Warriors also reached double figures and they included: Matt Meiter 12, Kyle Ziegler 11, and Matt Heffinger 10.

With the victory, the Leopards have now defeated the Warriors in four consecutive meetings and lead the all-time series 50-24. Louisville has now won 11 out of the last 13 games in the series overall including 6 of the last 7 at LHS. The only other time these two schools combined for a higher point total came on December 30, 1970 when Louisville defeated host West Branch 91-82 (173 combined points).

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Canton South to take on the Wildcats on Tuesday, December 16. JV will begin at 6:00 and Varsity will follow at approximately 7:30.

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Varsity Statistics

LEOPARDS 86, WARRIORS 69

WARRIORS: Thomas 6 9-12 22, Meiter 3 4-4 12, Ziegler 2 6-8 11, Heffinger 4 2-4 10, Gorby 2 2-2 6, Butcher 2 0-1 5, Smith 1 1-2 3. TOTAL 20 24-33 69.

3-Pointers (5): Meiter (2), Butcher, Thomas, Ziegler

Team FT: 24-33 73%

LEOPARDS: Hoover 11 3-7 25, Noble 7 2-3 16, Crank 4 2-2 14, Libertore 4 2-2 13, Adams 4 0-1 11, Eddins 1 0-0 3, Hahn 0 2-2 2, Heater 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 32 11-17 86.

3-Pointers (11): Crank (4), Adams (3), Libertore (3), Eddins

Team FT: 11-17 65%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL West Branch 19-17-13-20–69 Louisville 19-18-26-23–86

Fouls: 20-16 Louisville

Turnovers: 11-7 Louisville

Records: Louisville 2-0, 1-0; West Branch 2-1, 0-1

JV: Louisville 52, West Branch 30

The Leopards JV Squad defeated the visiting Warriors 52-30 Friday Evening. With the victory, Louisville is now 2-0 overall and 1-0 against NBC foes.

Jarrett Heater scored 11 of his game-high 16 points in he opening quarter to lead the Leopards to a 23-5 advantage after one. West Branch narrowed their deficit to 28-20 by halftime, but Louisville outscored the Warriors in the second half 24-10 to take the game.

Zach Fresenko also hit 2 three-pointers and scored 8 points and both Gavin Birone and Carson Davis added 7 for the Leopards.

West Branch was led by TJ DeShields who scored a team-high 8 points, Kyle Linhart who dropped in 7, and Seth McMasters who added 6.

JV Statistics

LEOPARDS 52, WARRIORS 30

WARRIORS: DeShields 4 0-3 8, Linhart 2 2-3 7, McMasters 2 2-2 6, Manley 1 0-0 3, Boosz 1 0-0 2, Ice 0 2-2 2, Tucker 1 0-0 2, Davidson 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 11 6-12 30.

3-Pointers (2): Linhart, Manley

Team FT: 6-12 50%

LEOPARDS: Heater 7 2-6 16, Fresenko 3 0-0 8, Birone 3 0-1 7, Davis 3 1-2 7, Chaplik 3 0-0 6, Weston 2 0-0 4, Wahl 0 2-2 2, Zeller 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 22 5-11 52.

3-Pointers (3): Fresenko (2), Birone

Team FT: 5-11 45%

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

West Branch 5-15-6-4–30

Louisville 23-5-11-13–52

Fouls: 16-11 Louisville

Turnovers: 27-14 West Branch

Records: Louisville 2-0, 1-0

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