Women's Basketball Travels to No. 12 Notre Dame
January 11, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 11, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville women's basketball team travels to South Bend to face No. 12 Notre Dame on Wednesday, Jan. 12 at 7:00 p.m. in Purcell Pavilion. The Cardinal are coming off their fourth straight win with a 79-68 victory of Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Louisville enters the game with an overall record of 12-5 and a 3-0 BIG EAST record. Junior Monique Reid leads the team in scoring averaging 17.3 points per game. Freshman Shoni Schimmel is second in scoring at 16.4 points per game, while also leading the team in assists with 6.0 per game. Senior Keshia Hines is tops on the glass with 6.5 rebounds per game.
Notre Dame enters the game with an overall record of 13-4 and a BIG EAST record of 2-1. The Fighting Irish are coming off a 79-76 loss to second-ranked Connecticut on Saturday. Junior Natalie Novosel leads the team in scoring averaging 15.1 points per game, while sophomore Skylar Diggins is second with 13.4 per game. Devereaux Peters rounds out the top three scorers averaging 10.7 points and a team leading 6.5 rebounds per game.
Notre Dame leads the overall series 5-4 against the Cardinals.
The game will be broadcast on WKRD and www.UofLSports.com. Jim Kelch will call the action while Paul Sanderford adds the color commentary. Notre Dame will also have a free webcast of the game on their official athletics site, www.und.com.
