Louisville-West Virginia Postgame Notes
February 13, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 13, 2011
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TEAM
- U of L picked up its first-ever win over West Virginia in regular-season play--Louisville's previous two wins over the Mountaineers both came in the BIG EAST Tournament. WVU now leads the overall series 6-3.
- Louisville improves to 4-5 on the season against ranked teams, including 3-2 at the KFC Yum! Center.
- The Cardinal victory denied WVU head coach Mike Carey his 200th win at the school--Carey is 199-112 in 10 years with the Mountaineers.
- Louisville did not commit a turnover in the game until the 13:04 mark of the first half, extending the team's turnover-free streak to 11:56 dating back to the Villanova contest (5:00 without a miscue to end that game). The Cards had 50 turnovers in the 75 minutes prior to that.
- The Cards held the Mountaineers to just 22 first-half points, making WVU the 12th consecutive team to make the trip to Louisville and come away with fewer than 28 points in the first 20 minutes. U of L is allowing its opponents an average of just 22.8 points in the first half at home this season (no team has scored more than 31).
- Louisville's last four opponents at home have combined for just 81 first-half points (20.3 average).
- Louisville hit 3-of-5 (.600) three-point attempts in the first half, but was successful on just 3-of-17 (.176) two-point tries. West Virginia did not fare well in either, shooting 23.1 percent (6-for-26) from the field and 12.5 percent (1-for-8) from three in the opening period.
- The .231 shooting percentage was the lowest for a ranked Louisville opponent in any half since the Sweet 16 of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, when #5/5 Baylor shot just 21.7 percent (5-for-23) in the first half of U of L's 56-39 win.
- WVU's final shooting percentage of .260 (13-for-50) was also the lowest by a ranked opponent since the Baylor matchup. The shooting mark was the lowest for a Cardinal foe in Louisville since Dec. 28, 2008 (.190 by Morehead State).
- The Mountaineers' final shooting mark was the lowest for a Louisville conference opponent since Metro Conference foe South Florida shot 20.3 percent (16-for-79) on Feb. 6, 1993, in a 69-44 Cardinal victory. USF is the only conference opponent Louisville has ever held to a lower percentage (Bulls also shot 25.8 percent on Jan. 16, 1993).
Lowest shooting percentage, Louisville conference opponent
1. .203 (16-for-79) - South Florida (2.6.93)
2. .258 (16-for-62) - South Florida (1.16.93)
3. .260 (13-for-50) - West Virginia (2.13.11)
- Louisville and West Virginia combined for 45 points in the first half, the lowest-scoring half of the season for the Cards.
- The Cardinals have now hit six or more threes in seven straight games, a school-record streak.
- Louisville notched 5+ steals (ending with seven) for the 34th straight game. The Cards last had fewer than five thefts against UConn on Feb. 7 of last season (two).
- The Cards have forced all nine of their ranked opponents this season into at least 18 turnovers. Ranked opponents are averaging 21.9 turnovers per game against Louisville this season.
- Louisville is holding its opponents to an average of 54.4 points per game at home this season.
PLAYER
- Cardinal freshman Shoni Schimmel extended her Louisville freshman-record double-figure scoring streak to 21 games, finishing with 17 points (the previous record was 19, set by Gwen Doyle in 1990-91). The string is the third-longest by a BIG EAST freshman over the past six seasons, trailing only the 31-game streak by Connecticut's Maya Moore in 2007-08 and the 22-game stretch by Georgetown's Sugar Rodgers last year (both career-opening streaks).
Consecutive games scoring in double figures, BIG EAST freshmen (since 2005-06)
1. 31 - Maya Moore, Connecticut - 11.11.07-3.9.08
2. 22 - Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown - 11.14.09-2.2.10
3. 21 - Shoni Schimmel, Louisville - 11.23.10-Present
4. 12 - Bria Hartley, Connecticut - 11.21.10-1.5.11
5. 11 - Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers - 11.12.06-1.2.07
- Schimmel canned three treys in the game to up her season total to 71, the fourth-highest total in Cardinal single-season history and the highest ever for a freshman. She has now hit at least one three in 21 straight games.
Single-season three-point field goals made, Louisville history
1. 98 - Sara Nord (2003-04)
2. 82 - Kristin Mattox (1994-95)
3. 72 - Becky Burke (2009-10)
4. 71 - Shoni Schimmel (2010-11)
5. 70 - Brandie Radde (2007-08)
6. 69 - Jill Morton (1999-00)
7. 68 - Misty Smith (1996-97)
8. 65 - Kristin Mattox (1993-94)
8. 65 - Jill Morton (1998-99)
10. 64 - Sara Nord (2002-03)
- Schimmel's current streak of seven straight games with 3+ three-pointers made is a Louisville record, eclipsing the previous mark of five set by Misty Smith (March 1-Nov. 26, 1997) and Kristin Mattox (Dec. 21, 1993-Jan. 5, 1994). Three or more threes for Schimmel at Syracuse will allow the freshman to tie Taquan Dean for the longest such streak by any Louisville basketball player, male or female (Dean hit three or more threes in eight straight games from Feb. 25-March 28, 2006).
Consecutive games making 3+ threes, Louisville history (women)
1. 7 - Shoni Schimmel - 1.15.11-Present (3-3-6-3-3-3-3)
2. 5 - Misty Smith - 3.1.97-11.26.97 (6-3-3-5-4)
2. 5 - Kristin Mattox - 12.21.93-1.5.94 (3-6-3-4-7)
4. 4 - Sara Nord - 1.26.03-2.7.03 (3-3-3-5)
4. 4 - Marju Sober - 11.20.01-11.27.01 (3-4-3-4)
4. 4 - Jill Morton - 11.29.98-1.8.99 (4-5-4-3)
4. 4 - Kristin Mattox - 1.8.95-1.18.95 (3-4-3-5)
4. 4 - Stacey DeGraffenreid - 1.13.90-1.22.90 (4-3-3-3)
Consecutive games making 3+ threes, Louisville history (men and women)
1. 8 - Taquan Dean - 2.25.06-3.28.06 (5-3-3-3-7-3-5-5)
2. 7 - Shoni Schimmel - 1.15.11-Present (3-3-6-3-3-3-3)
2. 7 - Taquan Dean - 1.25.06-2.18.06 (4-3-5-6-4-4-3)
- Schimmel collected her 11th three-steal game and her 16th multi-steal effort in the win. Her teammate Tia Gibbs picked up her 17th two-steal game of the season.
- Junior Becky Burke connected on two threes in the contest to move into a fifth-place tie in Cardinal history for career three-pointers made, matching the total (157) of Marla Inman Eltrevoog (1994-97).
Most three-pointers 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 - Becky Burke (2008-Present)
5. 157 - Marla Inman Eltrevoog (1994-97)
7. 150 - Brandie Radde (2006-09)
8. 143 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
9. 135 - Tuonisia Turner (1988-92)
10. 132 - Jody Martin (1990-94)
- Burke's 2-for-3 night from long range increases her three-point percentage against ranked opponents over the last two seasons to .446 (41-for-92). This comes after Burke hit at a .278 (10-for-36) clip versus top-25 competition as a freshman.
- Burke hit all four of her free throw attempts in the game to extend her streak of consecutive free throws made to 13 (dating back to Louisville's first game against Cincinnati).
- Freshman Sheronne Vails (two blocks) is now just two blocks from tying the Louisville freshman record of 42, set by Nell Knox in 1989-90. Vails needs just one more stuff to reach the top 10 in Cardinal single-season history (Knox is currently the only freshman on the list). She leads all BIG EAST freshmen in blocks per game (1.6).
Blocks in a season, Louisville history
1. 59 - Yuliya Tokova (2006-07)
2. 56 - Angel McCoughtry (2006-07)
3. 48 - Becky Pope (1979-80)
3. 48 - Audrey Baines (1977-78)
5. 46 - Nell Knox (1992-93)
6. 43 - Chauntise Wright (2007-08)
7. 42 - Angel McCoughtry (2008-09)
7. 42 - Nell Knox (1989-90)
7. 42 - Audrey Baines (1979-80)
10. 41 - Angel McCoughtry (2007-08)
10. 41 - Kristin Mattox (1995-96)
12. 40 - Sheronne Vails (2010-11)
- Freshman Charmaine Tay continued her vastly improved free throw shooting of late, hitting both of her attempts in the game. Since making just a third (six) of the first 18 attempts of her career, Tay has gone 22-for-29 (.759) from the stripe.
- Freshman Antonita Slaughter played six more turnover-free minutes on Sunday, increasing her current streak of consecutive minutes without a turnover to 96. Her last miscue came on Dec. 20 against Nebraska (she has just eight turnovers in 241 minutes for the season).
