No. 7 Cardinals Host Missouri State on Tuesday Night
December 02, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 2, 2013
The No. 7 Louisville women will look to bounce back from its first loss of the season on Tuesday night in the KFC Yum! Center at 7:00 p.m. against Missouri State. The game will be carried live on the Cards Radio with Matt Andrews and Adrienne Johnson, carried locally on WKRD 790 AM. The game will also be streamed live on CARDS TV.
After building a 14 point lead in the first half against No. 7 Kentucky, the Cardinals shot poorly in the second half and UK took advantage, rallying to 69-64 win on Sunday in Memorial Coliseum. Shoni Schimmel finished with a game-high 17 points and added seven rebounds and four assists. Sara Hammond finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Schimmel leads four Cardinals averaging double figures with 13.4 points per game. Hammond ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.1 points while leading the team on the boards with 7.4 rebounds per game. Antonita Slaughter ranks third on the team in scoring with 10.7 points per game. Asia Taylor and Antonita Slaughter rank third on the team in scoring with 10.3 points per game. Taylor ranks second on the team in rebounding with 6.7 boards per game.
Missouri State is 1-4 on the season with a home victory over Sun Belt Conference favorite UALR and losses to Arkansas State, IUPUI, Arkansas and Quinnipiac. Last Tuesday, Missouri State led Quinnipiac for the bulk of the game's first 31 minutes before Quinnipiac took over for a 75-65 victory at JQH Arena. Kenzie Williams led the Lady Bears with 15 points and Hannah Wilkerson added 12 on a perfect 4-for-4 from the beyond the arc.
Sophomore guard Kenzie Williams leads the scoring at 17.6 points to go with 4.6 rebounds. Tyonna Snow averages 9.6 points, 4.0 boards and team-bests of 10 assists and eight steals, while sister Bry Snow averages 8.8 points and is the team's leading rebounder at 6.0 per contest. As a team, the Lady Bears average 61.4 points and allow 75.2 while shooting 37.87 percent overall, 31.2 percent on 3-pointers and 62.5 percent from the foul line.
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