No. 7 Louisville Closes Road Swing at Colorado State on Sunday

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – No. 7 University of Louisville women's basketball closes its west coast road swing when it plays at Colorado State on Sunday afternoon. The game will tip off at 2 p.m. ET and broadcast on the Mountain West Network and 790-AM WKRD.

The Cardinals are 4-1 on the season and are coming off a 72-32 win at Cal Poly on Tuesday. They opened the west coast road trip with a 61-53 victory at Washington last Saturday.

Through five games, Louisville is limiting opponents to just 40.2 points per game, which leads the nation. In three of five games, they have limited opponents to 32 points or less, including a program-record tying 25 points vs. Bellarmine.

UofL is also holding opponents to 28.2 percent shooting, which ranks third in the ACC and fourth in the NCAA. The highest field goal percentage allowed by UofL this season is 39.6 percent at Washington and in three of five games, they have limited opponents to below 27.5 percent shooting.

In the last two games, Liz Dixon is averaging 14.0 points per game, while shooting 13-of-17 (.765) from the floor. She tied for the team-lead with Kianna Smith with 13 points at Washington and then had a team-high 15 points in just 12 minutes at Cal Poly.

Emily Engstler ranks third in the ACC with 10 total blocks and 2.0 blocks per game. She ranks fourth with 11 steals, fifth with 2.2 steals per game and ninth with 8.2 rebounds per game.

In the Cardinals' first six games, they have played in four different time zones. They opened in Sioux Falls, S.D. against Arizona in the Central Time Zone, hosted Bellarmine and UT Martin in the Eastern Time Zone, played at Washington and Cal Poly in the Pacific Time Zone and at Colorado State in Mountain Time Zone.

ABOUT THE RAMS

Colorado State is off to a perfect 5-0 start and has a plus-22.2 scoring margin in its five victories. They are coming off an 81-55 home victory over Lipscomb last Sunday. Colorado State was picked to finish fourth in the Mountain West, while junior McKenna Hofschild was named to the five-person Preseason All-Mountain West Team. Last season, the Rams finished 15-6 overall and 11-5 in the conference and led the conference and ranked nationally in assist-turnover ratio (fifth in NCAA), defensive rebounds per game (sixth in NCAA), 3-point field goal percentage (sixth in NCAA) and least turnovers per game (second in NCAA). The Rams return seven players and two starters from last season's squad. Hofschild and sophomore Cali Clark account for the two starters, while low post players Karly Murphy and Sydney Mech combined to start 12 games last season. Hofschild was named Mountain West Player of the Week last week after averaging 19.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in wins over Oral Roberts, Denver and Lipscomb. The Rams make 9.4 3-pointers per game, while shooting 38.8 percent from deep.

Series History – Louisville is 1-2 all-time against Colorado State and this marks the first matchup since Dec. 15, 2001 when the Cardinals fell 82-72 in the championship game of the Women's Sports Foundation Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Louisville lost 74-65 on Dec. 8, 1995 in the George Washington Invitational in Washington, D.C. The Cardinals beat the Rams 75-65 in the Seelbach Classic at the Kentucky International Convention Center on Dec. 2, 1990.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Nov. 28
Time: 2 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. MT
Site: Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745)
TV: Mountain West Network
Radio: 790-AM WKRD (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst)
Last Meeting: L, 82-72 (Dec. 15, 2001 in Columbus, Ohio)
Series History: 1-2 (L2, 1-0 home, 0-0 away, 0-2 neutral)
Next UofL Game: Thursday, Dec. 2 vs. Michigan

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No. 7 Louisville Closes Road Swing at Colorado State on Sunday

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Liz Dixon

Emily Engstler

Kianna Smith

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