Louisville-Belmont Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 5 Louisville 73, Belmont 50
November 13, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (8,347)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville improved to 3-0 all-time against Belmont.
The Cardinals improved to 80-25 all-time against current members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Louisville improved its all-time record to 447-129 and 88-12 at the KFC Yum Center.
The Cardinals improved their home opener record to 35-7, their home-opener record at the KFC Yum Center to 5-2, and their home-opener under head coach Jeff Walz to 8-2.
Louisville returns to action on Wednesday, when it faces 2016 NCAA Tournament participant Middle Tennessee in the Blue Raiders' home opener.

Louisville Team Notes

With the victory against Belmont, the Cardinals have won 27 of their last 31, dating back to last season.
After surpassing the 70-point mark for the second game in a row, the Cardinals boast a 156-15 record (.912) when reaching the plateau under Walz. The Cardinals were 14-1 when scoring at least 70 points last year.

Under Walz, the Cardinals have scored over 70 points in their first two games three times.

Louisville limited Belmont to 50 points in the contest, marking the fourth time an opponent has registered the same total in the last nine games.
Women's basketball moved to a four-quarter format last year. In tracking the Cardinals' defensive performances, the team held opponents to single-digit points 27 times since last year. Louisville added to that sum on Sunday, holding the Bruins to nine points in the second period.
Louisville forced 23 turnovers and generated 19 points off the change in possessions.
Louisville connected on 31 field goals, the second-straight game with at least 30 field goals made.
The Cardinals dished out 21 assists, eclipsing the 20 assist mark for the second-straight game.
Louisville registered 10 steals, with two players totaling at least two.
The Cardinals scored 34 points in the paint in the victory.
Louisville stifled Belmont to just 31.7 percent (20 of 63) from the floor, the lowest field goal mark by an opponent since Georgia Tech hit 31.1 percent on March 4, 2016.

Belmont's 16.0 percent clip from 3 is the lowest by an opponent since Clemson went 0-for-9 from long range on Jan. 28, 2016.

Louisville Individual Notes

Freshman Ciera Johnson led the team in scoring in just her second game of her college career with a season-high 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and 6-of-9 from the charity stripe.
Asia Durr also finished the game with 18, while connecting on four of eight from the 3-point line. She also finished with two steals.
Mariya Moore finished with 13 points, five rebounds, and six assists in 24 minutes.
Myisha Hines-Allen finished with four points and eight rebounds. She now needs one point to reach the 1,000-point plateau in her career.

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