Leopards Maul Warriors 70-37 – Girls Basketball
Louisville 70, Carrollton 37
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team mauled the host Carrollton Warriors 70-37 Saturday Afternoon at Carrollton High School. With the victory, Louisville improves to 7-9 on the year.
Sophomore Paige Cole registered a double double with 14 points, a game-high 10 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 assists to lead the Lady Leopards. LHS had four players reach double figures led by Sophomore Sherilynn Mullett who scored a game-high 18 points to go along with 4 boards. Freshman Kelsey Adelman also scored 11 and Junior Kayla Gibson finished with 10. Gibson also led all players with 5 assists.
Louisville dominated Carrollton in each of the first three quarters. They led 20-5 at the end of the first period, took a 34-14 lead into halftime, and then outscored the Warriors 24-9 in the third quarter to rip open a commanding 58-23 lead into the final period.
The Leopards outshot the opposition 48% (28 of 58) to 28% (11 of 39) from the field. Louisville earned significantly more shot opportunities due to their domination on the boards 33-18, which included doubling up Carrollton 18-9 on the offensive glass. The Leopards also produced 17 steals on defense. Sophomore Sydney Bast matched Cole with a game leading 4 steals. Senior Erin Hahn also recorded 3 steals and Gibson had 2.
Carrollton was led by Abby Laizure who had 2 assists, made 4 three-pointers, and scored a team high 14 points. Chloe Glass also added 7 points and Lucy Pridemore tacked on 5. Josey Burgett was the Warriors leading rebounded with 4 boards.
The win snaps Louisville’s 2-game losing streak against Carrollton as they now lead the all-time series 38-24 overall. This includes a 17-14 record in matchups played in the Black Hole.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to face the Northwest Indians on Wednesday, January 16. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow at 7:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 70, WARRIORS 37
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 20-14-24-12–70
Carrollton 5-9-9-14–37
LEOPARDS: Mullett 6 6-8 18, Cole 6 0-0 12, Adelman 3 5-5 11, Gibson 4 0-0 10, Loy 4 0-0 8, Joseph 2 0-0 4, Hahn 1 1-2 3, Bast 1 0-0 2, Thorne 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 28 12-15 70.
3-Pointers (2): Gibson 2
Team FT: 12-15 80%
WARRIORS: Laizure 5 0-0 14, Glass 2 3-3 7, Pridemore 1 3-4 5, Burgett 1 2-4 4, Moore 1 0-0 3, Leslie 0 2-4 2, Solomon 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 11 10-14 37.
3-Pointers (5): Laizure 4, Moore
Team FT: 10-14 71%
Fouls: 11-11
Records: Louisville 7-9
JV: Louisville 54, Carrollton 22
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 54, WARRIORS 22
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 13-17-18-6–54
Carrollton 6-3-10-3–22
LEOPARDS: Adelman 5 3-4 13, Loy 4 4-6 12, Thorne 4 2-3 11, Davis 3 0-0 6, Joseph 3 0-0 6, Dyer 1 0-0 3, Ralston 0 2-2 2, Leghart 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 20 12-17 54.
3-Pointers (2): Dyer, Thorne
Team FT: 12-17 71%
WARRIORS: Leslie 4 0-2 8, Solomon 2 0-0 4, Potts 1 1-8 3, Ball 1 0-0 2, King 0 2-4 2, Stull 1 0-2 2, McNutt 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 9 4-18 22.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 4-18
Fouls: 17-14 Louisville
Records: Louisville 12-3
