No. 5 Louisville Plays at Syracuse on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following its first Atlantic Coast Conference loss, No. 5 Louisville women's basketball (21-2, 10-1) plays at Syracuse on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The game will broadcast on ESPN2.

Louisville leads the ACC with 16.4 assists per game and ranks second with a 1.17 assist-to-turnover ratio. They have a 1.36 assist-to-turnover ratio in 11 ACC games, which leads the league.

UofL is giving up 58.1 points per game, which ranks third in the ACC, and have held opponents to 70 points or less in all but one game. In 11 ACC games, they are holding opponents to 57.1 points per game, which ranks second in the league.

Louisville has not lost back-to-back games since they fell at home to NC State (L-OT, 72-70) on Feb. 2, 2017 and at No. 7 Notre Dame (L, 85-66) on Feb. 6, 2017.

The Cardinals seeking their 900^th win in program history as it enters Thursday's contest with an 899-493 all-time record.

ABOUT THE ORANGE

Syracuse enters Sunday's contest with an 11-11 record, 5-6 in the ACC. The Orange opened the season with a 4-1 record, but are 7-10 since. After falling to Louisville in the ACC opener, they won back-to-back overtime games against Florida State (W, 90-89) and Notre Dame (W, 74-63), but are 3-5 since.

Syracuse relies heavily on the 3-point shot as their 600 attempts lead the ACC and their 168 makes rank third. They are shooting just 28.0 percent from deep, which ranks second to last in the league. They lead the league with 6.0 blocks per game.

Redshirt junior Kiara Lewis leads the team and ranks fourth in the ACC with 17.2 points per game, while ranking fifth in the league with 5.1 assists per game. Sophomore Emily Engstler is third in the league with 9.8 rebounds per game and is nearly averaging a double-double, while putting up 9.7 points per game. Junior Dana Strautmane is averaging 9.1 points, while shooting 33 percent (42-129) from 3-point range. Senior Gabrielle Cooper is averaging 8.4 points per game.

Series History - UofL is 12-6 all-time against Syracuse. The Cardinals are 8-1 at home and 4-4 in Syracuse. They are 2-0 at the Carrier Dome since joining the ACC. Their last loss in Syracuse was a 68-57 defeat on March 4, 2013. Louisville has won four straight and six of seven since joining their ACC, their lone loss an 80-75 loss to the Orange in the ACC semifinal game on March 5, 2016.

The Last Meeting (Dec. 28, 2019) - Jazmine Jones scored 24 points to lead Louisville past Syracuse 62-58 inside the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals took their largest lead at 48-37 on a 3-pointer from Dana Evans with 3:06 to go in the third quarter, but Syracuse opened the fourth quarter on an 11-4 run to even things up at 54-54 and took the lead at 58-57 with two and a half minutes to go. Jones then hit two free throws at the other end to give UofL a 59-58 lead and Louisville regained possession by way of a jump ball with under a minute to go. Balogun missed two free throws, but got the second miss back and made a key layup to push the UofL lead to 61-58 with 31 seconds remaining. After yet another Syracuse turnover, Balogun went 1-of-2 from the line to seal the deal as the Cards took the 62-58 win.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Feb. 9
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Site: Carrier Dome | Syracuse, N.Y.
TV: ESPN2, Roy Philpott, play-by-play, Brooke Weisbrod, analyst
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: W, 62-58 (Dec. 28, 2019 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: 12-6 (8-1 Home, 4-4 Away, 0-1 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 5th Associated Press, 4th USA Today
Next Game: Thursday, Feb. 13 at NC State

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Players Mentioned

Dana Evans

Jazmine Jones

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