Leopards Mangle Tigers 76-60 in High-Scoring Contest – Girls Basketball
Louisville 76, Massillon 60
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team defeated the visiting Massillon Tigers 76-60 Monday Night at Louisville High School. With the victory, Louisville improves to 3-2 on the season.
Three Lady Leopards reached double digits led by Sherilynn Mullett who scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter. Kelsey Adelman also poured in 18 points and Kendal Loy dropped in 16. Both Paige Cole and Kayla Gibson also added 9 each.
Louisville scored the first eight points of the contest and never trailed at any point. The Leopards led 14-9 at the end of the first, 34-25 by halftime, and increased their lead to double digits at 49-39 at the conclusion of the third quarter. Louisville would go on to outscore Massillon 27-21 in a wild, high-scoring fourth quarter to take the game.
The Tigers (0-4) were led by Duplain who hit 3 three-pointers and finished with a team-high 17. Duely also scored 15 and Berry hit double digits with 10.
The two teams combined for 50 total fouls and 59 free throws in the contest. Both teams were in the double bonus prior to halftime and consequently were in foul trouble throughout. The fouls continued in the second half, but only 1 out of 8 players who accumulated four fouls would go on to foul out of the game. LHS made 23 of 33 (70%) attempts from the charity stripe, while WHS converted 14 of 26 (54%) for the game.
This is the Leopards first home victory over Massillon since a 66-46 victory at Louisville on December 22, 2010. The Leopards have now defeated the Tigers in each of the pat two seasons and now lead the all-time series 15-10 with a 7-3 mark at home against Massillon. The 136 points scored marks the highest scoring game in the series’ history. Ironically this comes just one matchup after the Lady Leopards won at WHS 38-35 a season ago in the lowest scoring regular season game (73 points) in the series’ history.
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UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to face the North Canton Hoover Vikings on Saturday, December 14. JV will begin at 1:00 PM followed by Varsity at 2:30 PM.
Varsity Statistics
LEOPARDS 76, TIGERS 60
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Massillon 9-16-14-21–60
Louisville 14-20-15-27—76
TIGERS: DuPlain 7 0-0 17, Duely 4 6-9 15, Berry 2 6-13 10, Hewitt 3 0-0 7, Perdue 1 2-2 5, Victorio 1 0-0 3, Atkinson 1 0-0 2, Watkins 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 19 14-26 60.
3-Pointers (8): DuPlain 3, Duely 2, Hewitt, Perdue, Victorio
Team FT: 14-26 54%
LEOPARDS: Mullett 8 2-3 19, Adelman 6 6-8 18, Loy 5 5-6 16, Cole 3 2-6 9, Gibson 1 7-8 9, Joseph 2 0-0 4, Ramsey 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 25 23-33 76.
3-Pointers (3): Cole, Loy, Mullett
Team FT: 23-33 70%
Fouls: 28-22 Massillon
Records: Louisville 3-2, Massillon 0-4
JV: Louisville 35, Massillon 24
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 35, TIGERS 24
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Massillon 8-2-9-5–24
Louisville 12-9-6-8—35
TIGERS: Mealy 2 4-8 8, Hewitt 2 0-0 4, Cunningham 1 0-0 3, Burdge 1 0-0 2, Echow 1 0-0 2, Fisk 1 0-0 2, Watkins 1 0-0 2, Hardesty 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 9 5-10 24.
3-Pointers (1): Cunningham
Team FT: 5-10 50%
LEOPARDS: Mayle 5 0-0 10, Gonzalez 4 0-0 9, Miglich 2 4-9 8, Thorne 0 4-6 4, Leghart 0 2-3 2, Ramsey 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 12 10-20 35.
3-Pointers (1): Gonzalez
Team FT: 10-20 50%
Fouls: 16-11 Massillon
Records: Louisville 2-3, Massillon 1-3