Louisville Falls to Lake 65-44, Second Quarter Run Kills Leps
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Lake 65, Louisville 44
Lake High School has not been a kind place to the Leopards boys basketball team all year long. Earlier this year Louisville held a small halftime lead over Perry in the Hoops For Healing Classic in Uniontown. The Panthers blitzed the Leopards in the second half 40-10 en route to a 58-28 win. This time the wheels came off much earlier, as Lake (11-7) eventually routed Louisville (11-8) 65-44. Michael Schooley led all Leopard scorers with 12 points in the loss, while Ethan Adamczyk poured in a game-high 25 points for the Blue Streaks.
The Leopards were hot from the start as they jumped out to a 14-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. But Louisville only managed to penetrate the Blue Streaks defense for 4 points in the second period, while giving up 18. It was 29-18 at halftime, but the Blue Streaks were not done electrifying the Leopards. Lake outscored Louisville 21-14 in the third quarter to take a solid 18-point advantage into the fourth. The benches cleared in the fourth, but Lake still rolled to the 65-44 win.
One of the keys to Lake’s success was shutting down the three-point threat of Louisville senior Owen Gramoy. He was held to just 1 field goal and 4 points all night long, while being shutout from beyond the arch. Gramoy has hit a three-pointer in every game all season, except two. The other occasion he failed to hit a triple was December 11 against Perry at Lake High School.
The Blue Streaks also out-rebounded the Leopards 26-20. Lake’s Ryan Coen led all rebounders with 9 to go along with his 12 points. Toby Minster brought down 8 boards for the Leopards in the loss. Schooley was the only one to score in double figures for Louisville, while the Blue Streaks had three in double figures: Adamczyk (25), Coen (12), and Tyler Maranville (10).
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– Photos Take By and Courtesy of Lisa Gramoy
STATISTICS:
LEOPARDS: Schooley 4 4-6 12, Sluss 3 1-4 7, Kelly 2 0-0 6, Lairson 2 0-0 5, Minster 1 3-6 5, Gramoy 1 2-2 4, Frank 1 0-0 3, Perez 1 0-0 2, TOTALS 15 10-18 44.
3PT (4): Kelly (2), Frank (1), Lairson (1)
TEAM FT: 10-18 56%
REBOUNDS (20): Minster (8)
FOULS (10)
BLUE STREAKS: Adamczyk 10 3-4 25, Coen 6 0-0 12, Maranville 3 4-4 10, Reed 3 0-0 6, Habeck 2 0-0 4, Spontarelli 1 0-2 3, Wartman 1 0-0 3, Wolf 1 0-2 2, TOTALS 27 7-12 65.
3PT (4): Adamczyk (2), Spontarelli (1), Wartman (1)
TEAM FT: 7-12 58%
REBOUNDS (26): Coen (9)
FOULS (14)
JV SCORE: Lake 46, Louisville 40
NEXT GAME: The Leopards will host the Canton South Wildcats for the home finale and Senior Night on Thursday, February 24. JV will tip-off at 6:00 PM, while Varsity will follow starting at approximately 7:30 PM.