Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 78, Vanderbilt 66
December 21, 2016 – Memorial Gymnasium (2,779)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville recorded its sixth-consecutive victory, defeating Vanderbilt 78-66 to improve to 12-2.
The Cardinals have won three of the last five meetings against the Commodores, but Vanderbilt still holds an 8-5 series advantage.

Louisville is idle for seven days for the winter break and returns to action on Dec. 29, when it opens conference play against Syracuse in the KFC Yum! Center.

Louisville Team Notes

The victory boosts Louisville's true road record to 3-0.
Louisville has defeated five Tennessee schools this season after the victory over Vanderbilt. The Cardinals opened the year with wins over UT Martin, Belmont, and Middle Tennessee, and then defeated Chattanooga in late November.

All-time, the program boasts a 167-18 (.903) record under head coach Jeff Walz when reaching the plateau.

The Cardinals dished out 18 assists and now boasts 267 on the year – 19.1 per contest.
Louisville made 32 field goals, marking the fourth-consecutive game with at least 30.
Louisville dominated the paint, scoring 48 points – better than 50 percent of its total points – in the area. The Cardinals are averaging 38.7 paint points, surpassing the 40-point plateau each of the last four games.
Louisville converted the 16 turnovers it forced into 15 points.
The Cardinals' defense stifled Vanderbilt to just 31.3 percent shooting, the Commodores' worst performance of the season.

Louisville Player Notes

Myisha Hines-Allen recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. She shot 11 of 18 from the field and also had two steals.

She totaled 13 points and 12 rebounds in the first half.
It is Hines-Allen's 16th career double-double, tying her for eighth all-time in school history.

Asia Durr finished with 16 points, shooting a season best 6 of 6 from the free throw line. She also logged a career-tying best two blocks.

She went 2 of 4 behind the arc, giving her at least one 3-pointer in 17-consecutive games.

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