Women’s Basketball’s Durr, Moore, Hines-Allen Earn Preseason Honors
October 16, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Asia Durr was named the College Sports Madness’ preseason freshman of the year.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville women's basketball team begins its season in less than a month, but the Cardinals' student-athletes already are picking up awards.
In one of the first preseason national honors announcements, College Sports Madness has named Louisville guard Asia Durr as its freshman of the year, while selecting sophomores Mariya Moore (second team) and Myisha Hines-Allen (third team) to the all-Atlantic Coast Conference teams.
Durr is the highest-rated recruit to sign at Louisville in school history, earning the No. 1 ranking from Full Court and Prospects Nation. The Douglasville, Ga., native finished her prep career at St. Pius X Catholic with 2,764 points, shooting better than 50 percent from the field, 706 rebounds, 254 assists, 266 steals, and 75 blocks. Durr was named an All-American by four different publications during her senior season and also earned the title Miss Georgia Basketball for the second-consecutive season.
Moore is coming off a summer in which she earned her second-consecutive gold medal with USA Basketball.
The Hercules, Calif., native, who also earned All-America honors at the end of the 2014-15 campaign from the Associated Press and Full Court, started 33 of 34 games in her freshman season. She averaged 13.4 points, the 20th-best mark in the ACC, along with 4.5 rebounds. Moore, who dished out 3.6 assists per game, became just the fourth player in school history to record 100 assists in their freshman campaign.
Hines-Allen, who joined Moore on the Full Court Freshman All-America team last season, played in 34 games last season and averaged 11.8 points and 4.9 rebounds. The Montclair, N.J., native shot 55.8 percent from the field for the season, good enough for fourth in the ACC and 13th nationally, and led the Cardinals in the postseason, with 12.8 points per game.
Louisville opens the year on Nov. 15 at the KFC Yum! Center against 2013 Final Four foe California. Season ticket information is available on GoCards.com.
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