Leopards Nipped By Polar Bears on the Road 38-35 – Girls Basketball
Jackson 38, Louisville 35
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell in a close contest against the host Jackson Polar Bears 38-35 Saturday Afternoon at Jackson High School. With the loss, Louisville falls to 4-7 on the year.
Maggie Galentine hit all three of the Leopards 3 pointers and scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in the first half to lead Louisville. Sherilynn Mullett also scored 7 points and Paige Cole added 6 for LHS.
The Polar Bears jumped out to a 17-9 lead at the end of the first, but the Leopards rallied to cut the deficit to 24-20 by halftime. Louisville’s best quarter was the third when they outscored Jackson 12-7 to take a 32-31 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Polar Bears would dominate the final period as they held the Leopards the only a single field goal in the final eight minutes. Louisville trailed just 36-35 and had possession with 20 seconds remaining, but they were unable to connect to take the lead. On the other end, Alayna McMullen tacked on a pair of free throws with 0.5 seconds remaining to clinch the victory for Jackson.
The Polar Bears were led by Dretke who scored 8 of her team-high 12 points in the first half. Stran also scored 9 and McMullen tallied 7.
The Leopards have now lost their last 5 games against the Polar Bears, all of which were played at Jackson. Louisville now trails the all-time series 15-23, which includes a 5-17 mark at JHS.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next host the Dublin Scioto Fighting Irish on Thursday, December 27. JV will begin at 1:00 PM and Varsity will follow at 2:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
POLAR BEARS 38, LEOPARDS 35
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 9-11-12-3–35
Jackson 17-7-7-7–38
LEOPARDS: Galentine 6 1-1 16, Mullett 2 3-8 7, Cole 2 1-2 6, Hahn 2 0-0 4, Bast 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 12 5-11 35.
3-Pointers (3): Galentine 3
Team FT: 5-11 45%
POLAR BEARS: Dretke 5 2-2 12, Stran 3 2-3 9, McMullen 2 2-2 7, Diese 2 0-0 6, Hawke 2 0-0 4, Redpath 0 2-4 2. TOTAL 14 8-11 38.
3-Pointers (4): Diese, McMullen, Stran
Team FT: 8-11 73%
Fouls: Louisville 11-10
Records: Louisville 4-7
JV: Jackson 36, Louisville 34, OT
JV Statistics
POLAR BEARS 36, LEOPARDS 34, OT
Team 1-2-3-4-OT–TOTAL
Louisville 8-7-8-11-0–34
Jackson 5-8-17-4-2–36
LEOPARDS: Adelman 4 6-8 14, Loy 6 0-0 12, Joseph 2 1-2 6, Dyer 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 13 7-10 34.
3-Pointers (1): Joseph
Team FT: 7-10 70%
POLAR BEARS: Hofner 5 0-2 12, Chandler 3 0-0 6, Skakun 2 1-2 6, Hartnett 1 0-2 3, Ignahcio 1 0-0 3, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Trammell 1 0-0 2, Umlauf 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 14 1-6 36.
3-Pointers (5): Hofner 2, Hartnett, Ignahcio, Skakun
Team FT: 1-6 16%
Fouls: 14-11 Jackson
Records: Louisville 9-2
