No. 7 Louisville Welcomes in Duke on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a 75-50 win at Clemson on Thursday, No. 7 Louisville women's basketball (13-1) returns to the KFC Yum! Center to play Duke on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

Dana Evans scored 27 points at Clemson, just one point shy of her career-high. She knocked down a career-high seven 3-pointers (7-13). In the first half, she had 24 points on 9-12 shooting, 6-8 from deep. Her seven 3-pointers were the most by a UofL player since Asia Durr knocked down an ACC record 11 3-pointers (11-17) en route to tying her own school record with 47 points in the 92-62 win over NC State on senior night.

Louisville made a season-high 12 3-pointers (12-31) in the win at Clemson. It marked the most threes in a game since they knocked down 15 (15-34) in that same game against NC State. Last year's season high for 3-pointers in a game was 16 (16-34) in the 102-80 season opening win at WKU.

Evans leads the ACC with 19.1 points per game. She also leads the league and ranks 11th in the country with 42 made 3-pointers. She is shooting 46.2 percent from beyond the arc, which leads the league and ranks 20th in the country. She has scored in double figures in 13 of 14 games and her five 20-plus point games rank second in the ACC.

Elizabeth Balogun tied her season-high with 15 points at Clemson, shooting 6-10 from the field and 3-6 from 3-point range. She scored the first seven points for the Cards and propelled them to an early 7-2 lead. She also added five blocks, five rebounds and three assists, while committing just one turnover.

Jazmine Jones has 979 career points and is just 21 points shy of becoming Louisville's 30th 1,000 point scorer.

Louisville is 31-3 in ACC games the last three seasons. They are 15-2 in home games and 16-1 in road games during the stretch.

ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS

Duke enters Sunday's contest with a 7-6 record, 1-1 in ACC play. They opened the season with a 6-2 record, but are just 1-4 in their last five games. They are 0-2 against teams in the AP Top 10, falling 79-58 at Texas A&M and 89-46 at South Carolina. Their schedule is ranked as the third toughest in the country.

The Blue Devils are scoring 69.7 points per game, which ranks ninth in the ACC, and their 67.8 points allowed ranks 12th. They lead the league with 9.9 steals per game.

Graduate Haley Gorecki leads the Blue Devils and ranks third in the league with 17.5 points per game. In the ACC, she ranks second in steals with 2.0 per game, third with a .860 free throw percentage and eighth with 3.8 assists.

Senior Leaonna Odom has missed the last two games, but ranks second on team and 15th in the league with 14.1 points per game. She is shooting .520 from the field, which ranks fourth in the ACC. Sophomore Miela Goodchild is the only other Blue Devil with double figure points with 11.0 per game. Her 1.9 steals per game rank sixth in the ACC.

Series History - UofL is 4-3 all-time against Duke and 2-0 at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals are 3-2 against Duke since joining the ACC. Last season, UofL won 73-51 in Durham on Jan. 6, 2019. In the last matchup at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville held on to a 66-60 victory on Jan. 4, 2018.

The Last Meeting (Jan. 6, 2019) - Arica Carter kept taking, and making, 3-pointers for No. 3 Louisville. It added up to a career day - and the Cardinals' first victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Carter had career highs of 23 points and seven 3-pointers in Louisville's 73-51 rout of Duke. Dana Evans added 16 points for the Cardinals, who never trailed and shot 41 percent. Their first win at Cameron was worth a line in the record book - it was the Blue Devils' most lopsided home loss in more than five years.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Jan. 5
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
TV: ACCN, Pam Ward, play-by-play, Kelly Gramlich, analyst
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: W, 73-51 (Jan. 6, 2019 at Duke)
Series History: 4-3 (2-0 Home, 2-3 Away, 0-0 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 7th Associated Press, 7th USA Today
Promotions: Military Appreciation Game, $10 Family Meal Deal, Save Your Stub - Get $4 ticket with men's basketball ticket stub
Next Game: Thursday, Jan. 9 at Miami

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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Balogun

Arica Carter

Asia Durr

Dana Evans

Jazmine Jones

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