Lady Leopards Fall on the Road to Indians 67-47 – Girls Basketball
Northwest 67, Louisville 47
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball team fell on the road to the host Northwest Indians 67-47. With the loss, Louisville heads into the postseason with a record of 12-9.
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McCully Scores 12 to Lead Leopards
Freshman Taylor McCully made a pair of three-pointers and finished with a team high 12 points to lead the Leopards. Sophomore Courtney Barwick also made 3 three-pointers and finished with 11 points for LHS.
Other Louisville top scorers included seniors Olivia Mayle and Taryn Miglich who added 7 each. Junior Lexi Wasara also hit a pair of three-pointers in the first quarter as the Lady Leopards cashed in on 8 three-pointers as a team.
Bottomley Scores Game High 26 for Indians
Senior center Lily Bottomley scored 14 of her game high 26 points in the opening half to lead Northwest. Senior shooting guards Ashley Cudnik and Gwen Lower also dropped in 10 each for the Lady Indians.
Northwest outscored Louisville in each of the first three quarters in building a 55-30 lead. The Indians outscored the Leopards 17-9 in the first quarter, 21-11 in the second quarter, and 17-10 in the third quarter. Louisville outscored Northwest 17-12 in the the fourth quarter to cut the final deficit to 20.
Louisville Falls in 5th Straight Meeting Vs. Northwest
With the loss, the Lady Leopards have now lost to the Lady Indians in five consecutive meetings dating back to the start of their most recent stint in 2019. Louisville stills leads the all-time series 27-23 overall, which includes a 13-12 mark in games played at Northwest.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next next have a bye to start the postseason before either traveling to play at #8 seed Lake or hosting #24 seed Hudson in the DI Northeast 3 Sectional Finals on Thursday, February 16 at 7:00 PM.
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Louisville at Northwest Girls Varsity Statistics
INDIANS 67, LEOPARDS 47
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 9-11-10-17–47
Northwest 17-21-17-12–67
LEOPARDS: McCully 5 0-0 12, Barwick 4 0-0 11, Mayle 2 3-4 7, Miglich 3 0-0 7, Wasara 2 0-0 6, Orin 1 0-0 2, Ramsey 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 18 3-4 47.
3-Pointers (8): Barwick 3, McCully 2, Wasara 2, Miglich
Team FT: 3-4 75%
INDIANS: Bottomley 11 4-7 26, Cudnik 4 0-0 10, Lower 5 0-0 10, Kuhn 3 2-4 8, Stark 4 0-1 8, Lower 1 0-0 3, Okolish 0 2-2 2. TOTAL
3-Pointers: Cudnik 2, Lower
Team FT: 4-7 57%
Fouls: 10-9 Louisville
Records: Louisville 12-9
JV: Louisville 37, Northwest 35
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 37, INDIANS 35
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 14-8-2-13–37
Northwest 10-9-8-8–35
LEOPARDS: Walters 4 4-7 12, Baker 2 4-6 9, Beatty 1 2-5 4, Cline 2 0-4 4, V. Lab 1 1-2 4, Biery 1 0-0 3, Twinem 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 11 12-26 37.
3-Pointers (3): Baker, Biery, V. Lab
Team FT: 12-26 46%
INDIANS: Kaufmann 6 1-2 16, Lower 3 0-0 7, Lyons 2 1-4 5, Greenfield 0 3-4 3, Meggyesy 1 1-5 3, Sparks 0 1-2 1, Donaldson 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 12 7-19 35.
3-Pointers (4): Kaufmann 3, Lower
Team FT: 7-19 37%
Fouls: 20-18 Northwest
Records: Louisville 17-3
