Lady Leopards Start and Finish Strong in Opener Against the Trailblazers – Girls Basketball
Louisville 60, Cincinnati Trailblazers 39
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team opened up the 2018-19 season with a 60-39 victory over the Cincinnati Trailblazers at the Bulldog Battle II held at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse Friday Afternoon.
Erin Hahn scored 12 of her team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lady Leopards. She also recorded a game-high 4 steals and also had 3 assists. Paige Cole and Kayla Gibson also both scored 14 points, shared the team lead in rebounds with 4 a piece, and each registered 3 assists. Maggie Galentine also dished out a game-leading 4 assists.
Louisville catapulted into the new season by taking a 20-4 advantage after the first quarter. The Trailblazers, a varsity squad of homeschool players from Cincinnati, rallied back to cut the Leopard lead to just 35-33 at the end of three periods. Louisville turned it back on to dominate the fourth quarter outscoring the Trailblazers 25-6 to earn a 21-point victory.
Anne Wheeler led the Trailblazers with game-highs of 18 points and 6 rebounds. Wheeler also rounded out her stat line with 3 assists and 3 steals. Sierra Hall also scored 14 points and recorded 3 rebounds for Cincinnati.
The Leopards out-shot the Trailblazers 52% (25 of 48) to 35% (14 of 40) from the field for the game. Louisville also held a 21-15 advantage on the glass and generated 14 steals on defense.
This was the first ever meeting between the two schools.
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next take on the Akron Buchtel Griffins in the Bulldog Battle II on Saturday, November 23. JV will take on the Griffins at 11:00 AM at the Canton McKinley Main Campus Auxilary Gym and Varsity will take on Akron Buchtel to open up the second day of action at 12:30 PM at the Canton Memorial Fieldhouse.
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Cincinnati Trailblazers Vs. Louisville Leopards Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 60, TRAILBLAZERS 39
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Cincinnati 4-17-12-6–39
Louisville 20-9-6-25–60
Team Stats
Individual Stats
Records: Louisville 1–0
JV: Louisville 52, Cincinnati Trailblazers 29
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 52, TRAILBLAZERS 29
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Cincinnati 7-11-6-5–29
Louisville 14-22-11-5–52
TRAILBLAZERS: Chatfield 1 4-4 6, Henn 3 0-0 6, Peters 2 2-4 6, Moser 1 2-3 4, Hall 1 1-2 3, DeVore 1 0-1 2, Hines 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 10 9-16 29.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 9-16 56%
LEOPARDS: Adelman 5 4-6 14, Ralston 6 0-1 12, Thorne 3 1-2 8, Joseph 3 0-0 6, Dyer 1 2-2 4, Davis 1 0-0 2, Leghart 1 0-1 2, Loy 1 0-2 2, Ramsey 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 22 7-14 52.
3-Pointers (1): Thorne
Team FT: 7-14 50%
Fouls: 13-11 Louisville
Records: Louisville 1-0
