Sunday, December 4
Murfreesboro, TN
5 PM
University of Louisville
at
Middle Tennessee
#18/15 Cardinals Travel for Road Clash with Middle Tennessee
December 03, 2022 | Women's Basketball
It begins a stretch of five of the next six games are away from home for the Cardinals
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The #18/15 Louisville women's basketball team is on the road for its second true road game of the season this weekend. The Cardinals head back to the state of Tennessee to take on Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro. The Cardinals and Blue Raiders will square off on Sunday, Dec. 4 with tip off set for 5 p.m. on ESPN+.
Sunday's game against the Blue Raiders begins a month where the Cardinals will be away from home for a majority of the time. Louisville plays just two home games in the month of December and five of the next six games will be on the road for the Cards.
Louisville has been one of the best teams in the country in road games over the past six seasons. Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Louisville is 53-7 in road games, good for a .883 winning percentage. The winning percentage ranks second and the wins are third in the NCAA over that span. So far this season, Louisville is 1-0 in road games after the 75-70 win over Belmont on Nov. 13.
The Cardinals are coming off a loss last time out and under head coach Jeff Walz's tenure, they have been able to bounce back quickly. Not counting the final game of the season, Louisville is 78-22 all-time after a loss in Walz's 16 seasons as head coach. The Cardinals have won 10 games in a row following a loss and have come out victorious in 17 of their last 18 games after a defeat. So far this season, Louisville is 2-0 after a loss.
Last time out, Hailey Van Lith recorded her second double-double of the season after she led the team with 20 points and 10 rebounds against No. 4/5 Ohio State. She is tied with Olivia Cochran with two double-doubles so far this season. It was her fourth 20-point game of the year and dating back to last season, she has scored 20 points or more in 10 of her last 16 games. This season, she leads the Cards with 21.0 points per game, a mark that ranks second in the ACC and 14th nationally.
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Site: Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Murphy Center (11,520)
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 80-26 (Dec. 9, 2017 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: Louisville leads 6-1 (3-1 home, 3-0 road)
ABOUT THE BLUE RAIDERS
Middle Tennessee is another opponent wth success last season that the Cardinals will face in their non-conference schedule. The Blue Raiders went 27-8 last season and were 14-4 in C-USA play to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. They were upset in the C-USA semifinals but still earned a berth to the WNIT. The Blue Raiders went on a run and reached the semifinals of the WNIT before falling to Seton Hall. So far in 2022-23, MTSU is 4-2 on the year and this will be just the third game at home for them this season. They are 2-0 at the Murphy Center with wins over Belmont and Tennessee Tech. The Blue Raiders have four players that are averaging double-digit points with first team All C-USA Savannah Wheeler leading the way with 17.0 points per game. Courtney Whitson is the leading rebounder with 8.3 boards and she also averages 10.2 points per game.
Series History - Louisville and Middle Tennessee will meet for the eighth time in program history on Sunday in a series that dates back to 1992. The two teams first met in Murfreesboro on Dec. 12, 1992, and the Cardinals came away with a 71-70 victory. This will be the fourth matchup all-time in Murfreesboro and Louisville is 3-0 against the Blue Raiders on their home court. The last time the two teams played in Tennessee was Nov. 16, 2016 and the Cardinals won 91-72.
Last Meeting (Dec. 9, 2017) - After seeing his No. 4 Louisville squad defend well in spurts, coach Jeff Walz wanted to see if his Cardinals could defend for a full game. They did, and they almost set a record in the process. Asia Durr scored 19 points in 20 minutes for the Cardinals, who crushed Middle Tennessee 80-26 on Saturday night. Wrapping up a busy week in which they routed UT Martin and Vanderbilt, the unbeaten Cardinals lowered the boom on another team from Tennessee. A 28-1 first-quarter run put the game away early. The Cardinals (11-0), off to their second-best start in program history, also had one of their best-ever shooting halves. Louisville shot 70.8 percent in the first half and 56.3 percent for the game. Bionca Dunham added 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting. Middle Tennessee scored just one more point than the fewest ever by a Louisville opponent. The Cardinals last held an opponent to 25 points against Tennessee State on Dec. 31, 2012.
Sunday's game against the Blue Raiders begins a month where the Cardinals will be away from home for a majority of the time. Louisville plays just two home games in the month of December and five of the next six games will be on the road for the Cards.
Louisville has been one of the best teams in the country in road games over the past six seasons. Since the beginning of the 2017-18 season, Louisville is 53-7 in road games, good for a .883 winning percentage. The winning percentage ranks second and the wins are third in the NCAA over that span. So far this season, Louisville is 1-0 in road games after the 75-70 win over Belmont on Nov. 13.
The Cardinals are coming off a loss last time out and under head coach Jeff Walz's tenure, they have been able to bounce back quickly. Not counting the final game of the season, Louisville is 78-22 all-time after a loss in Walz's 16 seasons as head coach. The Cardinals have won 10 games in a row following a loss and have come out victorious in 17 of their last 18 games after a defeat. So far this season, Louisville is 2-0 after a loss.
Last time out, Hailey Van Lith recorded her second double-double of the season after she led the team with 20 points and 10 rebounds against No. 4/5 Ohio State. She is tied with Olivia Cochran with two double-doubles so far this season. It was her fourth 20-point game of the year and dating back to last season, she has scored 20 points or more in 10 of her last 16 games. This season, she leads the Cards with 21.0 points per game, a mark that ranks second in the ACC and 14th nationally.
Date: Sunday, Dec. 4
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Site: Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Murphy Center (11,520)
TV: ESPN+
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 80-26 (Dec. 9, 2017 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: Louisville leads 6-1 (3-1 home, 3-0 road)
ABOUT THE BLUE RAIDERS
Middle Tennessee is another opponent wth success last season that the Cardinals will face in their non-conference schedule. The Blue Raiders went 27-8 last season and were 14-4 in C-USA play to earn the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. They were upset in the C-USA semifinals but still earned a berth to the WNIT. The Blue Raiders went on a run and reached the semifinals of the WNIT before falling to Seton Hall. So far in 2022-23, MTSU is 4-2 on the year and this will be just the third game at home for them this season. They are 2-0 at the Murphy Center with wins over Belmont and Tennessee Tech. The Blue Raiders have four players that are averaging double-digit points with first team All C-USA Savannah Wheeler leading the way with 17.0 points per game. Courtney Whitson is the leading rebounder with 8.3 boards and she also averages 10.2 points per game.
Series History - Louisville and Middle Tennessee will meet for the eighth time in program history on Sunday in a series that dates back to 1992. The two teams first met in Murfreesboro on Dec. 12, 1992, and the Cardinals came away with a 71-70 victory. This will be the fourth matchup all-time in Murfreesboro and Louisville is 3-0 against the Blue Raiders on their home court. The last time the two teams played in Tennessee was Nov. 16, 2016 and the Cardinals won 91-72.
Last Meeting (Dec. 9, 2017) - After seeing his No. 4 Louisville squad defend well in spurts, coach Jeff Walz wanted to see if his Cardinals could defend for a full game. They did, and they almost set a record in the process. Asia Durr scored 19 points in 20 minutes for the Cardinals, who crushed Middle Tennessee 80-26 on Saturday night. Wrapping up a busy week in which they routed UT Martin and Vanderbilt, the unbeaten Cardinals lowered the boom on another team from Tennessee. A 28-1 first-quarter run put the game away early. The Cardinals (11-0), off to their second-best start in program history, also had one of their best-ever shooting halves. Louisville shot 70.8 percent in the first half and 56.3 percent for the game. Bionca Dunham added 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting. Middle Tennessee scored just one more point than the fewest ever by a Louisville opponent. The Cardinals last held an opponent to 25 points against Tennessee State on Dec. 31, 2012.
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