Tallmadge Blue Devils at Louisville Leopards Boys Basketball 2014 Video Highlights
Tallmadge 69, Louisville 68
The Blue Devils only held the lead once the entire game, but it was when it mattered most. Colten Stricker scored on a putback layup with 0.5 seconds remaining to lift Tallmadge past Louisville 69-68. With the loss, the Leopards fall to 7-5 on the season.
Blake Hoover led Louisville with a game-high 26 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Two other Leopards also reached double figures as Jake Pukys dropped in 13 and Bryce Mathie poured in 10. Each had 4 assists as well.
Both teams shot over 50% from the field as they combined for 137 points. Tallmadge won in a defensive struggle last season 36-33. The Leopards eclipsed last year’s winning total in the first half as they took a 37-28 lead into the break.
The Blue Devils improved to 7-4 on the year and were led by Andrew Francesconi with 26 and Stricker with 25. Tallmadge closed the final 36.5 seconds on a 6-0 run and scored the last 5 field goals in the contest. The Blue Devils are now 2-0 against the Leopards all-time.
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the West Branch Warriors on Friday, January 17.
VARSITY STATISTICS
BLUE DEVILS 69, LEOPARDS 68
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Tallmadge 8-20-16-25–69
Louisville 14-23-16-15–68
TALLMADGE BLUE DEVILS STATISTICS
Player Name | 3FGM | 3FGA | FGM | FGA | FTM | FTA | Points | Assts | OReb | DReb | Block | Steal |
Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Francesconi | 0 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Vassolotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ross | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Skeriotis | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Stricker | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cambria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 2 | 13 | 28 | 56 | 11 | 12 | 69 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 8 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Matt Eddins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryce Mathie | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Andy Minster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drew Noble | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Jake Pukys | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Aj Minster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Libertore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brock Haren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Adams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blake Hoover | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
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 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 11 | 19 | 68 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
Fouls: 17-11 Tallmadge
Turnovers: 20-13 Louisville
Records: Louisville 7-5; Tallmadge 7-4
JV: Tallmadge 39, Louisville 37
Tyler Duben scored a game-high 16 points and scored on a putback layup with 0.8 seconds remaining to lift Tallmadge past Louisville 39-27.
The Leopards were led by Jake Mathie with 9, Tyler Adams with 7, and John Lairson with 6. The Leps are now 6-6 on the season.
Tyler Helderman also scored 10 for the Blue Devils and Jordan Skeriotis added 6.
JV STATISTICS
BLUE DEVILS 39, LEOPARDS 37
BLUE DEVILS: Duben 6 4-8 16, Heiderman 3 4-4 10, Skeriotis 3 0-0 6, Filko 1 0-0 3, Landwehr 0 2-2 2, Paul 1 0-0 2. TOTAL 14 10-14 39.
3-Pointers (1): Filko
Team FT: 10-14 71%
LEOPARDS: J. Mathie 2 4-7 9, Adams 3 0-0 7, Lairson 2 2-4 6, Haren 2 1-2 5, Hahn 1 2-3 4, Eddins 1 0-0 3, Hall 1 0-0 2, Shaheen 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 12 10-18 37.
3-Pointers (3): Adams, Eddins, J. Mathie
Team FT: 10-18 56%
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Tallmadge 5-8-15-11–39
Louisville 5-10-11-11–37
Fouls: 18-13 Tallmadge
Turnovers: 13-12 Louisville
Records: Louisville 6-6