Lady Leopards Fall to Indians at Home 44-38 – Girls Basketball
Northwest 44, Louisville 38
The Louisville Leopards Girls Varsity Basketball Team fell to the visiting Northwest Indians 44-38 Wednesday Night at Louisville High School. The loss snaps the Leopards three-game winning streak as they fall to 9-5 on the season.
Sherilynn Mullett scored a game-high 15 points to lead Louisville. Kayla Gibson also tallied 6 points and finished with a team-leading 6 rebounds. Both Kelsey Adelman and Maddie Dyer added 5 each for the Lady Leps.
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Northwest held a 14-13 edge at the end of the first, but Louisville rallied in the second to take a 23-20 halftime advantage. The Indians would outscore the Leopards 13-10 in the third and 11-5 in the fourth to take the game.
Northwest (12-3) was led by Sophomore Carly Spradling who recorded a double double with 12 points and 12 boards. Junior Jordan Marecek led the Lady Indians in scoring with 14 points and Junior Riley Cudnik also scored 9 points.
Northwest has now defeated Louisville in each of the past two seasons since the series between the two squads resumed. The Indians defeated the Leopards 54-51 in overtime a season ago. Louisville still leads the all-time series 27-20 which includes a 13-10 mark when playing at LHS.
JV: Louisville 47, Northwest 31
UP NEXT: The Lady Leopards will next travel to Canton Central Catholic to take on the Crusaders on Saturday, January 18. JV will begin at Noon with Varsity to follow at 1:30 PM.
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Varsity Statistics
INDIANS 44, LEOPARDS 38
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Northwest 14-6-13-11–44
Louisville 13-10-10-5–38
INDIANS: Marecek 7 0-0 14, Spradling 5 1-3 12, R.Cudnik 4 1-3 9, A.Cudnik 2 1-2 5, Lower 1 0-0 2, Wyman 0 2-2 2, Bottomley 0 0-2 0. Totals 19 5-12 44.
3-Pointers (1): Spradling
Team FT:
LEOPARDS: Mullett 6 2-2 15, Gibson 3 0-0 6, Adelman 2 0-0 5, Dyer 2 0-0 5, Cole 1 0-0 3, Miglich 1 0-0 3, Bast 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 15 3-4 38.
3-Pointers (5): Adelman, Cole, Dyer, Miglich, Mullett
Team FT: 3-4 75%
Fouls: 11-6 Louisville
Rebounds: Northwest 28 (Spradling 12), Louisville 23 (Gibson 6).
Records: Northwest 12-3, Louisville 9-5
