Louisville-Cincinnati Postgame Notes
January 22, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2011
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TEAM
- Louisville improves to 37-24 all-time against Cincinnati (including 20-6 at home), beating the Bearcats twice in one season for the third time in four years. The Cardinals have won eight of the last nine in the series.
- Cardinal head coach Jeff Walz improves to 7-1 all-time versus UC, losing only in the second matchup last season (74-68 in overtime on Feb. 2).
- Cincinnati is Louisville's most common opponent all-time (now 61 meetings) and most common victim (37 wins).
- U of L's point total of 83 was the largest for the Cards in the series since March 1, 1997, when they defeated Cincinnati 84-67 in the Conference USA Tournament in Chicago.
- The 36-point win was the second-largest for either team in the 61-game history of the series, behind only Louisville's 44-point margin on Feb. 18, 1991 (90-46).
- Louisville extends its home winning streak to nine games with the victory.
- Cincinnati (18 turnovers) became the 28th consecutive Louisville opponent to turn the ball over at least 14 times. The last Cardinal foe to record fewer than 14 turnovers was St. John's (11) on Feb. 10, 2010.
- U of L's six conference opponents this season have combined for 133 turnovers, or 22.2 per game. That per-game average is tied for tops in the BIG EAST with Notre Dame.
- On the flipside, Louisville committed just nine turnovers in the game, its fewest since recording just eight in a win at UC on Feb. 14, 2009.
- After a 7-0 advantage in fast-break points against Cincinnati, Louisville has now outscored its foes 92-24 on the fast break at home this season.
- Louisville put together two long runs (13-0 and 18-0) against the Bearcats--both in the first half--giving U of L 17 runs of 13 or more unanswered points this season, including four versus Cincinnati.
Top Louisville runs in 2010-11
26-0 (covering 7:34) - Houston Baptist
21-0 (8:00) - Ohio
20-0 (8:52) - Houston Baptist
19-0 (8:03) - Mississippi Valley State
18-0 (9:49) - Cincinnati (1.22)
16-0 (4:27) - IPFW
16-0 (5:12) - Southeast Missouri State
16-0 (6:24) - Houston Baptist
15-0 (6:36) - Mississippi Valley State
15-0 (5:26) - UT Martin
14-0 (6:55) - Ohio
13-0 (4:24) - Cincinnati (1.22)
13-0 (7:06) - Cincinnati (12.15)
13-0 (4:48) - Cincinnati (12.15)
13-0 (6:26) - Dayton
13-0 (5:01) - Southeast Missouri State
12-0 (5:53) - #8/9 Kentucky
- The two runs in Saturday's game came back-to-back, as U of L outscored UC 31-2 over a span of 14:13 to break a 6-all tie and race out to a 37-8 lead.
- The second of the two runs kept the Bearcats scoreless for 9:49, the longest scoreless drought for a Louisville opponent this season.
- The 13 first-half points for Cincinnati tied for the third-fewest by any Cardinal opponent in any half in school history. The only lower-scoring halves by Louisville opponents came earlier this season (eight for Houston Baptist in the second half on Nov. 17) and in 1996-97 (12 in the first half by Coastal Carolina on Dec. 18).
Fewest opponent points in a half, Louisville history
1. 8 - Houston Baptist - 11.17.10 (43-8, 2nd)
2. 12 - Coastal Carolina - 12.18.96 (56-12, 1st)
3. 13 - Cincinnati - 1.22.11 (39-13, 1st)
3. 13 - Multiple others
- The 13 points were the fewest by a conference opponent in a half in Cardinal history.
- The Cardinals have held their opponents to an average of just 22.9 first-half points at home this season (and 53.9 overall).
- Cincinnati's first-half shooting percentage of .148 (4-for-27) was the lowest for any Cardinal opponent in the last 13 seasons.
- Louisville's 26-point halftime cushion (39-13) was its largest over a league foe since leading by 27 (44-17) at the break against the Bearcats on Feb. 9, 1997, in an 85-59 win.
- Louisville hit 10+ threes (finishing with 10) for the sixth time this season, already the highest total for a Cardinal squad since 1993-94.
Most games with 10+ threes, since 1993-94
1. 6 - 2010-11
2. 5 - 2003-04
2. 5 - 1999-00
2. 5 - 1996-97
- The Cards allowed just the 47 points after giving up 74.8 per contest over their previous four games.
- Louisville fell shy of the 10-steal mark (nine) for the first time in seven games. The six-game streak of 10+ steals was the second-longest for Louisville in the last 14 seasons, behind only the seven-game streak from March 23-Nov. 25, 2008.
PLAYER
- Senior Keshia Hines played in her 123rd career game with the Cards on Saturday, putting her in a tie for fourth on the Louisville career list for games played. Three more appearances for Hines will put her alone in second place.
Career games played, Louisville history
1. 139 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
2. 125 - Jazz Covington (2003-07)
3. 124 - Nell Knox (1989-93)
4. 123 - Keshia Hines (2007-Present)
4. 123 - Kelly Rose (1989-93)
- Hines' lone blocked shot of the afternoon tied her for ninth on the Louisville all-time list. Four more stuffs will tie her with Devita Ceaser (1981-85) for eighth place.
Career blocks, Louisville history
1. 162 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
2. 144 - Audrey Baines (1976-80)
3. 131 - Nell Knox (1989-93)
4. 120 - Becky Pope (1976-80)
5. 119 - Kristin Mattox (1992-96)
6. 113 - Yuliya Tokova (2004-07)
7. 103 - Janet McNew (1979-83)
8. 98 - Devita Ceaser (1981-85)
9. 94 - Keshia Hines (2007-Present)
9. 94 - Kendria Braxton (1994-98)
- Hines also recently entered the top 10 in Cardinal history in rebounds, passing Audrey Baines (657) for 10th place. Hines (662 rebounds) is eight away from tying Kristin Mattox for ninth.
Career rebounds, Louisville history
1. 1261 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
2. 942 - Jazz Covington (2003-07)
3. 851 - Sharon Bellamy (1995-99)
4. 775 - Janet McNew (1979-83)
5. 774 - Kelly Rose (1989-93)
6. 767 - Nell Knox (1989-93)
7. 732 - Devita Ceaser (1981-85)
8. 697 - Valerie Owens (1976-80)
9. 670 - Kristin Mattox (1992-96)
10. 662 - Keshia Hines (2007-Present)
- Freshman Antonita Slaughter went 3-for-5 from long range against Cincinnati, tying her career high for threes made (a mark she has now reached four times). Since starting her career 0-for-5 from distance, Slaughter has gone 23-for-48 (.479) from three. She has been red hot of late, hitting on nine of her last 14 attempts (.643) over her past five games.
- Freshman Charmaine Tay set a new career best with two blocks in the contest (she had one block in 264 career minutes entering the game).
- Sophomore Tia Gibbs recorded a steal for the 18th time in the past 19 games.
- Freshman Sheronne Vails' two-block game was the 10th multi-block outing of her young career. She now has 35 blocks for the season, seven shy of the Louisville freshman record (42) set by Nell Knox in 1989-90.
- Freshman Polly Harrington dished out her first career assists in the contests, notching three without a turnover. She also scored four points on 2-of-3 shooting and collected a pair of rebounds.
- Harrington, Gibbs, freshman Shoni Schimmel, and junior Monique Reid combined for 13 assists and no turnovers in the contest. The quartet finished with 35 points on 14-of-24 (.583) shooting.
- Schimmel canned at least one three for the 16th consecutive game, ending 3-for-5 from behind the arc.
