Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes

Louisville Basketball
Postgame Notes
No. 19 NC State 72, No. 7 Louisville 70
February 2, 2017 – KFC Yum! Center (8,251)

Team Records and Series Notes

Louisville lost its fifth game of the season, falling 72-70 to NC State in overtime.

Louisville returns to action on Monday, as it travels to South Bend, Ind., to take on No. 7/8 Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish won last year's meeting between the two teams 66-61 at the KFC Yum! Center.

Louisville Team Notes

Louisville held NC State to just nine points in the fourth quarter, the 18th time this year an opponent has scored less than 10 in a period.
The Wolfpack's 50.0 percent shooting from the floor is the highest by a Louisville opponent this season.

Louisville drops its record to 13-2 this year when scoring over 70 points, and 171-19 under coach Walz when hitting the mark.
The Cardinals only tallied eight turnovers. This is the fourth time they have had less than 10 turnovers in a game this season.
Louisville pulled down 40 rebounds, 17 of them coming on the offensive end.
The Cardinals' 32.4 percent shooting is the lowest by the team this season.

This is the lowest mark since they shot 31.5 percent against Dayton on March 28, 2015.

Louisville Player Notes

Mariya Moore had 20 points, the 19th time reaching the plateau in her career, while also grabbing eight rebounds, dishing out three assists, and collecting one steal.

Moore knocked down four three-pointers and now has 192 for her career. She is sixth on the all-time list and 10 shy of passing Jill Morton (201, 1996-00) for fifth. It was her 14th-consecutive game with a 3-pointer.
She connected on 6-of-8 free throws, giving her 321 in her career. She needs 21 to move into sixth on the school's career chart (Bria Smith, 341, 2011-15).
Moore boasts 1,259 career points, putting her in 14th on the all-time scoring list, passing Sara Hammond (1,249 points, 2011-15).

Asia Durr scored all of her game-high 22 points after halftime, her 21st game this season in double figures.

She hit two 3-pointers in the game, increasing her consecutive-games streak with at least one trey to 28 games.
The sophomore has connected on 78 3-pointers this season, moving her into seventh and passing Mariya Moore's mark that was set last year.
Durr had a pair of steals in the contest, her 12th game this year achieving the feat.
Durr made a career-high 10 free throws, the most a player has made this season.

The last time a player made 10 or more free throws was Mariya Moore with 12 made versus Georgia Tech on Jan. 13th, 2016

Briahanna Jackson totaled a game-high six assists, 11 points, and seven rebounds.

It is her 12th game with at least five assists, while boosting her team-leading total to 116.
In conference play, she boasts 47 assists to 22 turnovers.

Kylee Shook collected seven points, four rebounds, and one steal in her first career start.
Cortnee Walton grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds and two steals.

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