Louisville-Houston Baptist Postgame Notes
November 17, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 17, 2010
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TEAM
- With the trip into town, the Houston Baptist Huskies became the 175th different opponent in Louisville history and the 54th under head coach Jeff Walz. The Cardinals are now 120-55 (.686) all-time in first meetings against opponents, while Walz is 42-12 (.778) when facing an opponent for the first time as Cardinal head coach.
- Louisville's 66-point win was the third-largest in school history and biggest since the Cards defeated Coastal Carolina 109-29 on Dec. 18, 1996. The team's second-largest victory came on Nov. 29, 1977 (97-25 win at Centre).
- The Cards scored 100 points in a game for the 10th time in school history and first since Nov. 12, 2006, against Memphis (102-64). The school record for points is 109, set in the Coastal Carolina game as well as against Appalachian State (109-61 on Feb. 23, 1991).
- The 34 points for the Huskies were the sixth-fewest by an opponent in Cardinal history and fewest since the Coastal Carolina contest. The six lowest opponent totals in U of L annals:
1. 25 - Centre -11.29.77 (W, 97-25)
2. 27 - Hanover - 2.12.76 (W, 89-27)
3. 29 - Coastal Carolina - 12.18.96 (W, 109-29)
3. 29 - Xavier - 2.24.76 (W, 69-29)
5. 31 - Centre - 2.4.76 (W, 67-31)
6. 34 - Houston Baptist - 11.17.10 (W, 100-34)
- Houston Baptist's eight second-half points were the fewest by any U of L opponent in one half in school history. The previous low was 12 by Coastal Carolina in the first half of the aforementioned game on Dec. 18, 1996.
- U of L's 57 first-half points were the most by a Cardinal squad since Louisville put up 57 on IPFW on Dec. 13, 2002.
- The 57 points were the most for the Cardinals in any half since Louisville dropped 59 on St. John's in the second half on Feb. 20, 2007, in a 91-62 win. U of L led by just one at the break (32-31) in that game before outscoring the Red Storm by 28 in the second half.
- Louisville outscored Houston Baptist 57-26 in the first 20 minutes, the Cardinals' largest spread in any half since U of L held a 50-17 halftime advantage over Georgia Southern on Nov. 26, 2005, en route to an 88-44 triumph. The Cardinals then bested that mark by outscoring the Huskies by 35 in the second half.
- After holding the Huskies scoreless for 7:34 during the first half (26-0 U of L run after Houston Baptist scored the opening bucket), the Cardinals held Houston Baptist without a point for even longer beginning with 1:02 left in the first half, as the Huskies went 8:52 without a point in a 20-0 stretch for Louisville.
- Nine Louisville players combined for 19 steals in the game, the most by a Cardinal club since Nov. 24, 2007, when U of L collected 20 in an 80-53 win at Chattanooga.
- Louisville last had more than 25 assists in a game--Wednesday's total--on Nov. 12, 2006, against Memphis (33 assists; also the last time U of L hit triple digits in points). The Cards' assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.08 (25 assists, 12 turnovers) against Houston Baptist was Louisville's best since Feb. 20, 2007 (20 assists, nine turnovers in 91-62 win over St. John's).
- The Cards last eclipsed Wednesday's rebounding mark (57) on Dec. 28, 2008, against Morehead State (64) and last surpassed their block total (nine) on Jan. 16, 2007, versus USF (12).
- Through three games, Louisville has 26 fast-break points to just four for the opposition. The Cardinals outscored Tennessee 10-2, Ohio 6-0, and Houston Baptist 10-2 on the fast break.
PLAYER
- Freshman center Sheronne Vails set a new school record with seven blocks in the game. The previous record of six was first set over 31 years ago by Becky Pope (Feb. 24, 1979) and then matched by Jackie Spencer on Jan. 19, 1985.
- Sophomore Asia Taylor set a new career high with 10 rebounds and was a point shy of her first career double-double. Her previous career best for boards was eight, coming on Feb. 16 of last season against Marquette.
- Junior Monique Reid started the contest 7-for-7 from the floor, finishing with 16 first-half points.
- Reid tied a career high with four assists--a mark she has now achieved three times--and set a new career mark with four steals.
- After finishing with 18 points and seven rebounds, Reid has now scored 13+ points in 11 straight games and has had five or more boards in 24 of the past 25 contests.
- Since turning the ball over seven times (with no assists) in the first half against Tennessee, freshman Shoni Schimmel has notched 16 assists with just two turnovers. She had five assists and no miscues on Wednesday night.
- The Cardinals had five players in double figures for the first time since Dec. 13, 2009 (88-58 win over IUPUI at Freedom Hall).
- No Louisville opponent has managed more than two points in the first four minutes of a game this season. Louisville led 16-2 at the 16-minute mark on Wednesday after being up 8-2 versus Ohio and 6-2 against Tennessee at the same point.
- Sophomore Tia Gibbs tied a career best with four steals, a mark she also achieved on Dec. 22, 2008, while playing for Vanderbilt. Gibbs' 15 points in that game are still a career high.
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