Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 68, Western Kentucky 61
December 11, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (9,168)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville won its eighth game of the season, beating Western Kentucky.
Louisville's victory improves its series record to 16-20 against Western Kentucky.
With the win, the Cardinals' record against current members of the Conference USA improves to 84-61.
Louisville returns to action on Wednesday against South Dakota State in the KFC Yum! Center.

Louisville Team Notes

With the win, Louisville improves its home record to 6-1 this season.
The Cardinals totaled 22 assists on the game. Louisville boasts 194 assists in 10 games this year, an average of 19.4 per contest.

This is the most assists in a game since Louisville had 24 against Bowling Green on Nov. 19.

Louisville dominated the paint, scoring 28 of its 68 points in the area.
The Cardinals maximized the 15 turnovers they caused, converting them into 18 points.
Louisville pulled down 41 rebounds, and it now has 89 rebounds in the past two games.

The Cardinals have snagged 16 offensive rebounds, which makes this the third-straight game Louisville has had 15 or more than offensive rebounds.

Louisville's bench contributed 17 points, all of them coming in the first half.
The Cardinals held Western Kentucky off the offensive glass, holding the Hilltoppers to only eight offensive rebounds and 10 second chance points.
Louisville hit a season-high 10 3-point shots. This is the most in a game since it made 12 against NC State on Jan. 17, 2016.
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 25 times last year. Louisville added to that sum on Sunday, holding the Toppers to nine points in the fourth period.

The Cardinals have held six of their 10 opponents this season to single digit points in at least one period.

Louisville Player Notes

Sydney Zambrotta scored a season-high 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the arc. The five field goals made and six field goals attempted are also season highs.

Myisha Hines-Allen scored a game-tying high 16 points, while also collecting 11 rebounds, two assists, and one block.

Hines-Allen's 16 points gave her 1,103 in her career, which moved her into sole possession of 20th place on the all-time scoring list, passing Kelly Rose (1989-93, 1,101). Hines-Allen needs just two points to move her into sole possession of 19th place (Gwen Doyle, 1,104, 1990-1992), and five points to move her into sole possession of 18th place (Marla Inman Eltrevoog, 1,107, 1994-97) on the all-time scoring list.

Asia Durr scored a game-tying high 16 points, while totaling three rebounds, one assist, and one block in the win.

Durr went 4-for-7 from behind the arc, giving her 39 in 10 games this season. She now has six games this season with at least four treys.

Mariya Moore recorded seven points, eight assists, nine rebounds, and two steals in the victory.

Moore's seven points gave her 1,050 in her career, which moved her into sole possession of 24th place on the all-time scoring list (Tuonisia Turner, 1,048, 1988-92).

Briahanna Jackson recorded a career-high 10 assists versus the Hilltoppers, while also totaling four points, four rebounds, and one steal.

Jackson improved her team-leading assist total to 50 and team-leading steals total to 24.
Notably, she has 26 assists and four turnovers in her last three games.
The last time a Louisville player had double-digit assists was on Dec. 20, 2015, when Mariya Moore dished out 12 versus College of Charleston.

Cortnee Walton tied her season high in points with eight against Western Kentucky. She also recorded eight rebounds and one assist.

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