Louisville-DePaul Postgame Notes
February 23, 2011 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 23, 2011
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TEAM
- U of L improves to 5-5 against ranked teams on the season, including a 4-2 mark at home. Louisville won its second consecutive home matchup with a top-10 team (AP poll) after also defeating #8/9 Kentucky on Dec. 5.
- DePaul became the 13th consecutive Louisville opponent at home to score 27 points or fewer in the first half--the Cards have never given up more than 31 points in the first 20 minutes at the KFC Yum! Center (Tennessee has had the highest total thus far).
- Louisville's opponents are putting up just 22.6 points per game in the first half at the KFC Yum! Center this season, including 20.2 over the last five games. The Cardinals' last six opponents overall have combined for just 21.0 points in the opening period.
- The 20 points in the first stanza were DePaul's fewest in a half this season, while the Blue Demons' 55 total points were also a season low.
- The Cardinals have held five straight opponents to 55 points or fewer for the first time in school history. U of L foes are averaging 51.6 points per game and shooting 33.8 percent (89-for-263) from the field over that span.
- Louisville is allowing its foes just 54.4 points per game at home this season.
- Louisville's .909 (20-for-22) free throw percentage in the game was its highest since hitting all six tries against Vermont on Nov. 19, 2004. It was the Cards' highest percentage in games with 10 or more attempts since Dec. 22, 2001 (11-for-12 against Wofford).
- The free throw performance was the 15th best in school history in all games, eighth best in games with 10 or more attempts, and fifth best in games with 20 or more tries.
Highest single-game free throw percentage, Louisville history (all games)
1. 1.000 (20-20) - Kentucky - 2.22.00
1. 1.000 (15-15) - Memphis - 1.22.99
1. 1.000 (9-9) - VCU - 11.18.99
1. 1.000 (9-9) - Arkansas - 11.21.98
1. 1.000 (9-9) - South Carolina - 2.8.86
1. 1.000 (6-6) - UAB - 1.7.96
1. 1.000 (5-5) - Eastern Illinois - 12.6.90
1. 1.000 (3-3) - Cincinnati - 1.23.89
1. 1.000 (2-2) - Eastern Kentucky - 1.26.82
10. .950 (19-20) - Memphis - 2.14.97
11. .941 (32-34) - Charlotte - 3.3.00
12. .923 (12-13) - Duke - 3.16.98
12. .923 (12-13) - Memphis - 3.1.96
14. .913 (21-23) - Southern Miss - 3.6.83
15. .909 (20-22) - DePaul - 2.23.11
Highest single-game free throw percentage, Louisville history (minimum 10 attempts)
1. 1.000 (20-20) - Kentucky - 2.22.00
1. 1.000 (15-15) - Memphis - 1.22.99
3. .950 (19-20) - Memphis - 2.14.97
4. .941 (32-34) - Charlotte - 3.3.00
5. .923 (12-13) - Duke - 3.16.98
5. .923 (12-13) - Memphis - 3.1.96
7. .913 (21-23) - Southern Miss - 3.6.83
8. .909 (20-22) - DePaul - 2.23.11
Highest single-game free throw percentage, Louisville history (minimum 20 attempts)
1. 1.000 (20-20) - Kentucky - 2.22.00
2. .950 (19-20) - Memphis - 2.14.97
3. .941 (32-34) - Charlotte - 3.3.00
4. .913 (21-23) - Southern Miss - 3.6.83
5. .909 (20-22) - DePaul - 2.23.11
- Louisville made its first 11 free throws in the game, extending its streak of consecutive free throws made to 13 dating back to the South Florida game.
- The Cards reached the 70.0 percent mark from the free throw line for the sixth consecutive game, the longest streak for U of L since a nine-game stretch from March 2-Dec. 3, 2003. Louisville has hit 79.2 percent (76-of-96) of its tries from the stripe over that span.
- U of L has won 14 consecutive games when making more free throws than its opponent.
- The Cardinals notched 10 steals in the game, their 37th consecutive contest with at least five thefts.
- Louisville has forced all 10 of its ranked foes this season into at least 18 turnovers (DePaul finished with 20). Louisville's top-25 opponents are averaging 21.7 miscues per game in 2010-11.
PLAYER
- Junior Monique Reid hit all eight of her free throws on the evening to extend her streak of consecutive free throws made to 18. Reid moved into sole possession of fifth place on the Louisville career list for free throws attempted, breaking a tie with Jill Morton (349-for-423 from 1996-00).
- Reid scored 20+ points for the ninth time this season and the 24th time in her career. She has now put up 55 points over the last two contests, hitting 21 of her 32 shots from the floor and all 13 of her free throws during that time.
- The 28 points permitted the junior an emphatic entry into the top 10 on Louisville's all-time scoring list. Reid (1,259 points) traded places with Jody Martin (1,240 from 1990-94) for 10th place.
Louisville career scoring leaders
1. 2,779 - Angel McCoughtry (2005-09)
2. 1,899 - Nell Knox (1989-93)
3. 1,805 - Jazz Covington (2003-07)
4. 1,737 - Kristin Mattox (1992-96)
5. 1,645 - Sara Nord (2000-04)
6. 1,577 - Sharon Bellamy (1995-99)
7. 1,443 - Jackie Spencer (1981-85)
8. 1,402 - Jill Morton (1996-00)
9. 1,398 - Janet McNew (1979-83)
10. 1,259 - Monique Reid (2008-Present)
- Reid is the first Cardinal to hit 10 or more shots from the floor in consecutive games since Angel McCoughtry did so in the 2009 BIG EAST Championship (10-for-26 against Rutgers in the quarterfinals and 13-for-19 versus Pittsburgh the next day).
- Freshman Shoni Schimmel extended her streak of consecutive games with at least one three to 24 on Wednesday, the fifth-longest stretch in Cardinal history. Only current junior Becky Burke, Sara Nord, and Kristin Mattox have put together longer streaks, with Nord currently holding the school record (36).
Consecutive games making at least one three, Louisville history
1. 36 - Sara Nord (2.8.02-3.6.03)
2. 26 - Kristin Mattox (1.30.93-1.9.94)
3. 25 - Becky Burke (11.22.09-2.24.10)
3. 25 - Sara Nord (11.24.03-3.5.04)
5. 24 - Shoni Schimmel (11.23.10-Present)
6. 22 - Kristin Mattox (2.25.94-1.26.95)
- The 24-game streak is already a U of L freshman record for Schimmel, who has hit three or more trifectas in nine of the past 10 games.
- Schimmel set a new career mark with nine rebounds in the contest, besting her previous high of six.
- With a second-half block of a Felicia Chester layup attempt, Sheronne Vails tied the Louisville freshman blocks record of 42, set by Nell Knox 21 seasons ago. Vails also collected six rebounds in the contest (in just 13 minutes), the second-highest total of her career and her highest total in BIG EAST play.
- Vails is now in a seventh-place tie with Audrey Baines (1979-80), Knox, and Angel McCoughtry (2008-09) on the Cardinal single-season blocks list.
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 - Sheronne Vails (2010-11)
7. 42 - Angel McCoughtry (2008-09)
7. 42 - Nell Knox (1989-90)
7. 42 - Audrey Baines (1979-80)
- Junior Becky Burke made two of her four three-point tries on the evening, upping her three-point percentage against ranked opponents over the last two seasons to .448 (43-for-96).
- Burke also extended a free-throw streak in the game, hitting all four of her tries in the game to lengthen her current streak to 17 consecutive makes.
- Sophomore Shelby Harper picked up her first career block against the Blue Demons, stuffing DePaul guard Sam Quigley on a layup try in the first half.
- Rookie guard Antonita Slaughter continued her red-hot shooting from three, hitting her lone attempt from beyond the arc in the game. She has now hit 12 of her last 20 (.600) from deep and 26-of-54 (.481) over the last 22 games.
- At the 8:27 mark of the first half, Slaughter committed a turnover for the first time in 106 minutes of action. Her last turnover had come against Nebraska over two months prior (Dec. 20).
- Sophomore Tia Gibbs recorded her seventh consecutive multi-steal game on Wednesday, finishing with two. The streak is the longest by a Cardinal since McCoughtry notched 2+ steals in 22 straight outings from Dec. 30, 2008-March 24, 2009.
- With two more steals from Gibbs and eight more from Schimmel, the two will become the first Cardinal tandem to each record more than 70 steals in the same season. Earlier this year, they became just the fourth different Louisville duo to both collect 60+ steals in the same season.
Cardinal tandems with 60+ steals in same season
2010-11 - Tia Gibbs (69), Shoni Schimmel (63)
2008-09 - Angel McCoughtry (164), Candyce Bingham (63)
1991-92 - Gwen Doyle (98), Tuonisia Turner (67)
1990-91 - Gwen Doyle (108), Tuonisia Turner (70)
1983-84 - Stephanie Edwards (89), Jackie Spencer (68)
