Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 9 Louisville 63, Pittsburgh 48
January 29, 2017 – Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. (3,152)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville beat Pittsburgh 63-48 to improve to 20-4 on the season, 7-2 in ACC play.

Louisville leads the series 14-2 after winning the last 10 meetings.

Louisville returns to action on Thursday, when it plays host to NC State. The Cardinals defeated NC State 92-90 in Jan. 17, 2016, in Raleigh, N.C.

The series is tied at two games apiece.

Louisville Team Notes

With the win, the Cardinals captured their 20th victory of the season. Louisville now has won at least 20 games in seven-consecutive seasons, the ninth under head coach Jeff Walz.
Louisville improved its road record to 7-2.
Louisville now has won 31 of its last 34 in the month of January.
The Cardinals forced 21 turnovers, the 10th time this season they have forced at least 20.

The change in possession led to 21 points for the Cardinals.

Louisville improved to 4-4 when trailing at the half.

It is Pittsburgh's first loss when leading after the first quarter.

It is the fifth time this year – second-straight game – the Cardinals have held a team to less than 50 points.
Louisville held Pittsburgh to just seven points in the third quarter, the 17th time this year an opponent has scored less than 10 in a period.
Louisville dished out 17 assists on 20 baskets, helping on 85.0 percent of its field goals.
The Cardinals went 10 of 27 from 3-point range, tying for the most 3-pointers in a game this season (Western Kentucky, 10, Dec. 11, 2016).

Louisville Player Notes

Mariya Moore had a game-high 20 points, the 18th time reaching the plateau in her career.

Moore knocked down a season-high five 3-pointers and now has 188 for her career. She is sixth on the all-time list and 14 shy of passing Jill Morton (201, 1996-00) for fifth.
Combining her totals from the victory, which also included eight rebounds and five assists, Moore is averaging 16.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in league play.
It is the 34th game in her career tallying at least five assists.
She connected on 3-of-4 free throws, giving her 315 in her career. She needs 27 to move into sixth on the school's career chart (Bria Smith, 341, 2011-15).
Moore boasts 1,239 career points, putting her two shy of passing Jody Martin (1,240 points, 1990-94) for 15th on the school's career scoring list.

Asia Durr scored all 13 of her points in the second half, her 20th game this season in double figures.

She hit two 3-pointers in the game, increasing her streak with at least one trey to 27 games.
The sophomore has connected on 76 3-pointers this season, tying her for eighth with Shoni Schimmel's mark that was set in 2011-12.
Durr had a pair of steals in the contest, her 11th game this year achieving the feat.

Briahanna Jackson totaled a game-high seven assists to just one turnover.

It is her 11th game with at least five assists, while boosting her team-leading total to 110.
In conference play, she boasts 41 assists to 22 turnovers.

Brianna Jones hit her first two 3-pointers of the season, matching a career-best six points in six minutes.

She connected on the treys on consecutive possessions, giving Louisville its first lead of the game.

Kylee Shook collected six rebounds and had one block.

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Players Mentioned

Asia Durr

Briahanna Jackson

Brianna Jones

Mariya Moore

Kylee Shook

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