No. 5 Louisville Welcomes In Pitt on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a 71-56 win over Virginia, No. 5 Louisville women's basketball (19-1, 8-0) remains home to host Pitt (3-15, 0-7) on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. ET. The game will broadcast on the ACC Network.

At 19-1, Louisville is one win away from its 10th straight 20-win season, which would extend the program record. The longest run previously was three, achieved just twice in school history. The Cardinals have won at least 20 games in 12 of head coach Jeff Walz's 13 seasons. Prior to Walz's arrival, Louisville had just 10 20-win seasons in its history.

Louisville's 11-game winning streak is the best streak since they won 14 straight to open the 2018-19 season. They won a program-record 20 straight games to open the 2017-18 season.

The Cardinals are 19-1 to open the season after opening the 2017-18 season with a 25-1 record and the 2018-19 season with a 23-1 clip.

Kylee Shook tied her season-high with six blocks in the win over Virginia. She also added 10 points and seven rebounds. She now has 186 career blocks, which is a program-record.

She has 49 blocks on the season, which ranks fifth all-time in Louisville's single season history. She had 52 blocks in 2018-19, which ranks third all-time, and 51 in 2017-18, which ranks fourth. The record is 59 by Yuliya Tokova in 2006-07.

Dana Evans scored 21 points against Virginia and has scored 20-plus points in four straight games. She has nine 20-point games this season, which is tied for the league-lead.

She ranks second in the ACC with 19.2 points per game. She leads the league and ranks eighth in the country with 61 made 3-pointers. She is shooting 44.5 percent from beyond the arc, which leads the league and ranks 14th in the NCAA. She leads the league and ranks second in the country with a 92.3 free throw percentage.

ABOUT THE PANTHERS

Pitt enters Sunday's contest with a 3-15 record, 0-7 in the ACC. The Panthers have lost 11 straight games, with their last win a 58-50 victory over Ole Miss on Nov. 30 in the Daytona Beach Invitational. Their other two wins are home victories over Central Conn. St. (W, 81-73) and Fairleigh Dickinson (W, 69-60). They fell 88-44 at home to NC State in their last game.

They rank 14th in the ACC with 60.5 points per game and rank last in scoring defense (70.6 ppg), assists per game (10.7 apg), field goal percentage (36.1%), field goal percentage defense (40.8%), free throw percentage (61.5%) and scoring margin (-10.1).

Graduate Aysia Bugg is the lone Panther averaging double figures, with 13.0 points per game. She has also made a team-high 40 3-pointers and is shooting 36.4 percent from deep, which ranks sixth in the ACC.

Freshman Amber Brown (9.9 ppg), freshman Dayshanette Harris (9.6 ppg) and junior Gabbie Green (9.5 ppg) are all averaging close to 10 points per game. Brown ranks sixth in the league with 8.6 rebounds per game and Harris ranks ninth with 1.8 steals per game. Freshman Rita Igbokwe ranks second in the ACC with 1.9 blocks per game.

Series History - UofL is 18-2 all-time against Pitt and 9-0 at home. They are 7-0 at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals have won 14 straight games against the Panthers, with their last loss a 72-69 defeat at Pitt on Feb. 14, 2010. Last season, UofL won 70-42 at the KFC Yum! Center in a game where Asia Durr did not play and 67-40 at Pitt to claim a portion of the ACC regular season title.

The Last Meeting (March 3, 2019) - Asia Durr scored 17 points, and No. 3 Louisville beat Pittsburgh 67-40 to claim a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference title for the second straight season. Jazmine Jones added 12 points for the Cardinals, who earned their fourth straight victory. Sam Fuehring had 10 points and six rebounds. Louisville pulled away from Pitt with a big second quarter. The Cardinals outscored the Panthers 17-5 in the period for a 32-18 lead at the break.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Jan. 26
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
TV: ACCN, Jenn Hildreth, play-by-play, LaChina Robinson, analyst
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: W, 67-40 (March 3, 2019 at Pitt)
Series History: 18-2 (9-0 Home, 7-2 Away, 2-0 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 5th Associated Press, 3rd USA Today
Promotions: Girl Scouts Day, $10 Family Meal Deal
Next Game: Thursday, Jan. 30 at Notre Dame

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Players Mentioned

Asia Durr

Dana Evans

Sam Fuehring

Jazmine Jones

Kylee Shook

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