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No. 13 Women’s Basketball Travels to North Carolina
February 03, 2016 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals won both meetings against the Tar Heels last season.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 13 University of Louisville women's basketball team will play on the road against North Carolina on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Feb. 4 contest will air on ESPN3, with Kyle Straub (play-by-play) and Evan Badler (analyst) on the call. The radio broadcast will be available on WKRD 790 AM (also on the TuneIn app) in Louisville, with Matt Andrews (play-by-play) and Adrienne Johnson (analyst) calling the action.
Coming into Thursday's game, Louisville is on a 14-game winning streak, tied for the third longest streak in school history (2006-07). In the month of January, the Cardinals won all nine of their games, the most victories in any month under head coach Jeff Walz. Notably, Louisville has scored 20 points or more off opponent turnovers in six-consecutive games, and in their last three games, the Cardinals have forced 20 or more turnovers.
Louisville (17-5, 9-0 ACC) registered its ninth win at home this season after a 78-54 victory over Wake Forest on Sunday. For the second-consecutive game, four Cardinals reached double figures in points. Louisville scored 26 points off 25 Wake Forest turnovers. The Cardinals also scored 26 second-chance points from 23 offensive rebounds.
Sophomore Mariya Moore scored 25 and shot 5-of-10 from behind the 3-point line. Freshman Asia Durr scored 18 points off the bench and tied a season high in free throws, making 8-of-9 (88.9 percent) attempts. Sophomore Myisha Hines-Allen and Briahanna Jackson scored 10 points each. Jackson and Cortnee Walton combined for 10 of Louisville's 23 offensive rebounds.
North Carolina (12-11, 2-6) enters Thursday night's game after dropping its sixth-consecutive game, falling 79-48 at NC State. The Tar Heels opened league play with back-to-back wins before the slide.
Neither team shot well from the floor, however, NC State made 11-of-35 (31.4 percent) of its 3-point attempts, while North Carolina connected on just 5-of-26 (19.2 percent) from long range. The Wolfpack also made 17-of-23 (73.9 percent) of their free-throw attempts in comparison to the Tar Heels' 6-of-11 (54.5) effort.
Destinee Walker led North Carolina in scoring with 12 points, and Jamie Cherry had 11. The two combined to go 7-of-27 (25.9 percent) from the field, including a 4-for-18 performance from beyond the arc.
Cherry leads North Carolina in scoring with 14.5 points per game, which is ninth overall in the ACC. She is fifth in the conference in free-throw percentage (80.8 percent). Hillary Summers, North Carolina's leading rebounder, is seventh overall in the conference in rebounds per game (7.5). She is also fourth in the ACC in blocked shots per game (1.6).
Nationally, North Carolina is 16th in total free throws made (327; 14.1 per game), 36th in blocked shots per game (5.0), and 62nd in rebounds per game (41.17).
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SERIES HISTORY – North Carolina vs. Louisville
Louisville and North Carolina played twice last season, with the Cardinals winning both meetings - once during the regular season and then again in Louisville's first ACC Tournament game.
The postseason contest went to overtime after the Tar Heels' Jamie Cherry hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer from near halfcourt. Louisville outscored North Carolina 11-9 in the extra period to earn a 77-75 win. Sara Hammond had 20 points, and Myisha Hines-Allen added 17. Louisville shot 46.7 percent from the field compared to North Carolina's 38.9 percent.
In the regular season, Mariya Moore led the Cardinals to a 75-66 win on Feb. 15 with a season-high 28 points. She went 11-for-12 at the free throw line, and Louisville, collectively, shot 26-for-30 at the charity stripe.
GAME FACTS – Louisville at North Carolina
Date: Thursday, Feb. 4
Time: 7:02 p.m. ET
Site: Carmichael Arena (6,822), Chapel Hill, N.C.
TV: ESPN3 will broadcast the game, with Kyle Straub (play-by-play) and Evan Badler (analyst) calling the action.
Radio: WKRD 790 AM (also on TuneIn) will broadcast the game, with Matt Andrews (play-by-play) and Adrienne Johnson (analyst) calling the action.
Series History: North Carolina leads the all-time series 3-2 (0-1 in Louisville, 3-1 neutral). Louisville defeated North Carolina 77-75 in overtime on March 6, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C.
Next UofL Game: Sunday, Feb. 7 vs. No. 3 Notre Dame, KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky., 2 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
