No. 4 Louisville Hosts No. 21 Duke on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 4 University of Louisville women's basketball hosts the final game of its three-game homestand against No. 21 Duke on Sunday afternoon. The game will tip off at 3 p.m. ET and broadcast on ESPN and 790-AM WKRD.

Tickets for Sunday's game are available and $10 meal deals will be available behind Section 110. Get a hot dog, bag of chips and bottled water or small fountain soda for $10.

Emily Engstler recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 19 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Florida State on Thursday. She added five blocks and two assists. It tied her career high in blocks and marked the first time that a UofL player has had five blocks since Kylee Shook did it on Feb. 23, 2020 at Pitt.

Engstler averages 11.4 points with a team-high 8.6 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, while shooting 48 percent overall and 23-of-45 (.511) from deep. She leads the ACC with 2.6 steals per game, ranks third with 6.3 defensive rebounds per game and 8.6 rebounds per game and sixth with 1.6 blocks. She has led UofL in rebounds in 17 of 19 games.

Mykasa Robinson finished with a season-high nine points on 3-5 shooting, 3-4 from the line, against FSU. She also added four assists and four steals, while committing just one turnover. She is averaging 4.2 points and 4.0 assists over the last five games.

Olivia Cochran had 17 points on 6-10 shooting against Florida State and has scored in double figures in five of the last eight games after having just one double digit scoring effort in her first 10 games. In those eight games, she is averaging 11.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 26-34 (.765) from the stripe.

UofL is 16-0 when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent and 1-2 when not. The win over Florida State marked the first time this season that Louisville has won despite being outshot by its opponent.

Louisville is 11-0 at home to start the season. It marks the fourth time in the last five years that the Cards have won at least their first 11 home games. They won their first 11 home games in 2020-21 and their first 12 in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

The Cardinals are 176-18 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, but they have never finished a season without at least one loss at the downtown venue. Louisville is 71-4 at home the past five seasons. Dating back to last season, UofL has won 13 straight at home. The longest home winning streak in program history is 17 games when they won their final five home games in 2016-17 and their first 12 in 2017-18.

Under head coach Jeff Walz, UofL is 94-25 (.790) all-time in January. He is 21-1 in January the past three seasons and 29-2 over the past four seasons. Over the past nine seasons, the Cardinals are 66-6 (.917) in January.

ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS

Duke enters Sunday's game with a 13-5 overall record, 4-4 in ACC play. The Blue Devils are coming off a 78-62 loss to No. 22 North Carolina. Prior to the loss, they had won two straight with wins at Miami (W, 58-49) and against Virginia (W, 57-48). Duke is averaging 70.1 points per game, which ranks seventh in the ACC, and giving up 60.9 points per game, which ranks eighth. The Blue Devils rank fourth in the league with 15.6 assists and 7.2 made 3-pointers per game. Freshman Shayeann Day-Wilson leads the team with 11.9 points per game and is one of five players that average more than 7.9 points per game - Celeste Taylor (11.7 ppg), Elizabeth Balogun (10.5 ppg), Lexi Gordon (9.0 ppg) and Miela Goodchild (7.9 ppg). Day-Wilson ranks seventh in the ACC with 3.5 assists per game and Balogun ranks 11th with 1.2 blocks per game. Taylor has missed the last five games for the Blue Devils.

Series History - Louisville is 6-3 all-time against Duke and 3-0 at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals have won four straight and five of the last six, including the last meeting at the KFC Yum! Center, a 60-55 win on Jan. 5, 2020. UofL is 5-2 against Duke since joining the ACC.

Last Meeting (Dec. 9, 2020) - Dana Evans scored 24 points and No. 2 Louisville pulled away in the second half to beat Duke 73-49 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. Kianna Smith added 15 points for the Cardinals. They led by just six midway through the third quarter before going on an 18-5 run to blow the game open. Louisville shot 44% and made 7 of 16 3-pointers, with Smith hitting three and Evans and freshman Hailey Van Lith each making two. Jade Williams scored 13 points for the Blue Devils.

GAME FACTS
Date: Sunday, Jan. 30
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,000)
TV: ESPN (Courtney Lyle, play-by-play; Carolyn Peck, analyst)
Radio: 790-AM WKRD (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 73-49 (Dec. 9, 2020 at Duke)
Series History: 6-3 (W4, 3-0 Home, 2-3 Away, 1-0 Neutral)
Series History w/ Walz: 5-2 (3-0 Home, 2-2 Away, 0-0 Neutral)
Next UofL Game: Tuesday, Feb. 1 at Miami

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Players Mentioned

Elizabeth Balogun

Olivia Cochran

Emily Engstler

Dana Evans

Mykasa Robinson

Kianna Smith

Hailey Van Lith

University of Louisville Athletics