No. 4 Louisville Plays at Miami on Tuesday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 4 University of Louisville women's basketball opens a busy week with three road contests at Miami on Tuesday night. The game will tip off at 7 p.m. ET and broadcast on ACC Network Extra and 790-AM WKRD.

Louisville is 18-2 on the season, 8-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, and has won three straight games. They are coming off a 77-65 win over No. 21 Duke at the KFC Yum! Center on Sunday afternoon.

During Louisville's three-game winning streak they are averaging 74.7 points per game, while shooting 46.3 percent from the floor and 41.3 percent from beyond the arc. They have scored 70-plus points in each of the last three games and are 12-0 this season when scoring 70-plus points. They are 54-0 the past three seasons when scoring more than 70 points.

In those three games, Louisville has assisted on 55 of 81 field goals, good for 67.9 percent. In ACC play, UofL has assisted on 145 of 243 field goals, good for 59.7 percent. UofL assisted on 20 of 29 buckets (.690) against Duke. They assisted on 19 of 26 against Wake Forest , good for 73.1 percent, which marks the second highest assist percentage this season. They assisted on 17 of 23 (.739) field goals against UT Martin.

The Cardinals are averaging 16.1 assists per game in ACC play, which ranks second in the league.

Louisville shot 11-32 from 3-point range in the win over Duke, which tied for their most makes and is their most attempts this season. The Cardinals are shooting 37.0 percent from deep on the season, which ranks second in the ACC and 12th in the country. In the last three games, Louisville is shooting 26-63 (.413) from deep.

Hailey Van Lith leads the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game. She has scored in double figures 15 times this season and in 12 of the last 14 games. She has led the Cardinals in scoring seven times this season.

Over the last six games, she is averaging a team-high 15.3 points per game. She has made at least one 3-pointer in the last seven games and is 9-17 (.529) from deep in the last three games. She was 5-8 from beyond the arc in the win over Duke, which marked her season-high for threes made. Last season, she twice made a career-high six threes in games against Syracuse and Wake Forest.

UofL is 5-1 in true road games. They went 7-1 in true road games last season and are 47-6 over the past five seasons. They are 31-4 (.886) in ACC road games the past five seasons.

ABOUT THE HURRICANES

Miami enters Tuesday's game with an 11-7 overall record, 4-4 in ACC play. The Hurricanes opened with losses in their first two conference games, but have won four of their last six. This is their first home game since a 58-49 loss to Duke on Jan. 18 and they are 1-3 in ACC home games. Their lone home win in the ACC is a 46-45 win over No. 12 Georgia Tech. They rank 14th in the ACC with 61.6 points per game and they are allowing 57.8 points per game, which ranks sixth. Kelsey Marshall is Miami's lone double-digit scorer with 14.1 points per game, which ranks 10th in the league. She ranks third in the ACC with 2.6 3-pointers per game and is shooting 32.6 percent from deep, which ranks sixth.

Series History - Louisville leads the all-time series 6-2, winning six out of the last seven games. The first meeting came in 1989, where Miami defeated Louisville 58-59 in Freedom Hall. After an almost three-decade hiatus, the conference opponents have played each season since Louisville joined the ACC in 2014-15 and the Cardinals are 6-1. UofL is 3-0 in Coral Gables.

Last Meeting (Jan. 26, 2021) - Dana Evans scored 20 points, including Louisville's final 12 capped by two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining, helping the top-ranked Cardinals survive Miami 79-76. Louisville had to hold off a furious late rally by the Hurricanes. Evans took over for the final nine minutes, making all eight free throw attempts around a couple of baskets to give the Cardinals just enough space. Liz Dixon scored a season-high 21 points off the bench.

GAME FACTS
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 1
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Site: Coral Gables, Fla. | Watsco Center (8,000)
TV: ACCNX (Joe Zagacki, play-by-play; Megan Perry, analyst)
Radio: 790-AM WKRD (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 79-76 (Jan. 26, 2021 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: 6-2 (W2, 3-2 home, 3-0 away, 0-0 neutral)
Series History w/ Walz: 6-1 (3-1 Home, 3-0 Away, 0-0 Neutral)
Next UofL Game: Thursday, Feb. 3 at Clemson

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Players Mentioned

Liz Dixon

Dana Evans

Hailey Van Lith

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