No. 10 Louisville Starts Road Swing at Washington on Saturday

SEATTLE, Wash. – No. 10 University of Louisville women's basketball opens a three-game west coast road swing at Washington on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip off at 5 p.m. ET and broadcast on Pac-12+ and 1080-AM WKJK.

The Cardinals are coming off back-to-back wins on Tuesday and Wednesday against Bellarmine and UT Martin at the KFC Yum! Center.

Louisville allowed just 55 points combined in the two victories over Bellarmine (W, 82-25) and UT Martin (W, 62-30), setting a program record for the fewest points allowed in a two-game stretch. The previous record was 57 points in wins over Wagner (W, 106-32) on Dec. 21, 2012 and Tennessee State (W, 88-25) on Dec. 31, 2012.

On Tuesday, Louisville limited Bellarmine to 25 points, which tied the program record for fewest points allowed in a game. The Cardinals twice allowed 25 points previously - on Nov. 29, 1977 vs. Centre (W, 97-25) and on Dec. 31, 2012 vs. Tennessee State (W, 88-25).

They limited Bellarmine to 14.9 percent (7-47) shooting, which is the lowest field goal percentage allowed in the Jeff Walz era. The previous low was when they limited Tennessee State to 16.7 percent shooting (9-54) in that 88-25 win.

Through three games, Louisville is limiting opponents to just 38.7 points per game, which ranks first in the ACC and fourth in the country. West Virginia leads the country at 33.0 points per game allowed, but they have played just one game, an 86-33 win over St. Francis (Pa.).

UofL is also holding opponents to 27.2 percent shooting, which ranks second in the ACC and ninth in the NCAA.

Emily Engstler recorded her first double-double in a Louisville uniform with 12 points and 14 rebounds vs. Bellarmine. She had 12 points and 10 rebounds in the first half alone, becoming the first Cardinal since Myisha Hines-Allen to have a double-double in the first half. Hines-Allen did it twice in 2016-17. The most recent time was when Hines-Allen had 13 points and 12 rebounds at the half and finished with 24 points and 15 rebounds vs. Vanderbilt on Dec. 21, 2016.

Under head coach Jeff Walz, Louisville is 13-4 overall against the Pac- 12. This marks the fourth time that Louisville has played a true road game against a Pac-12 team in the Walz era and they are 2-1 in those games (Dec. 21, 2014 at California - W, 70-57; Dec. 14, 2012 at Colorado - L, 70-66; Dec. 19, 2011 at Washington State - W, 75-71)).

Dating back to last season, four of the Cardinals' past six games have been against Pac-12 schools. They played Oregon and Stanford in the NCAA Sweet 16 and Elite Eight last season and opened this season vs. Arizona in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Hailey Van Lith, a native of Wenatchee, Wash., is returning home to play at Washington. As a senior in high school, she helped lead Cashmere to a 24-1 record and a trip to the WIAA 2020 Girls Basketball Hardwood Classic 1A championship game. She averaged 33.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game en route to being named 2020 Gatorade and MaxPreps Player of the Year in the state of Washington

ABOUT THE HUSKIES

Washington enters Saturday's contest with a 2-0 record, with a 57-51 win vs. San Diego and a 72-65 win over Northern Arizona. Head coach Tina Langley enters her first year at Washington after leading Rice through its most successful stretch in program history. Langley was 126-61 in six seasons with the Owls, a tenure that was capped by winning the 2021 WNIT Championship. The Huskies return two starters from last season's squad, including forward Haley Van Dyke, who earned honorable mention on both the All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Defensive teams, and shooting guard Alexis Griggsby. Through two games, Van Dyke is leading the Huskies with 15.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game. Nancy Mulkey and Lauren Schwartz followed Langley from Rice, where they were the No. 1 and 2 scorers for the Owls. Mulkey is preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and on the Lisa Leslie Watch List. The Huskies are averaging 30.0 turnovers per game in their first two victories.

Series History – This is the first meeting between Louisville and Washington.

GAME FACTS
Date: Saturday, Nov. 20
Time: 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
Site: Seattle, Wash. | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
TV: Pac-12 Plus (Gary Hill, play-by-play)
Radio: 1080-AM WKJK (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst)
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Series History: 0-0 (0-0 home, 0-0 away)
Next UofL Game: Tuesday, Nov. 23 at Cal Poly

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No. 10 Louisville Starts Road Swing at Washington on Saturday

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Emily Engstler

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