Massillon Tigers at Louisville Leopards 2020 Boys Basketball Highlights
Louisville 70, Massillon 48
The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Basketball Team earned a convincing 70-48 win over the visiting Massillon Tigers Friday Night at Louisville High School. The Leopards have now won 5 of their last 6 to improve to 6-4 on the year.
Senior Scotty Gronow scored 16 of his game-high 25 points in the first half to lead Louisville to a 28-20 halftime advantage. Senior Allen Staley also scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half as the Leopards scorched the nets in building a 20-point advantage at the end of three quarters. Senior Collin Chambers also added 11 for LHS.
Gronow scored 10 points in the first quarter alone as Louisville took a 14-8 lead out of the gate. The Leopards edged the Tigers 14-12 in the second quarter before erupting for 27 points in the third quarter to build a 55-35 cushion. Louisville would outscore Massillon 15-13 in the final period as well.
The Tigers (7-2) were led by Senior Jaden Stock who scored all of team-high 10 points in the second half. Junior Jayden Ballard also hit 3 three-pointers in finishing with 9 and Junior Luke Sabo also tacked on 9 for Massillon.
Free throws proved to be a stark difference in the contest as the Tigers out-fouled the Leopards 22-12. Louisville converted 15 of 22 (68%) shots from the charity stride while Massillon made just 4 of 8 (50%).
The Leopards have now won 3 of their last 4 meetings against the Tigers in the recent series that rebooted in 2015. This is Louisville’s first win at home over Massillon since a 74-66 victory over the Tigers on February 12, 1982. The school’s never met on the hardwood from 1985-2014. The Leopards still trail the all-time series 7-15 which includes a 3-6 record when playing at LHS.
JV: Massillon 54, Louisville 50
Freshman: Louisville 54, Massillon 45
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to face the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals on Friday, January 17. JV begins at 6:00 PM followed by Varsity at 7:30 PM. The JV will also be in action on Saturday, January 11 hosting James F Rhodes at 2:00 PM. Freshman are scheduled to play at GlenOak on Monday, January 13 at 5:00 PM before hosting Akron Kenmore-Garfield on Thursday, January 16 at 5:30 PM at LES.
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VARSITY STATISTICS
LEOPARDS 70, TIGERS 48
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Massillon 8-12-15-13–48
Louisville 14-14-27-15–70
TIGERS: Stock 4 1-1 10, Ballard 3 0-0 9, Sabo 4 1-1 9, Wilson-Lamp 3 1-1 7, Williams 2 0-2 4, Haynam 1 1-3 3, Autrey 1 0-0 2, Liebler 1 0-0 2, Woullard 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 20 4-8 48.
3-Pointers (4): Ballard 3, Stock
Team FT: 4-8 50%
LEOPARDS: Gronow 8 7-8 25, Staley 5 2-4 13, Chambers 4 3-3 11, Hoffman 1 3-4 6, Pukys 2 0-1 5, Burick 2 0-2 4, Boldon 1 0-0 3, Jones 1 0-0 3. TOTAL 24 15-22 70.
3-Pointers (7): Gronow 2, Boldon, Hoffman, Jones, Pukys, Staley
Team FT: 15-22 68%
Fouls: 22-12 Massillon
Turnovers: 13-13
Records: Louisville 6-4, Massillon 7-2
JV: Massillon 54, Louisville 50
JV STATISTICS
TIGERS 54, LEOPARDS 50
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Massillon 12-9-14-19–54
Louisville 11-6-12-21–50
TIGERS: Autrey 4 4-4 13, Burgi 4 4-5 12, Moore 1 4-4 7, Mannweiler 2 0-0 6, Pierce 3 0-0 6, Thomas 1 3-4 5, Brooks 2 0-0 4, Watkins 0 1-2 1, Miller 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 17 16-21 54.
3-Pointers (4): Mannweiler 2, Autrey, Moore
Team FT: 16-21 76%
LEOPARDS: Boldon 8 1-2 20, Cherry 3 5-8 11, Aljancic 3 0-0 8, Haren 3 0-3 6, Seaman 1 0-2 3, King 1 0-2 2, Roberts 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 19 6-19 50.
3-Pointers (6): Boldon 3, Aljancic 2, Seaman
Team FT: 6-19 32%
Fouls: 19-15 Massillon
Turnovers: 25-20 Louisville
Records: Louisville 8-2
