No. 3 Louisville Plays at Florida State on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville women's basketball plays at Florida State (8-6, 7-6) on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET. The game will broadcast on ACC Network Extra and 790-AM WKRD.

The No. 3 Cardinals (20-1, 13-1) are coming off an 82-58 win at Pitt on Thursday night.

Dana Evans once again led the way as she scored 29 points, 21 of which came in the second half, to tie her career high. She was 11-20 from the floor, 3-5 from long range and 4-4 from the stripe.

Evans has scored 20-plus points in the last five games, which equals the longest stretch of her career, and has 133 points (26.6 points per game) in those games, her best five-game scoring stretch in her career. She twice has tied her career-high with 29 points (vs. NCST, at Pitt) during the stretch.

Asia Durr was the last player to score 20-plus in five straight, she did it twice during the 2016-17 season, scoring 135 points from 2/2-2/23. Angel McCoughtry scored 20-plus in nine straight games during the 2008-09 season.

Evans has 16 20-point games this season, which is double the total of the next-closest ACC player and is tied for second nationally (Caitlin Clark, Iowa; Ashley Joens, Iowa State) behind only Middle Tennessee's Anastasia Hayes' 17.

The Gary, Ind., native leads the ACC with 21.2 points per game and ranks sixth with 4.3 assists per game. She leads the ACC and ranks third in the country with a 94.4 free throw percentage and ranks third in the league with 53 3-point makes.

She has 1,558 career points and is 19 points away from tying Sharon Bellamy (1995-1999) for 10th all-time in UofL women's basketball history with 1,577 points.

In the win at Pitt, Mykasa Robinson had a career-high nine rebounds and five steals, along with a season-high six points and five assists, while committing zero turnovers. She has nine starts on the season, eight of which have come in the last 10 games. She has scored just 31 points all year, but averages 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists. In the last four games, all starts, she is averaging 28.3 minutes, 3.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

At 13-1 (.929) in ACC play, UofL leads NC State (9-2, .818) with two games remaining. With the unbalanced schedule, this year's regular season conference champion will be determined by winning percentage. With one win in their final two games, UofL will clinch its fourth straight ACC title and its second straight outright title. It will also mark the ninth conference title in program history.

ABOUT THE SEMINOLES

FSU is 8-6 overall, 7-6 in the ACC. The Seminoles are 6-1 at home, suffering their first home loss of the season last time out, losing 62-48 to Georgia Tech. Morgan Jones (13.6), Bianca Jackson (13.5) and Kourtney Weber (13.0) account for more than half of the team's 65.9 points per game. All three rank among the top 25 conference scorers. Sammie Puisis (33.96), Kourtney Weber (33.70) and Bianca Jackson (33.58) all rank in the Top 10 in the ACC in minutes played. FSU is the only team in the conference with three players in the Top 10. FSU shoots 74.7 percent from the free-throw line, ranking third in the ACC. The Seminoles rank fifth with 3.8 blocks per game and sixth with 7.3 steals per game.

Series History - Louisville trails in the all-time series against Florida State 15-18, including a loss in last year's ACC Semifinals. The Cardinals won 84-56 at the KFC Yum! Center in January to end a two-game losing streak to FSU at home. The last time in Tallahassee, on Jan. 24, 2019, Louisville defeated Florida State 68-49. Louisville is 3-6 against FSU since joining the ACC. FSU's last four Top 5 wins have come against the Cardinals, including the two wins last year. The other two came in 2018 (L, 50-49) and 2015 (L, 68-63). Over the last four seasons, UofL is a combined 116-12, but they are 2-3 against FSU.

The Last Meeting (Jan. 17, 2021) - Kianna Smith scored 16 points to lead Louisville to an 84-56 victory over Florida State. Louisville played unselfishly, recording 22 assists on 32 baskets. Dana Evans had a season-high eight to go with her 12 points. Smith, a redshirt junior, came off the bench to dish out six, reaching her season-high for the third time this season. Five Louisville players reached double figures. Freshman guard Hailey Van Lith added 15. Freshman forward Olivia Cochran added 14 points, while fellow post player Liz Dixon notched her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds in just 17 minutes.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Feb. 21
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Site: Tallahassee, Fla. | Tucker Civic Center
TV: ACCNX (Tom Block, play-by-play; Shawn Davison, analyst)
Radio: 790-AM WKRD (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 84-56 (Jan. 17, 2021 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: 15-18 (W1, 8-7 Home, 5-8 Away, 2-3 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 3rd Associated Press, 2nd USA Today
Next UofL Game: Sunday, Feb. 28 at Notre Dame

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Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Asia Durr

Dana Evans

Mykasa Robinson

Kianna Smith

Hailey Van Lith

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