Haren & Barwick Break Career Records as Louisville Wins at Mooney – Girls Basketball
Cardinal Mooney 53, Louisville 34
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team defeated the host Cardinal Mooney Cardinals 53-34 Saturday Afternoon at Cardinal Mooney High School. With the victory, the Lady Leopards snap their 4-game skid and finish the regular season with a record of 14-8.
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Haren Breaks All-Time Scoring Record
Senior Brooke Haren scored 18 of her game high 20 points in the first half to lead the Lady Leopards. Fellow senior Lexi Wasara buried a three out of the gate and Haren followed by scoring the next 8 points to put Louisville ahead 11-2 at the onset.
During that stretch, Haren became the Lady Leopards all-time leading scorer. Her layup with 4:35 left in the opening period tied her with Mandy Jaeb at 1,125 points.
After some scoreless possessions, Haren was tipped and stole a bounce pass and broke away into the forecourt. She was fouled going to the basket and went to the line to shoot a pair of free throws. Haren banged home the first shot and the Louisville faithful, bench, and coaches erupted in celebration. Haren treated the situation like business as usual and nonchalantly returned to the line to rattle home the second free throw.
Those historic free throws were part of a 14-0 first quarter run that helped the Leopards build a 17-2 lead. They followed that with an 8-0 run to pull in front 25-4 early on in the second quarter.
Haren would finish with 12 in the first, added 8 in the second, and also scored a basket in the third quarter. She now sits at 1,139 points for her high school career.
Barwick Sets Career Three-Point Record
The history making continued in the first half of action Saturday. Late in the opening half, junior Courtney Barwick received a bounce pass from fellow junior Reagan Biery several feet beyond the arch. She looked for an open player to pass before taking advantage of the Cardinals zone defense. The Mooney defender came off Barwick. Barwick then dribbled forward and fired from a foot beyond the three-point line.
The shot swished home for her 97th career three-pointer and the Leopard bench erupted. The coaches had kept the record a secret to that point, so it was also business as usual for Barwick. The previous record holder was Paige Cole (2017-2021) who finished her varsity career with 96 three-pointers.
Barwick would finish with 15 points on the afternoon.
Leopards Cruise to Victory
Louisville rode a 35-10 lead into the locker room and stayed in the driver’s seat throughout the second half. The Cardinals outscored the Leopards 14-12 in the third and 10-6 in the fourth, but LHS still prevailed by 19.
Sophomore Taylor McCully made 2 of Louisville’s 5 three-pointers and finished in double figures with 10. Other scores for the Lady Leopards included junior Chay Cline with 3, Wasara with 3, and sophomore Lilli Lab with 2.
Diorio Score Team High 14 for Cardinals
Senior point guard Sophia Diorio scored 8 of her team high 14 points in the third quarter to lead Cardinal Mooney. Sophomore shooting guard Katie Pregibon also added 9 and junior guard Ta’lecia Huff finished with 3.
The banged-up Cardinals have now dropped 3 of their last 4 and fall to 8-12 with the loss.
Louisville Remains Undefeated Against Mooney
Louisville is now 4-0 against Cardinal Mooney all-time, which includes a 3-0 record when playing at Youngstown in the series.
The Leopards and Cardinals played three consecutive seasons from 2019-2021, but did not meet during the 2022-23 season. Louisville squeaked out a 47-44 victory in their last meeting at Cardinal Mooney prior to Saturday.
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UP NEXT: The #16 seed Lady Leopards will next host the #58 seed Cleveland Heights Tigers in the DI Northeast 4 Sectional Semifinals on Saturday, February 17 at 1:00 PM.
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Louisville at Cardinal Mooney Girls Varsity Basketball Statistics
LEOPARDS 53, CARDINALS 34
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 22-13-12-6–53
Cardinal Mooney 4-6-14-10–34
Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Stats
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTM | FTA | Points |
| Brooke Haren | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| Courtney Barwick | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Taylor McCully | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chay Cline | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lexi Wasara | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lilli Lab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 53 |
Cardinal Mooney Cardinals Girls Varsity Basketball Stats
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTM | FTA | Points |
| Sophia Diorio | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Katie Pregibon | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ta’lecia Huff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Francesca Cassese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dayna Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Delanie Olesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Zanijahray Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
Fouls: 23-9 Louisville
Records: Louisville 14-8, Cardinal Mooney 8-12
JV: Louisville 30, Cardinal Mooney 16
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 30, CARDINALS 16
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 10-3-10-7–30
Cardinal Mooney 5-4-2-5–16
Louisville Leopards Girls JV Basketball Stats
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTM | FTA | Points |
| Lilli Lab | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Karis Miglich | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Sammi Beatty | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Riley Walters | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Violet Lab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Reese Riley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
Cardinal Mooney Cardinals Girls JV Basketball Stats
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTM | FTA | Points |
| Delanie Olesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Chakya Howell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Christina Koullias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Francesca Cassese | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Julia Diorio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ava Weeks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
Fouls: 15-12 Louisville
Records: Louisville 16-5
