Louisville Rally Falls Short at Lake 47-38 – Boys Basketball
Lake 47, Louisville 38
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The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Basketball Team fell to the host Lake Blue Streaks 47-38 Tuesday Night at Lake High School. The loss snaps the Leopards 3-game winning streak as they drop to 11-9 on the year.
Will Aljancic made 3 three-pointers and finished with a team-high 13 points to lead Louisville. Tyler Boldon also scored 8 points and Broc Pickens added 7 for the Leopards.
Blue Streaks Take Early Double Digit Lead
The Blue Steaks led wire to wire. They scored the first five points of the game and took a double digit 14-4 lead less than five minutes into the contest. Junior JJ Vaughan made 3 first quarter three-pointers to help propel Lake to the early lead.
The Blue Streaks would extend their advantage to 17-6 before Louisville answered with a 7-0 run to get within 17-13 early on in the second quarter. However, Lake re-upped their lead to double figures by scoring the final nine points of the half to take a 29-16 lead into the locker room.
A Game of Runs and Momentum
A basket by Pickens put the Leopards on the board first in the second half, but the Blue Streaks countered with a 6-0 run to take their largest lead of the contest at 35-18.
Louisville took timeout and stole momentum back with a 9-0 run. That chopped the Lake advantage to single digits at 35-27. The Blue Streaks answered back with a pair of lay-ins to go back up by double digits at 39-27 after that.
Louisville Rally Falls Short
The Leopards rallied back one last time with an 11-0 run that stretched from the end of the third quarter into the first few minutes of the fourth quarter. That shrunk their disadvantage to 41-38 with 5:12 remaining in the game. Boldon and Aljancic both hit three-pointers as part of the run and Louisville appeared to be on their way to a monumental comeback.
In one final stunning turnaround, the Blue Streaks shutout the Leopards the remainder of the game and scored 6 unanswered points to end the evening.
Vaughan Leads Lake With Game-High 16
Vaughan finished with a game-high 16 to lead Lake. Senior Tyler Stadulis scored 12 of his 13 point in the second half and junior Camden Horning also finished with 9 for the Blue Streaks.
Louisville has now dropped 4 of their last 5 matchups against Lake, which includes the last three played in Uniontown. The Leopards are now 13-22 against the Blue Steaks all-time dating back to 1980, which includes a 5-13 record in games played at Lake.
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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Canton Central Catholic Crusaders on Thursday, February 18. JV will begin at 5:30 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:00 PM.
VARSITY STATISTICS
BLUE STREAKS 47, LEOPARDS 38
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 8-8-12-10—38
Lake 17-12-12-6—47
LEOPARDS: Aljancic 5 0-0 13, Boldon 3 0-0 8, Pickens 3 1-4 7, Nigro 1 4-6 6, Hoffman 1 0-0 2, Noble 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 14 5-10 38.
3-Pointers (5): Aljancic 3, Boldon 2
Team FT: 5-10 50%
BLUE STREAKS: Vaughan 5 3-3 16, Staaulis 6 1-2 13, Horning 3 1-2 8, Collins 2 2-2 6, Evans 1 0-0 2, Woods 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 18 7-9 47.
3-Pointers (4): Vaughan 3, Horning
Team FT: 7-9 78%
Fouls: 15-10 Louisville
Turnovers: 14-14
Records: Louisville 11-9
JV: Lake 59, Louisville 33
JV STATISTICS
BLUE STREAKS 59, LEOPARDS 33
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 6-7-8-12—33
Lake 18-8-16-17—59
LEOPARDS: Eshler 4 0-3 8, Root 3 0-0 8, Rode 2 0-0 5, Vesely 2 0-4 5, Mueller 2 0-2 4, Chambers 1 0-0 2, Gonzalez 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 14 1-11 33.
3-Pointers (4): Root 2, Rode, Vesely
Team FT: 1-11 9%
BLUE STREAKS: Maricocchi 8 1-1 19, Cosenhiser 4 4-4 12, Gardner 3 2-4 8, Herrick 3 0-0 6, Rogers 2 1-1 5, Marshall 1 1-1 3, Barzacchini 1 0-0 2, Smerglia 1 0-0 2, Snyder 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 24 9-12 59.
3-Pointers (2): Maricocchi 2
Team FT: 9-12 75%
Fouls: 13-13
Turnovers: 11-10 Louisville
Records: Lake 7-8, Louisville 8-12
