University of Louisville
FLORIDA STATE
No. 2 Louisville Hosts No. 12 Florida State on Sunday Afternoon
January 19, 2018 | Women's Basketball
The Cardinals and Seminoles will tip off at 5 p.m. ET.
Fans can purchase $3 tickets to the game when they show their men's basketball vs. Boston College ticket stub.
Already in the midst of the best start and longest winning streak in program history, the Cards look to break another record with their 18th straight victory at home.
With wins in their first 12 home games this season and wins in their final five a year ago, they have won 17 straight at the KFC Yum! Center, which matches the longest home winning streak in program history. Their last loss at home came against NC State, 72-70 in overtime, on Feb. 2, 2017.
Senior Myisha Hines-Allen recorded a career-high 18 rebounds, while adding 13 points, in the 77-51 win at Pitt on Thursday. Her previous career-high was 17 at Virginia on Jan. 5, 2017.
With 15 rebounds vs. Virginia Tech, she moved into second place all-time in school history in rebounds, passing Jazz Covington. She now has 983 rebounds, which only trails Angel McCoughtry's 1,261.
She averages a double-double with 14.3 points, which ranks second on the team and 15th in the ACC, and 10.3 rebounds, which leads the ACC and ranks 25th in the country. She has scored in double figures in eight of her last nine games and 15 times this season.
Junior Sam Fuehring ranks second in the ACC with a 63.4 shooting percentage, knocking down 71-of-112 shots. She is 25-of-32 (.781) in six ACC games, which leads the league.
She is averaging 9.1 points, which ranks third on the team, and 4.5 rebounds, which is tied for second. She has scored in double figures in seven of her last 11 games, including her last four.
Arica Carter had 12 points, on 2-of-3 shooting from deep, and seven assists at Pitt. It marked her first double-digit scoring game since she had 11 points, eight assists and a turnover against UK.Â
She leads the team with 29.2 minutes per game and has started 19 of 20 games. She has led the team in assists in all six ACC games and ranks seventh in the ACC with 4.2 assists per game and second with a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Off the bench against Pitt, freshman Dana Evans had eight points, on 2-of-3 3-pt shooting, and seven assists, sophomore Bionca Dunham added 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting, and sophomore Sydney Zambrotta had six points, knocking down two 3-pointers. UofL's bench outscored Pitt, 28-11.
On the season, Louisville's bench is outscoring the opponent's bench, 431-243, and have outscored the opponent's bench in 14 of 20 games.Â
Louisville led 35-31 at the half at Pittsburgh, which ends a streak of nine straight games where they have gone into the break with a double-digit lead. Prior to Thursday, the last time they led by single digits at the half was when they led Vanderbilt 42-33 on Dec. 7, 2017.
They have led by double digits at the half in 15 games and have trailed just twice. Â
ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State enters Sunday's matchup with just two losses, an 87-72 setback at Texas on Dec. 17, 2017 and a 76-69 loss at Syracuse on Jan. 7, 2018. They have won seven of their last eight games and three straight, including an 81-79 overtime win at Wake Forest on Thursday.
They are led by Shakayla Thomas, who ranks fifth in the league with 18.7 points per game, and Imani Wright, who ranks sixth with 18.4 points per game.
Overall, the Seminoles have six players averaging more than 9.0 points per game - AJ Alix 12.6, Nicki Ekhomu 10.9, Nausia Woolfolk 9.8, Chatrice White 9.0.
Wright ranks first in the league with 67 made 3-pointers and is shooting 42.7 percent from beyond the arc, which ranks fifth. She went 9-of-17 from 3-pt range and had 31 points vs. Wake Forest. Thomas finished the game with 28 points and 11 rebounds.
Thomas ranks ninth in the ACC with a 53.6 FG percentage, while Alix ranks second with 7.4 assists per game and leads the league with a 2.8 assist-to-turnover ratio.
The Seminoles lead the league and rank fourth in the country with 87.7 points per game and their +24.6 scoring margin ranks first in the ACC and fourth in the country. Their +13.6 rebounding margin leads the ACC and ranks third in the country.
Series History: Louisville trails 13-15 (Home 7-6, Away 4-7, Neutral 2-2)
Last Meeting:Â Â L, 72-65 (Jan 12, 2017 at FSU)
UofL is 13-15 all-time against Florida State. The Cardinals won the first nine games against the Seminoles dating back to 1978, but are just 4-15 since. The two teams have split their six matchups since Walz's arrival. The Cards are 2-0 against Florida State at the KFC Yum! Center. Last year, Louisville lost 72-65 in Tallahassee on Jan. 12, 2017. The Cards won the last matchup at the KFC Yum! Center, 79-69, on Jan. 1, 2016.
GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Jan. 21
Time:Â 5:00 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court (22,000), Louisville, Ky.
Promotion:Â Save Your Stub ($3 tickets with mbb vs. Boston College ticket stub)/Girl Scouts Day
TV:Â ESPN2; Pam Ward, play-by-play; Gail Goestenkors, analyst
Radio: WKRD 790 AM, Nick Curran (play-by-play) and Adrienne Johnson (analyst)
Next UofL Game:Â Thursday, Jan. 25Â at Miami, 11Â a.m. ET
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