Lady Leopards Earn 1st Win with Best Road Defense Since 1979 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 47, Alliance 13
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team defeated the host Alliance Aviators 47-13 at Harry Fails Gymnasium Wednesday Night. With their first victory of the season, Louisville is now 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the NBC.
Maggie Galentine and Ellie Jackson each scored a game-high 9 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Galentine hit 3 of Louisville’s 4 three-pointers in the game and Jackson made the other. Kayla Gibson also added 6 points as 11 different Leopards put points on the board during the contest.
Louisville led 17-3 at the end of the first and pulled ahead 26-6 by halftime. The Leopards shutout the Aviators 12-0 in the third period before edging Alliance 9-8 in the final quarter.
The Lady Aviators (1-5, 0-3) were led by Morgan Davis who hit their only triple and finished with a team-high 5. Mckenzie Fletcher also dropped in 4 for Alliance.
The 13 points given up is the second fewest in a single game in Louisville Girls Varsity Basketball history. The only time the Lady Leopards gave up less points on the road came on December 6, 1979 when they downed the Marlington Dukes 49-12. Louisville also gave up just 13 points in a 39-13 tournament win over the Massillon Tigers on February 22, 1983 at the neutral location of Jackson High School. Overall this is the best defensive effort by the Lady Leopards since their all-time low of points allowed in a 63-11 home win over the Alliance Aviators on February 4, 2012.
With the victory, Louisville has now won 18 straight over the Aviators and the last 18 games in the series played at Alliance. The Lady Leopards now lead the all-time series 41-8 which includes a 21-3 mark at AHS.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Salem Quakers on Saturday, December 16. JV will begin at Noon and Varsity will follow around 1:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 47, AVIATORS 13
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 17-9-12-9—47
Alliance 3-3-0-8–13
LEOPARDS: Galentine 3 0-0 9, Jackson 3 2-3 9, Gibson 3 0-0 6, P. Cole 1 2-2 4, Israel 1 2-2 4, Lautzenheiser 2 0-0 4, Mullett 1 1-4 3, Daniel 1 0-0 2, Hahn 1 0-0 2, Kiko 1 0-0 2, Rice 1 0-0 2, Bast 0 0-1 0, M. Cole 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 18 7-14 47.
3-Pointers (4): Galentine 3, Jackson
Team FT: 7-14 50%
AVIATORS: Davis 1 2-6 5, Fletcher 1 2-3 4, Brookes 1 0-0 2, Thomas 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 4 4-11 13.
3-Pointers (1): Davis
Team FT: 4-11 36%
Fouls: 16-12 Louisville
Records: Louisville 1-5, 1-2; Alliance 1-5, 0-3
JV: Louisville 52, Alliance 11
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 52, AVIATORS 11
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 17-15-14-6–52
Alliance 6-0-0-5–11
LEOPARDS: Mullett 5 3-5 13, Joseph 4 3-3 11, Cole 3 3-4 9, Bast 3 4-4 6, Mueller 1 2-2 4, Nyland 2 0-0 4, Siegfried 1 0-0 3, Vesely 0 2-2 2. TOTAL 17 17-20 52.
3-Pointers (1): Siegfried
Team FT: 17-20 85%
AVIATORS: Royster 2 1-1 5, Gilmore 2 0-0 4, Mandy 1 0-2, Runion 0 0-4 0. TOTAL 5 1-7 11.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 1-7 14%
Fouls: 17-13 Alliance
Records: Louisville 5-0, 2-0
