Lady Leopards Rally in 4th to Edge Mooney 47-44 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 47, Cardinal Mooney 44
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team edged the host Cardinal Mooney Cardinals 47-44 Saturday Afternoon at Mooney High School in Youngstown. With the victory, Louisville improves to 3-5 on the season.
Senior Paige Cole made 3 three-pointers and scored 11 of her team-high 13 points in the second half to lead the Lady Leopards. Freshman Brooke Haren and senior Sherilynn Mullett both tacked on 9 each for LHS as well. Mullett also led LHS with 16 rebounds.
Lady Leopards Rally in 4th Quarter
The Cardinals led 11-9 after the first quarter, but Louisville outscored Mooney 17-15 in the second quarter to tie the game at 26-all by halftime. The Cardinals would hold a narrow 37-36 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but the Leopards would win the final period 11-7 to take the contest.
The two teams combined for 42 fouls leading to a total of 57 attempts from the charity stride. Louisville shot 52% (14 of 27) from the line for the contest, while Cardinal Mooney shot 50% (15 of 30). Both teams struggled from the line in the fourth quarter. However, the Leopards were able to make 4 of 9 free throws in the final stanza which bettered the Cardinals 2 for 8 performance.
Scavina Leads Mooney with Game-High 20
The Cardinals were led by Alaina Scavina who scored all of her game-high 20 points in the first three quarters. Angelina Rotunno also scored 9 and Katie Hough added 7 for Cardinal Mooney.
The Lady Leopards are now 3-0 all-time against the Lady Cardinals with wins in each of the past three seasons. Louisville is also now 2-0 when playing at Cardinal Mooney.
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 47, CARDINALS 44
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 9-17-10-11—47
Mooney 11-15-11-7—44
LEOPARDS: Cole 5 0-0 13, Haren 2 5-9 9, Mullett 3 3-8 9, Loy 2 2-4 6, Adelman 2 1-2 5, Dyer 1 1-2 3, Joseph 0 2-2 2. TOTAL 15 14-27 47.
3-Pointers (3): Cole 3
Team FT: 14-27 52%
CARDINALS: Scavina 7 5-6 20, Rotunno 3 2-3 9, Hough 1 5-9 7, Divincenzo 1 2-6 5, Fire 1 0-2 2, Didrio 0 1-2 1, Rouser 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 13 15-30 44.
3-Pointers (3): Divincenzo, Rotunno, Scavina
Team FT: 15-30 50%
Fouls: 22-20 Louisville
Records: Louisville 3-5
JV: Cardinal Mooney 39, Louisville 28
JV Statistics
CARDINALS 39, LEOPARDS 28
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 5-2-9-12—28
Mooney 8-13-6-12—39
LEOPARDS: Mayle 3 0-0 6, Popa 2 0-0 5, Thorne 2 1-1 5, Gonzalez 1 1-2 3, Ramsey 1 1-3 3, Burick 1 0-0 2, Keim 1 0-0 2, Weaver 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 12 3-8 28.
3-Pointers (1): Popa
Team FT: 3-8 38%
CARDINALS: Diorio 1 10-12 12, Fromelt 3 0-0 8, Rouser 4 0-0 8, Hughes 2 1-1 5, Rapp 1 1-2 3, Divencenzo 0 2-2 2, Blohm 0 1-3 1. TOTAL 11 15-20 39.
3-Pointers (2): Fromelt 2
Team FT: 15-20 75%
Fouls: 18-8 Louisville
Records: Louisville 3-4