Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 86, College of Charleston 58
December 16, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (7,567)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville won its 10th game of the season, beating College of Charleston 86-58.
- The Cardinals improved to 2-0 in the series, with Friday's contest marking the first in Louisville.
With the win, the Cardinals' record against current members of the Colonial Athletic Association improves to 5-1.
Louisville returns to action on Sunday, when it faces the Evansville at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals won the last meeting between the two teams 73-51 in 2014 at the KFC Yum! Center.
- Louisville leads the all-time series 11-2 over the Purple Aces.

Louisville Team Notes

With the win, Louisville improves its home record to 8-1 this season.
The Cardinals totaled 20 assists on the game. Louisville boasts 232 assists in 12 games this year, an average of 19.3 per contest.
Louisville improves its record to 7-1 this year when scoring over 70 points, 165-18 all-time, under head coach Jeff Walz when hitting the mark.
Louisville dominated the paint, scoring 42 of its 86 points in the area.
The 86 points by the Cardinals is the fourth-highest total this season.
- The Cardinals' 49 first-half points is tied for the third most in a half this season.
The Cardinals maximized the 22 turnovers they caused, converting them into 18 points.
- The Cardinals have forced 67 turnovers in the past three games.
Louisville dominated the glass, pulling down 61 rebounds.
- The Cardinals grabbed 27 of their 61 rebounds on the offensive end, which they turned into 33 second-chance points.
  - This is the most offensive rebounds since they pulled down 28 against Lafayette earlier this season.
- The 61 rebounds is the second most by the team this season. The season high came against Lafayette as the Cardinals snagged 62 boards.
- The Cardinals pulled down 17 more rebounds than the Cougars, which is the second highest rebound margin this season.
Louisville's bench helped in a major way, contributing 34 points in the victory.
- The Cardinals bench has added 85 points in the past two 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 25 times last year. Louisville added to that sum on Friday, holding the Cougars to eight points in the first period.
- The Cardinals have held eight of their 12 opponents this season to single digit points in at least one period.
Louisville held its opponents without a field goal for a stretch of 9:58 dating back to the win over South Dakota State.
- It held South Dakota State without a field goal in the final 7:36 of the game Wednesday and held Charleston without one in the first 2:22 of Friday's game.
The 83 field goals attempted by Louisville is the most attempted in a game since it shot 83 on Dec. 14, 2013, against Austin Peay.
The 10 steals by the Cardinals marks the sixth time they have tallied double-digit steals this season.

Louisville Player Notes

Myisha Hines-Allen notched her 15th career double-double by scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds in just 15 minutes of play, while also recording three steals and two assists.
Asia Durr led the team in scoring with 20 points, while also recording three rebounds, three assists, and one steal.
- Durr went 4-of-10 from behind the arc in the victory, giving her seven games on the year knocking down at least four treys.
- Durr also went a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.
Mariya Moore registered 12 points, four rebounds, and one assist in the victory.
- Moore's 12 points gave her 1,065 in her career, and she needs four more to move her past Devita Caesar (1,068, 1981-85) and into sole possession of 23rd on the all-time scoring list.
Bionca Dunham scored a season-high 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the win, while also grabbing four rebounds.
Briahanna Jackson led the team in assists with five.
- Jackson's team-best assist total moves to 61 on the season.
Taylor Johnson registered a season-high five steals to go along with her two points and two rebounds.
Jazmine Jones had a season-high seven rebounds, as well as two points and two assists.
Ciera Johnson's three blocks give her a team-leading 20 on the year.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Bionca Dunham

Asia Durr

Myisha Hines-Allen

Briahanna Jackson

Ciera Johnson

Taylor Johnson

Jazmine Jones

Mariya Moore

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