Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
December 18, 2016 | Women's Basketball
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Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 89, Evansville 47
December 18, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (8,320)
Team Records and Series Notes
- Louisville improved to 11-2 following its 89-47 victory over Evansville.
- The Cardinals now lead the all-time series 12-2 over the Aces.
- With the win, the Cardinals' record against current members of the Missouri Valley Conference improves to 32-12.
- Louisville returns to action on Wednesday, as it travels to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. The Cardinals won the last meeting between the two teams 81-62 in the 2011 NCAA Tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Vanderbilt leads the all-time series 8-4.
Louisville Team Notes
- With the win, Louisville improves its home record to 9-1 this season.
- The Cardinals totaled 17 assists in the game. Louisville boasts 249 assists in 13 games this year, an average of 19.2 per contest.
- Louisville improves its record to 8-1 this year when scoring over 70 points, and 166-18 under coach Jeff Walz when hitting the mark.
- The Cardinals have reached 80 or more points in the last three contests.
- The Cardinals continued their impressive shooting this season, hitting 37 of 74 from the field for a 50.0 percent average. The team improves its record to 81-1 under Walz when shooting 50.0 percent or better (3-0 this year).
- Louisville dominated the paint, scoring 56 of its 89 points in the area.
- This is the most points the Cardinals have scored in the paint this season, and the most since Dec. 14, 2014 against Iowa, when they scored 58.
- The 89 points by the Cardinals is the fourth-most points this season.
- The Cardinals' 50 first-half points are the most through the first 20 minutes this season and tied for the second most in any half (51 in second half against UT Martin).
- The Cardinals maximized the 20 turnovers they caused, converting them into 26 points.
- The Cardinals have forced 72 turnovers in the past three games.
- Louisville held a 50-35 advantage on the glass.
- Louisville's bench contributed 48 points in the victory.
- This ties for the third-most points by the Cardinals' reserves this season.
- The Cardinals' bench has added 133 points in the past three 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 Sunday, holding the Aces to nine points in the third period.
- The Cardinals have held nine of their 13 opponents this season to single digit points in at least one period.
- The 11 steals by the Cardinals marks the seventh time they have tallied double-digit steals this season.
- Louisville's seven blocked shots tied its season high, which it set earlier this season against Bowling Green.
- The Aces 23.6 percent shooting from the field is the second-lowest percentage by a Louisville opponent this season. It is Evansville's lowest shooting percentage this season.
- The Cardinals are 4-0 this season when holding their opponents to less than 30 percent shooting.
- Louisville has held its last three foes to less than 30 percent from the field.
- The nine Cardinals' turnovers are tied for the second-fewest by the team this season. They set the season low with seven against Maryland on Dec. 1.
Louisville Player Notes
- Kylee Shook recorded her first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 8 of 10 from the field, including 2 for 2 from 3-point range.
- Shook also had a team- and season-tying high four blocks and a season-best two steals in the victory.
- Asia Durr scored 15 points, grabbed two rebounds, dished out a season-high four assists, and one steal.
- Durr went 2-3 from behind the arc, giving her at least one trey in 16 games dating back to last season.
- Mariya Moore registered 12 points and three assists in the win.
- Moore's 12 points gives her 1,077 in her career, passing Devita Caesar (1,068, 1981-85) for 23rd all-time. Moore needs nine points to pass Valerie Owens (1,085, 1976-80) and Misty Smith (1,085, 1994-98) for 21st all-time.
- Briahanna Jackson scored 11 points, grabbed two rebounds, tallied two assists, and recorded one steal in the victory.
- Jackson's team-leading assist total now sits at 63 on the season.
- Ciera Johnson registered seven points, three rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.
- Johnson leads the team with 22 blocks on the year.
- Sam Fuehring scored six points and grabbed a season-high six rebounds.
- Taylor Johnson tied her season high with six points, while also grabbing two rebounds, tallying two assists, and recording three steals in 12 minutes.
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