Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes
December 29, 2016 | Women's Basketball
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Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 91, No. 25 Syracuse 76
December 29, 2016 – KFC Yum! Center (8,586)
Team Records and Series Notes
- Louisville won its 13th game of the season, beating Syracuse 91-76.
- The Cardinals lead the all-time series 9-6 over the Orange.
- With the win, the Cardinals have won their fourth-straight conference opener, and eight of their last ten.
- Louisville returns to action on Monday, as it travels to Durham to take on Duke. The Cardinals won the last year's meeting between the two teams 65-48 in Louisville.
- The series is tied 2-2.
Louisville Team Notes
- With the win, Louisville improves its home record to 10-1 and its conference record to 1-0 this season.
- The victory is the Cardinals' second over an Associated Press top-25 team this season.
- The Cardinals totaled 18 assists in the game. Louisville boasts 285 assists in 15 contests this year, a 19.0 average.
- Louisville improves its record to 10-1 this year when scoring 70 or more points, and 168-18 under coach Walz when hitting the mark.
- The Cardinals have reached 80 or more points in four of their last five contests.
- The Cardinals continued their impressive shooting this season, connecting on 31 of 61 from the field for a 50.8 percent average. The team improved its record to 82-1 under coach Walz when shooting 50.0 percent or better (4-0 this year).
- Louisville shot 72.2 percent in the third quarter, which marks the third time this season it has shot better than 70 percent in a 10-minute quarter this season (70.6 in the first quarter vs. UT Martin; 76.9 percent in the fourth quarter vs. South Dakota State; 73.3 percent in the second quarter vs. Vanderbilt).
- Louisville's 42.9 percent from behind the arc (9 of 21) is its third-highest percentage this season in that category.
- Louisville dominated the paint, outscoring Syracuse 32-20 in the area.
- The 91 points by the Cardinals is tied for the third-highest total this season. They improve their all-time record to 64-1 when scoring 90 or more points at home.
- The Cardinals' 58 first-half points is the most they have scored in any half this season.
- The 36 points Louisville scored in the third quarter is the most by the team in any quarter this season. It also is the most points Louisville has scored in a quarter since women's basketball went to the four-quarter format for the 2015-16 season.
- Louisville dominated the glass, outrebounding Syracuse 45-27.
- The Cardinals pulled down 18 more rebounds than the Orange, the second highest rebounding margin this season.
- Louisville's nine 3-pointers ties for its second most made 3s in a game this season.
- This is the third time it has made nine 3s in a game this season.
- The 21 made free throws is the most made free throws in a game for the Cardinals' this season, and the most since they made 24 at Georgia Tech on Jan. 3, 2016.
- Louisville's 83.3 percent from the line is the third highest percentage this season.
Louisville Player Notes
- Asia Durr led the team in scoring with a career-high 36 points, also adding five rebounds and two steals.
- Durr scored 34 of her 36 points in the second half, the most points by any Louisville player in a half since Angel McCoughtry total 34 in the second half versus Butler on Dec. 18, 2006.
- Durr went 6 of11 from beyond the arc, giving her eight games on the year scoring at least four treys.
- Durr hit 10 field goals, the second time reaching double-digit baskets this season.
- Durr also made a career-best nine free throws on 12 attempts.
- Mariya Moore recorded the first triple-double of her career, scoring 11 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and dishing out 10 assists.
- Moore recorded the seventh triple-double in program history and is only the fourth player to accomplish the feat. Bria Smith was the last player to accomplish a triple-double (Nov. 25, 2014: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists vs. Western Kentucky).
- Moore was also a perfect 4 of 4 from the charity stripe.
- She moved into 22nd on the all-time scoring list and boasts 1,094 points for her career.
- Myisha Hines-Allen recorded her fifth double-double of the season, scoring 18 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
- Hines-Allen is now in sole possession of seventh place on the all-time list of double-doubles with 17.
- Briahanna Jackson recorded seven points, nine rebounds, four assists, one block, and one steal.
- Sam Fuehring was a perfect 4 of 4 from the field and 2 of2 from the charity stripe, scoring 10 points and corralling two rebounds in nine minutes.
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