Lady Leopards Bested in 2nd Half At Hoover – Girls Basketball
North Canton Hoover 55, Louisville 38
The Louisville Leopard Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the host North Canton Hoover Vikings 55-38 Saturday Afternoon at Hoover High School. With the loss, Louisville falls to an even 3-3 on the year.
Kendal Loy scored a team-high 14 points to lead the Lady Leopards. Paige Cole also scored 8 and Kelsey Adelman tacked on 6 all in the first half.
Louisville trailed 16-12 at the end of the first before outscoring Hoover 15-7 in the second quarter to take a 27-23 advantage into the half. North Canton dominated the rest of the way outscoring LHS 21-8 in the third quarter and 11-3 in the final period.
The Lady Vikings were led by Peyton Davis who poured in a game-high 28 points. Jordan Miller also reached double digits with 10. Kate Haubert and Angela Roshak also added 6 a piece for Hoover.
The Vikings have now won 11 straight meetings against the Leopards including the last 6 played at North Canton. Louisville now trails the all-time series 21-22 and holds an 8-10 mark in games played at Hoover. The Lady Leopards have not won at North Canton since a 51-42 victory on January 11, 1989. This also marks the first time the Lady Vikings have led the all-time series over Louisville since March 2, 1978 when the Lady Leopards evened the series at 3-3 after a 39-36 Perry Sectional Semifinal Tournament win.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to face the Dover Tornadoes on Monday, December 16. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
VIKINGS 55, LEOPARDS 38
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 12-15-8-3–38
Hoover 16-7-21-11–55
LEOPARDS: Loy 6 1-2 14, Cole 2 3-3 8, Adelman 3 0-1 6, Joseph 2 0-0 4, Mullett 1 2-2 4, Gibson 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 15 6-8 38.
3-Pointers (2): Cole, Loy
Team FT: 6-8 75%
VIKINGS: Davis 10 7-8 28, Miller 4 2-2 10, Haubert 3 0-0 6, Roshak 3 0-0 6, Collins 1 0-0 3, Craig 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 22 9-10 55.
3-Pointers (2): Collins, Davis
Team FT: 9-10 90%
Fouls: 13-12 Louisville
Records: Louisville 3-3
