Lady Leopards Dominate Crusaders 68-23 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 68, Central Catholic 23
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team blew out host Canton Central Catholic Crusaders 68-23 Saturday Afternoon at CCHS. With the victory, Louisville has won 4 of their last 5 to improve to 10-5 on the season.
Paige Cole scored all of her game-high 17 points in the first three quarters to lead the Lady Leopards. Kendal Loy also reached double digits with 11 and Sherilynn Mullett added 9.
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The Louisville defense suffocated Central in holding them to just a single field goal in each of the first two quarters. The Leopards led 13-4 at the end of the first and went ahead 31-6 by halftime. Louisville put the nail in the coffin in the third quarter which saw them outscore the Crusaders 27-11 to take a commanding 58-17 lead into the fourth quarter. Central would again manage just a single field goal in the final period against the stout LHS defense. Louisville outscored them 10-6 in the fourth to finish the game.
The Lady Crusaders were led by Leyna Heather who hit 2 three-pointers and finished with a team-high 8. Grace Turner also scored 7 and Claire Eberhardt added 4.
With the victory, Louisville has now defeated Central in 4 of their past 5 meetings. The Lady Leopards still trail the all-time series 21-22 which includes a 9-10 record in games played at CCHS. The 45-point victory is the most lopsided win in the series by either team after the two squads split overtime wins in their past two matchups in 2017 and 2018.
JV: Louisville 28, Canton Central Catholic 14
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Marlington Dukes on Wednesday, January 22. JV will begin around 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 68, CRUSADERS 23
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 13-18-27-10–68
Central 4-2-11-6–23
LEOPARDS: Cole 7 1-1 17, Loy 4 3-4 11, Mullett 3 3-5 9, Adelman 3 0-0 8, Gibson 3 0-0 7, Joseph 2 3-3 7, Thorne 3 0-0 6, Dyer 1 1-1 3. TOTAL 26 11-14 68.
3-Pointers (5): Adelman 2, Cole 2, Gibson
Team FT: 11-14 78%
CRUSADERS: Heather 3 0-0 8, Turner 2 3-4 7, Eberhardt 1 1-1 4, Haines 1 1-2 3, Compton 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 7 6-9 23.
3-Pointers (3): Heather 2, Eberhardt
Team FT: 6-9 67%
Fouls: 12-11 Louisville
Records: Louisville 10-5
