Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 8 Louisville 86, Virginia 81 (OT)
January 5, 2017 – John Paul Jones Arena (2,490)

Team Records and Series Notes

No. 8 Louisville (14-3, 2-1 ACC) defeated Virginia (11-4, 0-2) 86-81 in overtime on Thursday night.

Louisville is now 25-19 all-time in overtime games, winning the last three true road contests that went to extra time.

Louisville returns to action on Sunday, when plays host to Pittsburgh. The Cardinals won both of last year's meetings: 84-61 on Feb. 11 and then 65-36 on Feb. 28.

Louisville Team Notes

The Cardinals knocked down a season-best 24 free throws on a season-high 32 attempts.

Louisville totaled 12 steals, the eighth game with double-digit thefts.
The Cardinals pulled down 24 offensive rebounds, their third-highest total this season.
Louisville finished with a 51-42 advantage on the glass, its 12th time winning the rebounding battle.
Louisville turned the ball over just twice after halftime despite losing possession 12 times in the first 20 minutes.
Louisville overcame its largest halftime deficit of the season, trailing 38-25 at the break.
Louisville improves its record to 11-1 this year when scoring 70 or more points, and 169-18 under coach Jeff Walz when hitting the mark.
It is the second time this season Louisville had two players finish with at least 20 points apiece (Mariya Moore, 27; Asia Durr 22, vs. Middle Tennessee). Myisha Hines-Allen totaled 31 points, and Mariya Moore accounted for 23.
The Cardinals improved to 53-21 (.716) in January, winning 25 of their last 27 games in the first month of the year.

Louisville Player Notes

Myisha Hines-Allen recorded her seventh double-double of the season, fourth straight, with career bests of 31 points and 17 rebounds. She went 12 of 24 from the field, a career high in attempts.

Hines-Allen boosted her career point total to 1,218 and passed both Marilyn Reckelhoff (1,198 points, 1984-88) and Bria Smith (1,214 points, 2011-15) to move into 15th on the school's all-time scoring list. She needs 23 points to surpass Jody Martin (1,240 points, 1990-94) for 14th all-time.
Hines-Allen is in sole possession of eighth on the school's all-time list of double-doubles with 19.
It is Hines-Allen's 19th career game with at least 20 points and first with at least 30.

Mariya Moore had double-digit points for the third-consecutive game, tallying 23 on 8-of-17 shooting. She hit four 3-pointers for the second-consecutive game.

Moore remained 19th on the school's all-time scoring list, boasting her career total to 1,131 points. She needs 55 points to pass Joan Dunaway-Burks (1,185 points, 1977-81) for 18th.
Moore has 166 treys and is eight 3-pointers shy of passing Antonita Slaughter (173 3-pointers, 2010-14) for seventh on the school's all-time list.

Taylor Johnson came off the bench and contributed a season-best seven points and four steals, her second most this season.

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