Louisville Rallies for Win at West Branch
Louisville 56, West Branch 49
The Louisville Leopards rallied from a fourth quarter deficit to defeat the host West Branch Warriors 56-49 Saturday Evening. With the victory, Louisville is now 11-6 overall and 8-3 in NBC Play.
Blake Hoover and Bryce Mathie each led the Leopards with 12 points, while Jake Pukys also added 11. Hoover also brought down a game-high 11 rebounds and Joe Crank provided 3 assists.
Louisville overcame second quarter in which West Branch outscored them 17-4. They outscored the Warriors 37-22 in the second half to win the contest.
West Branch was led by Kip DeShields who scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. Jerian Thomas also added 10 points and dished out 4 assists. The Warriors are now 3-12 overall and 1-9 in conference play.
With the victory, Louisville has now won the last three meetings in the series and 10 of the last 12 overall. The Leopards lead the all-time series 49-24.
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Carrollton Warriors on Tuesday, February 4.
VARSITY STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 56, WARRIORS 49
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 15-4-14-23–56
West Branch 10-17-10-12–49
LOUISVILLE LEOPARDS STATISTICS
Player Name | 3FGM | 3FGA | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | Points | Assts | OReb | DReb | Block | Steal |
Austin Shaheen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Crank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Matt Eddins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryce Mathie | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Andy Minster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Drew Noble | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Jake Pukys | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Aj Minster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Libertore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Brock Haren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Adams | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blake Hoover | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Jake Mathie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Lairson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 5 | 15 | 17 | 44 | 17 | 21 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 6 |
WEST BRANCH WARRIORS STATISTICS
Player Name | 3FGM | 3FGA | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | Points | Assts | OReb | DReb | Block | Steal |
Greenwalt | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ziegler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Meiter | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Thomas | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Evanoff | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Heffinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Deshields | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Grammer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gorby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 21 | 18 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
Fouls: 21-11 West Branch
Turnovers: 16-13 West Branch
Records: Louisville 11-6, 8-3
JV: West Branch 50, Louisville 49
LEOPARDS: Eddins 3 2-2 11, Hall 4 0-0 8, J. Mathie 2 2-5 7, Adams 3 0-0 6, Lairson 1 2-2 4, Hahn 0 3-4 3, Heater 1 1-4 3, Shaheen 0 3-4 3, Bast 0 2-2 2, Haren 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 15 15-23 49.
3-Pointers (4): Eddins (3), J. Mathie
Team FT: 15-23 65%
WARRIORS: Lavt 6 0-0 18, Tuel 3 0-0 8, Hoffinger 1 5-6 7, Utley 1 2-2 5, Ingledue 1 2-2 4, Butcher 1 1-1 3, Smith 0 3-4 3, Menley 1 0-1 2. TOTAL 14 13-16 50.
3-Pointers (9): Lavt (6), Tuel (2), Utley
Team FT: 13-16 81%
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 6-12-18-13–49
West Branch 9-10-17-14–50
Fouls: 17-15 West Branch