Louisville-Pittsburgh Postgame Notes
January 09, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2011
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TEAM
- Louisville improves to 6-2 all-time against Pittsburgh, including 3-0 at home.
- The Cardinals improve to 3-0 in league play for the second time since joining the BIG EAST (the 2008-09 Final Four squad started 6-0 in the conference) and the sixth time in school history. The longest winning streaks to begin the conference season in Louisville history:
Longest winning streaks to begin conference play, Louisville history
1. 7 - 1996-97 (Conference USA)
2. 6 - 2008-09 (BIG EAST)
3. 4 - 1991-92 (Metro Conference)
4. 3 - 2010-11 (BIG EAST)
4. 3 - 2001-02 (Conference USA)
4. 3 - 1983-84 (Metro Conference)
- Louisville opens the conference season with three straight double-digit victories for the first time in school history.
- With the win, U of L extends its home winning streak to eight games.
- Louisville's 79 points tie for the most by either team in the series (U of L also scored 79 in last year's BIG EAST Tournament victory).
- The Cardinals have now shot 40.0 percent or better from the floor (50.0 percent for the contest) in 11 straight games, the first time they have done that since shooting 40.0 percent or higher in 12 consecutive outings from Dec. 3, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005.
- Pittsburgh finished with 24 turnovers in the game, giving Louisville's foes 99 turnovers (24.8 per game) over the last four ballgames. Each opponent has had at least 23, marking the first time the Cards have forced four straight opponents into 23+ turnovers since Dec. 4-28, 2008 (six straight).
- Pitt's 15 turnovers in the first half were its most in any stanza since committing 17 in the first half of a 57-47 win over Mount St. Mary's on Dec. 31, 2009.
- With 26 first half points, the Panthers became the fourth consecutive Cardinal opponent to score 27 points or fewer in the first half. U of L is allowing its opposition an average of just 26.4 first-half points this year.
- Over those four games, Louisville's opponents have registered 66 turnovers in the first half (16.5 per game) compared to just 21 assists.
- The Panthers entered the game having shot 64.0 percent (16-for-25) from three over the last two contests, yet Pitt finished the game just 7-for-24 (.292) from long range.
- Louisville failed to hit at least 32.0 percent of its threes (finished 5-for-19) for the first time in seven games. The six-game streak with at least a .320 three-point percentage was the longest streak for a Louisville squad since the 1998-99 season (32.0 percent or better in seven straight from Dec. 20-Jan. 14).
- The Cardinals were 2-of-16 from deep before Shoni Schimmel, Antonita Slaughter, and Slaughter again hit three straight to turn a three-point deficit into a one-point lead (which Louisville would never give up).
- Louisville outscored Pittsburgh 10-4 on the fast break and has now outscored its opponents 85-24 in fast-break points at home this season.
PLAYER
- With 29 points on the afternoon, junior Monique Reid passed Devita Caesar (1,068 points from 1981-85), Misty Smith (1,085 from 1994-98), and Valerie Owens (1,085 from 1976-80) for 16th place on the Louisville all-time scoring list. Reid has put up 1,095 points in her 85-game career thus far. Next up for Reid is Kelly Rose, who scored 1,101 points in 123 games from 1989-93.
- Reid is averaging 22.6 points and 7.4 rebounds over her last five outings. She also has 10 steals during that stretch.
- The 29 points were a season best for a Louisville player and the highest output for a Cardinal since Reid scored 32 against the Panthers last season (March 5). It was Reid's 21st career 20-point output and her 26th straight game in double-figures.
- Reid found nylon with her first four shots from the field on Sunday, giving her a streak of seven consecutive shots made dating back to the St. John's game.
- Over her last three games against Pittsburgh, Reid has put up 81 points (27.0 per game) while shooting 59.6 percent (28-for-47) from the floor and 89.3 percent (25-for-28) from the line. She has scored 61 points in the past two.
- Reid's 11 made free throws (12 attempts) pushed her past Nell Knox (1989-93) and into fifth place in Louisville history for converted free throws. The junior is now 295-for-386 (.764) from the line in her career.
Free throws made, Louisville history
1. 552 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
2. 401 - Sharon Bellamy (1995-99)
3. 349 - Jazz Covington (2003-07)
3. 349 - Jill Morton (1996-00)
5. 295 - Monique Reid (2008-Present)
6. 293 - Nell Knox (1989-93)
- Senior Keshia Hines appeared in her 120th career game on Sunday afternoon, tying her for ninth on the Louisville career list for games played. Should Hines play in each of Louisville's remaining contests, she will finish her career no lower than second on the list, which is topped by Angel McCoughtry (139 games from 2005-09).
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 - Kelly Rose (1989-93)
5. 122 - Jaime Ludwig (1994-98)
5. 122 - Renee Huntsinger (1989-93)
7. 121 - Patrika Barlow (2004-08)
7. 121 - Misty Smith (1994-98)
9. 120 - Keshia Hines (2007-Present)
9. 120 - Katie Olson (2003-07)
9. 120 - Jenny Knight (1996-00)
9. 120 - Tuonisia Turner (1988-92)
9. 120 - Angie Johnson (1987-91)
- Hines (10 points, seven rebounds) is averaging 12.0 points and 7.3 rebounds over her last four games versus Pitt.
- After blocking just seven shots in the first 44 games of her career, sophomore Tia Gibbs now has three blocks in her last two contests. She set a career high with two blocks against St. John's and then swatted away a Taneisha Harrison three-point try on Sunday.
- Gibbs also notched her fourth straight multi-steal game (3.3 per game over that stretch), finishing with three. She now has 13 games this season (19 in her career) with at least two steals and nine with at least three.
- Gibbs now has at least one steal in 15 of the last 16 games.
- Freshman Antonita Slaughter collected four rebounds in the first half, surpassing her total from her previous four games combined (she ended the game with five). She also blocked her first career shot in the game.
- Slaughter's 2-for-2 day from three-point range ups her shooting percentage from behind the arc to .475 (19-for-40) over her last 14 games. She has hit seven of her past 12 (.583) from long range.
- Junior Becky Burke's lone made three of the afternoon tied her with of All-American Angel McCoughtry (2005-09) for seventh place on Louisville's all-time list for three-pointers made. Burke needs seven more threes to tie Brandie Radde (2006-09) for sixth.
Three-point field goals made, Louisville history
1. 271 - Kristin Mattox (1992-96)
2. 260 - Sara Nord (2000-04)
3. 201 - Jill Morton (1996-00)
4. 181 - Misty Smith (1994-98)
5. 157 - Marla Inman Eltrevoog (1994-97)
6. 150 - Brandie Radde (2005-09)
7. 143 - Becky Burke (2008-Present)
7. 143 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
9. 135 - Tuonisia Turner (1988-92)
10. 132 - Jody Martin (1990-94)
- Freshman Shoni Schimmel's seven assists in the game give her 30 in the last three contests, the highest three-game total for a Louisville player since Sara Nord had 35 in a trio of games from Dec. 22-29, 2001 (13 against Wofford, 11 versus Miami, Ohio, and 12 against Coastal Carolina).
- Schimmel did finish with nine turnovers, tied for the most by any Louisville player over the past 11 seasons.
- Schimmel made two three-pointers to extend her streak of consecutive games with a three to 13. She has gone without a trey just once in a career (0-for-2 against Southeast Missouri State on Nov. 19).
