Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Syracuse
December 29, 2022 | Women's Basketball
No. RV/RV Louisville 86, Syracuse 77
Dec. 29, 2022 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,025
Team Notes:
Dec. 29, 2022 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,025
Team Notes:
- The Cardinals shot 52.7 percent from the floor on 32-of-67 shooting. It was the third-straight game they have shot 50 percent or better from the floor. The last time the Cardinals shot 50 percent or better in three-straight games was Nov. 24-29, 2018 against Hartford, Miami (OH) and Nebraska.
- Louisville is 116-18Â (.866) in ACC play since they joined the league in 2014-15. They are the only school with a winning percentage above .800 in conference games and they have 10 more wins than the school with the second-highest win total over that span.
- Louisville has won its last 11-straight home ACC games dating back to the 2020-21 season after the win over Syracuse.
- With the win, the Cardinals have won six games in a row over Syracuse.
- This was the Cardinals sixth win in a row, dating back to Dec. 6. It was the fourth time during the winning streak that Louisville shot 50 percent or better from the field.
- The Cardinals have scored 70 or more points in each of the six wins during the winning streak.
- The Cardinals have won 72 of their last 73 games when scoring 70 points or more dating back to the 2018-19 season. The Cardinals are 301-24 all-time under Walz when scoring 70 points or more.
- Louisville is 93-15 in the month of December under Walz. Over the past five seasons, the Cardinals are 33-2 in games played in December.Â
- The Cardinals have won 162Â games and hold a .871 (162-24) winning percentage since the start of the 2017-18 season. The wins rank third and winning percentage ranks fourth in the NCAA.
- Louisville is 173-7 in their last 180 games against unranked opponents.
- Louisville had four players score in double figures in the win. It is the fifth time that has happened this season and the Cards are 5-0 in those games.
- The Cardinals corralled 47 rebounds, the seventh game this season they had 40 or more rebounds.
- Hailey Van Lith led the team with 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting, tied a career high with six assists and added five rebounds in the win.
- It is her eighth 20-point performance in her 14 games this season.
- It was her third-straight game leading the team in assists and the seventh time she has done it this season.
- It is the eighth game she has had five or more rebounds this season.
- Olivia Cochran scored a season-best 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting to go with seven rebounds.
- It is the 10th game this season she has had seven or more rebounds.
- Morgan Jones tallied back-to-back games with double figure points after scoring 15 against Syracuse.
- It is the ninth game this season she has scored 10 points or more.
- Jones also hauled in seven rebounds, the sixth game this year with five or more.
- Nyla Harris set a career high with a team-best 10 rebounds and scored eight points.
- Chrislyn Carr scored in double figures for the second-straight game and the 10th time this season with 12 points.
- She hit four threes in the win, the fourth time this season she has had four or more threes.
- Merissah Russell tied a season high with seven rebounds.
- She also knocked down a three in the win, her seventh-straight game with at least one three pointer.
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