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Louisville Invitational Tournament 2024: Manual, Bullitt East, Mercy, Assumption advance

DuPont Manual head coach Ashley Franklin reacts to an official's call during the game against Sacred Heart at the 2023 Seventh Region semifinal Thursday March 2, 2023.
DuPont Manual head coach Ashley Franklin reacts to an official's call during the game against Sacred Heart at the 2023 Seventh Region semifinal Thursday March 2, 2023.

Alana Smith scored 15 points and Electra Lovely-Tolbert added 14 to lead the Manual High School girls basketball team to a 54-49 victory over visiting Pleasure Ridge Park on Monday in the first round of the Republic Bank Louisville Invitational Tournament.

Manual (11-5) built a 47-37 lead after three quarters and held on from there. Lovely-Tolbert hit four 3-pointers, all in the first half.

The Crimsons will play at Central at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the second round of the LIT. Manual won at Central 60-55 on Dec. 8.

Tanyia Weathers scored 15 points to lead PRP (7-9).

PRP               11      14      12      12 - 49

MANUAL      14      19      14       7 - 54

Pleasure Ridge Park (7-9) – Tateonah Crawford 2, Tanyia Weathers 15, Marryah Carr 9, Alyssa Fox 14, Jeannae Bolin 9.

Manual (11-5) – Electra Lovely-Tolbert 14, London Sweeney 7, Kendall Hemmerle 4, Londyn James 6, Brooklyn Davis 2, Alana Smith 15, Morrai Blount 6.

In Monday’s other first-round games:

Bullitt East 70, Male 57

Mollie Johnson hit four 3-pointers and scored 22 points to lead the host Chargers (10-9) over the Bulldogs.

Anna Tinelli added 21 points for Bullitt East, which used a big second quarter to take a 38-22 halftime lead.

Bullitt East will play at Butler at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.

Aubrey Bradshaw led Male with 25 points.

MALE                12       10       19       16 - 57

BULLITT EAST   16       22       13       19 - 70

Male (5-9) – Amiya Civils 8, Justice Johnson 3, Kalani Brock 10, Curstine Ellis 1, Aubrey Bradshaw 25, MaKiya Humphrey 10.

Bullitt East (10-9) – Anna Tinelli 21, Anna Rodgers 15, Jada Hughes 8, Mollie Johnston 22, Lyla Packer 2, Kylie Huber 2.

Mercy 67, Ballard 50

Abby Reitzel hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead the host Jaguars (9-13) over the Bruins (12-7).

Hadley O’Bryan added 10 points for Mercy, which outscored Ballard 22-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away.

Mercy will play at No. 1-ranked Sacred Heart at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in a second-round game.

Kendall Taylor posted 14 points and seven rebounds to lead Ballard.

BALLARD      10       12       17      11 - 50

MERCY          9      15       21     22 - 67

Ballard (12-7) – Danielle Foster 2, Chandler Duncan 11, Ari Rogers 3, Jerena Lyons 2, Kendall Taylor 14, Makayla May 7, Trinity Armour 11.

Mercy (9-13) – Addyson Becker 6, Hadley O’Bryan 10, Carly Shephard 6, Laney O’Connell 4, Caitlin McCauley 3, Abby Reitzel 23, Olivia Pifer 7, Dallas Zulu 2, Peyton Arnold 6.

Assumption 77, North Bullitt 38

Lauren Campisano scored 19 points to lead the host Rockets (14-8) over the Eagles (8-12).

Kyleigh Hall scored 17 points and Taryn Morris pitched in 16 for the Rockets, who led 40-19 at halftime and cruised the rest of the way.

Assumption will play at Christian Academy in a second-round game at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Kylie Downey scored 14 points to lead North Bullitt.

NORTH BULLITT       9       10      7       12 - 38

ASSUMPTION         23      17     26       11 - 77

North Bullitt (8-12) – Taylor Bauer 3, Taylor McKnight 3, Kylie Downey 14, Brynlee Eskridge 5, Nikkiah Campbell 5, Gracey Egnor 4, Addison Soutar 2, Mahijah Fall 2.

Assumption (14-8) – Taryn Morris 16, Geriann Ackermann 8, Zoe Thompson 2, Kyleigh Hall 17, Lauren Campisano 19, Maggie Young 2, Ella Lesshafft 2, Ava Lou Mattingly 2, Taylor Burnett 2, Kennedy Bryan 4, Adalyn Taylor 3.

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Girls LIT 2024: Manual basketball, Bullitt East, Mercy, Assumption win