Leopards Take Down Falcons at Quicken Loans Arena 66-56 – Boys Basketball

Louisville 66, Austintown Fitch 56

The Louisville Leopards downed the Austintown Fitch Falcons 66-56 Thursday Afternoon at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. With the victory, Louisville improves to 3-1 on the year.

Brandon Wahl scorched the nets with a game-high 26 points and Derek Zeller also poured in 21 to lead the Leopards. Both Wahl and Zeller hit home 4 three-pointers each as Louisville made 10 shots from behind the arch as a team. Cam King also dropped in 9 for LHS.

The Leopards led after every quarter en route to victory. They got the best of the Falcons in a highly offensive first quarter 20-17 and maintained their advantage by the skinniest of margins at the break 33-32. Louisville outscored Fitch 15-12 in the third and 18-12 in the fourth to take the game by double digits.

The Falcons were led by Dylan Beany who scored a team-high 18 points. Randy Smith also scored 9 and Emanuel Dawkins 8 for Austintown.

The  Leopards are now an undefeated 3-0 against the Falcons all-time, winning in each of the last 3 seasons. 

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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Alliance Aviators in their home opener on Friday, December 22. JV will begin at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.

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Varsity Statistics

LEOPARDS 66, FALCONS 56

Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL

Austintown Fitch 17-15-12-12—56

Louisville 20-13-15-18—66

FALCONS: Beany 8 2-3 18, Smith 3 2-2 9, Dawkins 3 1-1 8, Constance 2 2-3 6, Green 1 2-3 4, Simons 1 2-2 4, Baker 1 0-0 3, Gapezzuto 1 0-0 2, Klasic 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 21 11-14 56.

3-Pointers (3): Baker, Dawkins, Smith

Team FT: 11-14 79%

LEOPARDS: Wahl 10 2-3 26, Zeller 7 3-4 21, King 3 2-5 9, Zuppe 1 0-0 3, Gronow 1 0-0 2, Jones 1 0-0 2, Mathie 1 0-0 2, Burick 0 1-4 1. TOTAL 24 8-16 66.

3-Pointers (10): Wahl 4, Zeller 4, King, Zuppe

Team FT: 8-16 50%

Fouls: 16-15 Austintown Fitch

Turnovers: 21-14 Austintown Fitch

Records: Louisville 3-1