Lady Leopards Can’t Catch Jaguars on Road 49-39 – Girls Basketball
Saint Joseph Academy 49, Louisville 39
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the host Saint Joseph Academy Jaguars Saturday Afternoon. With the loss, Louisville falls to 3-9 on the season.
Senior Sherilynn Mullet scored 9 of her game-high 13 points in the first half to lead the Lady Leopards. Senior Paige Cole scored in every quarter and finished in double figures with 10. Juniors Kelsey Adelmen and Kendal Loy also added 6 points each for Louisville.
Jaguars Run Erases Leopard Early Lead
Back-to-back three-pointers by Cole and Mullett gave the Lady Leopards a 10-6 lead at the midway point of the first quarter. A layup by Cole a few possessions later then put Louisville up 12-8.
Momentum shifted after that and the Jaguars strung together an 8-0 run over the final 2:40 of the first quarter to take a 16-12 lead. Saint Joseph Academy then doubled up Louisville in the second quarter with the help of a 9-2 run to close the first half that put them ahead 30-19.
Louisville Vs. St. Joseph Academy Varsity Video
Louisville 10-2 Run Answered By St. Joseph
The Leopards opened up the second half on a 10-2 run to cut the Jaguar lead to 32-29, but that’s as close as they would get the rest of the way. Saint Joseph Academy ended the third quarter on a 9-2 run in response to pull ahead again by double digits 41-31.
The two teams played even in the fourth quarter with each scoring 8. The Jaguars prevailed by double figures 49-39 as a result.
Adler and Elbert Lead Jaguars with 10 Each
Saint Joseph Academy (8-7) was led by senior Charlotte Adler and junior Ryan Elbert who both scored a team-high 10 points. Junior Ella Neitzel also finished with 8 to round out the Jaguars top scorer.
Louisville is now 0-2 all-time against Saint Joseph Academy. Their only other meeting took place at Quicken Loans Arena with the Jaguars winning 47-39 back on January 27, 2017.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will host the Dover Tornadoes on Monday, January 25. JV will begin at 5:30 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:00 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
JAGUARS 49, LEOPARDS 39
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 12-7-12-8–39
St. Joseph Academy 16-14-11-8–49
LEOPARDS: Mullett 5 2-2 13, Cole 3 3-6 10, Adelman 2 1-4 6, Loy 2 2-2 6, Dyer 1 0-3 2, Joseph 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 14 8-17 39.
3-Pointers (3): Adelman, Cole, Mullett
Team FT: 8-17 47%
JAGUARS: Adler 4 2-2 10, Elbert 4 0-0 10, Neitzel 3 2-2 8, Haddad 3 0-1 6, Lenahan 2 2-2 6, Roth 2 1-2 5, Chambers 1 0-0 2, Flannery 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 20 7-10 49.
3-Pointers (2): Elbert 2
Team FT: 7-10 70%
Fouls: 15-15
Turnovers: 13-8 Louisville
Records: Louisville 3-9
JV: Saint Joseph Academy 50, Louisville 9
JV Statistics
JAGUARS 50, LEOPARDS 9
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 2-2-5-0—09
St. Joseph 10-17-11-12—50
LEOPARDS: Mayle 2 2-2 6, Weaver 1 0-0 2, Burick 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 3 3-4 9.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 3-4 75%
JAGUARS: Larson 7 0-0 15, White 4 0-5 8, Roth 3 1-2 7, Gambino 2 1-2 5, Shepherd 2 1-2 5, McGowen 2 0-0 4, Flannery 1 0-0 2, Mueller 1 0-2 2, 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 23 3-14 50.
3-Pointers (1): Larson
Team FT: 3-14 21%
Fouls: 12-4 Louisville
Turnovers: 22-10 Louisville
Records: Louisville 4-7
