Leopards Bounce Back, Rout Rough Riders 64-30 – Boys Basketball
Louisville 64, Kent Roosevelt 30
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The Louisville Leopards upended the Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders 64-30 at the Jimmy Gooden Classic Saturday Night at Akron Springfield High School. With the victory, Louisville improves to 2-1 on the season.
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Gross Leads Leopards With 19
Junior forward Brayden Gross scored 12 of his game high 19 points in the opening half to lead the Leopards. Gross was named the Player of the Game for Louisville by Head Coach Tom Siegfried and received recognition after the contest by the Jimmy Gooden Classic.
Senior guard Hayden Nigro also scored 12 points in the first half and finished with 18. He cashed in on a pair of three-pointers in the opening stanza that saw the Leopards build a 17-3 lead out of the gate.
Other top scorers for Louisville included junior guard Beau Siegfried with 11 and junior forward Austin Wade with 8. Wade also made 2 three-pointers in the opening half as the Leopards pulled ahead 46-15 at halftime.
Louisville led 22-12 at the end of the first before out-scoring Kent Roosevelt 24-3 in the second quarter. The Leopards continued to add to their advantage in the third quarter and built their lead to as many as 38 in the third quarter that invoked a running clock in the process. The Leopards cruised to victory after that.
Dennison Leads Rough Riders
Junior Jaden Dennison scored a team high 6 points to lead the Rough Riders. Seniors Tyrel Ellington, Anthony Helton, and Grant Leslie also added 5 points each for Kent Roosevelt.
The Rough Riders fall to 1-2 on the season with the loss.
1st Meeting with Kent Roosevelt Since 1952
This is the first time that Louisville and Kent Roosevelt have met on the hardwood since January 19, 1952. The Leopards won that game 82-53 and have now taken the last 4 games in the series overall. The 72 season gap is unconfirmed, but more than likely a record for any Louisville regular season opponent. Louisville recently played Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in the 2022 tournament after not playing them since the 1934 tournament, an 88 year gap.
The Leopards now lead the known all-time series 4-3 overall dating back to the 1936 season. That was the only season in which Louisville and Kent Roosevelt played twice.
UP NEXT:The Leopards will next travel to take on the Alliance Aviators on Tuesday, December 12. JV will begin at 5:30 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:00 PM from Harry Fails Gymnasium.
Game Broadcast Courtesy of Straggat Media Network
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Louisville Vs. Kent Roosevelt Boys Varsity Basketball Statistics
LEOPARDS 64, ROUGH RIDERS 30
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Kent Roosevelt 12-3-8-7–30
Louisville 22-24-12-6–64
Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders Boys Varsity Box Score
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTA | FTM | Points |
| Jaden Dennison | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Tyrel Ellington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Anthony Helton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Grant Leslie | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ryan Slocum | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jack Smith | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| #20 T. Ellington* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 30 |
*#20 is not on any roster and “T. Ellington” was all that was in the scorebook.
Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Box Score
| Player | 2PT | 3PT | FG | FTA | FTM | Points |
| Brayden Gross | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| Hayden Nigro | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| Beau Siegfried | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Austin Wade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ashton Marshall | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cohen Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Avery Andrejcik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Caleb Mayle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 16 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 64 |
Fouls: 14-13 Kent Roosevelt
Records: Louisville 2-1, Kent Roosevelt 1-2
