Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 5 Maryland 78, No. 7 Louisville 72
December 1, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (7,816)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville suffered its second loss of the season, falling 78-72 to fifth-ranked Maryland.
After having won the last meeting between the two programs in 2014, Maryland's victory on Thursday gives it a 3-1 series advantage.
With the loss, the Cardinals' record against current members of the Big Ten falls to 28-32.
Louisville returns to action on Sunday, when it faces No. 17/20 Kentucky in the annual Battle of the Bluegrass.

Louisville Team Notes

Louisville outscored Maryland 24-20 in the first quarter and has won the first period in each of its eight games this season.

The Cardinals connected on 52.4 percent of their field goals in the quarter.
With the 24 points, Louisville has scored 20 or more points in the first quarter of all of its games this season.

Louisville beat Maryland 19-16 in the fourth quarter, the second time this year the Cardinals have outscored an opponent in the final period.
The Cardinals totaled 15 assists on the game. Louisville boasts 153 assists in eight games this year, an average of 19.1 per contest.
Louisville dominated the paint, scoring 44 of its 72 points in the area.
The Cardinals maximized the 18 turnovers they caused, converting them into 20 points.
Louisville attempted 79 field goals in the game, the most since logging 83 versus Austin Peay in a 108-53 victory on Dec. 14, 2013.

Louisville Player Notes

Asia Durr scored a game-high 20 points and collected a season-best seven rebounds.

Durr's 20 points marked her seventh contest this season in double figures.
Durr attempted 27 field goals in the game, the eighth most by a player in school history.

Mariya Moore finished with 13 points, one rebound, one assist, three steals and one block.

Moore's one 3-pointer moved her into sole possession of ninth place on the school's all-time list with 151. She needs six more to tie with Marla Inman Eltrevoog (157, 1994-97).

She currently boasts 1,061 career points, moving into sole possession of 24th on the school's careering scoring list. She needs eight more points to pass Devita Ceaser (1,068, 1981-85) for 23rd all-time.

Briahanna Jackson registered nine points, three steals and a team-high eight assists.
Cortnee Walton tallied eight points, a team-high nine rebounds, one assist, and one rebound.

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