Sunday, January 22
LOUISVILLE, KY
1 PM
University of Louisville
vs
#20/18 NC State
RV/RV Cardinals Set for Sunday Clash with #20/18 NC State
January 21, 2023 | Women's Basketball
The matchup between the Cardinals and Wolfpack will air nationally on ABC
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The RV/RV Louisville women's basketball team is gearing up for a ranked matchup to close out the two-game homestand on Sunday. The Cardinals welcome the #20/18 NC State Wolfpack to the KFC Yum! Center for a nationally televised showdown. The Cardinals and Wolfpack are set to square off at 1 p.m. on Sunday and the game will be aired on ABC.
The Cardinals are coming off a 73-65 home win over Boston College on Thursday. The win was Louisville's 14th-straight home ACC win, a streak that dates back to the 2020-21 season. It is the longest conference home winning streak for the Cardinals since they joined the ACC. It is also the longest home conference win streak under head coach Jeff Walz since he took over in 2007-08.
Hailey Van Lith led the Cardinals against the Eagles with a game-high 24 points and added six rebounds. Van Lith is the only player in the ACC to score 18 or more points in each conference game this season. She has scored 20 or more points in seven of the eight ACC matchups. In conference games, she leads the ACC with 22.8 points per game and ranks fourth with 4.3 assists per game. She is also sixth in the conference with a 46.9 field goal percentage.
Chrislyn Carr had 18 points against the Eagles and was 4-for-6 from behind the arc in the win. Carr is one of the most prolific three-point shooters in the ACC and the country this season. She leads the league and is seventh in the country with a 48.2 shooting percentage. She has shot 50 percent or better from three in nine of her last 10 games. She leads the team with 54 threes on the season, a mark that leads the ACC and ranks 13th nationally.
Mykasa Robinson set the school record for career games played against the Eagles. She played her 145th game in a Cardinal uniform, surpassing Jazmine Jones' record of 144. In the win over the Eagles, Robinson scored eight points, had four rebounds, four assists and two steals. She has had multiple steals in four of her last five games and leads the team with 33 steals on the season.
Date: Sunday, January 22
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,000)
TV: ABC (Beth Mowins, play-by-play; Rebecca Lobo, analyst, Holly Rowe, sideline)
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: L, 59-68 (Jan. 20, 2022 at Raleigh, N.C.)
Series History: Louisville leads 8-6 (2-2 home, 3-2 away, 3-2 neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 8-4 (2-2 home, 3-1 away, 3-1 neutral)
ABOUT THE WOLFPACK
NC State enters Sunday's game with a 14-5 record and are 4-4 in ACC games this season. They are ranked 20th in the associated press poll and 18th in the coaches poll. The Wolfpack are coming off a 71-61 home win over Miami this past Thursday. The Wolfpack have played four common opponents of the Cardinals so far and they dropped matchups against Duke (58-72), Boston College (71-79) and Florida State (72-91) while they defeated Syracuse (56-54). Sunday's matchup will pair two of the best shooting teams in the ACC against each other. The Cardinals are second in league at 47.2 percent and NC State is third in the league with 45.2 percent. From behind the arc, Louisville leads the ACC with 35.9 percent and NC State is second at 34.2 percent. Both teams have been able to score this season as the Cardinals are third in the ACC in points per game (76.3) and NC State is fifth (75.1).
Series History - This will be the 15th meeting between the two schools and many of their previous matchups have been close games. The Cardinals lead the all-time series 8-6 but the Wolfpack have won the last three matchups. Of the 14 previous matchups, 11 of them have been decided by 10 points or less. Since Jeff Walz took over the helm at Louisville, the Cardinals are 8-4 against the Wolfpack. In games played in Louisville, the series is tied 2-2.
Last Meeting (Jan. 16, 2022) - Diamond Johnson scored 11 of her 16 points in a 4 1/2-minute stretch of the fourth quarter, and No. 4 North Carolina State wiped out a 16-point second-half deficit to beat No. 3 Louisville 68-59 on Thursday night. A 17-0 run in the fourth quarter ignited the Wolfpack to their third win against a top-10 opponent this season. Louisville's 15-game winning streak, the longest in Division I, came to a halt. Elissa Cunane had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Jakia Brown-Turner added 14 points for N.C. State (17-2, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Olivia Cochran scored a season-high 19 points, Emily Engstler had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Hailey Van Lith had 13 points for Louisville (15-2, 5-1), which committed seven of its 12 turnovers in the fourth quarter.
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The Cardinals are coming off a 73-65 home win over Boston College on Thursday. The win was Louisville's 14th-straight home ACC win, a streak that dates back to the 2020-21 season. It is the longest conference home winning streak for the Cardinals since they joined the ACC. It is also the longest home conference win streak under head coach Jeff Walz since he took over in 2007-08.
Hailey Van Lith led the Cardinals against the Eagles with a game-high 24 points and added six rebounds. Van Lith is the only player in the ACC to score 18 or more points in each conference game this season. She has scored 20 or more points in seven of the eight ACC matchups. In conference games, she leads the ACC with 22.8 points per game and ranks fourth with 4.3 assists per game. She is also sixth in the conference with a 46.9 field goal percentage.
Chrislyn Carr had 18 points against the Eagles and was 4-for-6 from behind the arc in the win. Carr is one of the most prolific three-point shooters in the ACC and the country this season. She leads the league and is seventh in the country with a 48.2 shooting percentage. She has shot 50 percent or better from three in nine of her last 10 games. She leads the team with 54 threes on the season, a mark that leads the ACC and ranks 13th nationally.
Mykasa Robinson set the school record for career games played against the Eagles. She played her 145th game in a Cardinal uniform, surpassing Jazmine Jones' record of 144. In the win over the Eagles, Robinson scored eight points, had four rebounds, four assists and two steals. She has had multiple steals in four of her last five games and leads the team with 33 steals on the season.
Date: Sunday, January 22
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,000)
TV: ABC (Beth Mowins, play-by-play; Rebecca Lobo, analyst, Holly Rowe, sideline)
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: L, 59-68 (Jan. 20, 2022 at Raleigh, N.C.)
Series History: Louisville leads 8-6 (2-2 home, 3-2 away, 3-2 neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 8-4 (2-2 home, 3-1 away, 3-1 neutral)
ABOUT THE WOLFPACK
NC State enters Sunday's game with a 14-5 record and are 4-4 in ACC games this season. They are ranked 20th in the associated press poll and 18th in the coaches poll. The Wolfpack are coming off a 71-61 home win over Miami this past Thursday. The Wolfpack have played four common opponents of the Cardinals so far and they dropped matchups against Duke (58-72), Boston College (71-79) and Florida State (72-91) while they defeated Syracuse (56-54). Sunday's matchup will pair two of the best shooting teams in the ACC against each other. The Cardinals are second in league at 47.2 percent and NC State is third in the league with 45.2 percent. From behind the arc, Louisville leads the ACC with 35.9 percent and NC State is second at 34.2 percent. Both teams have been able to score this season as the Cardinals are third in the ACC in points per game (76.3) and NC State is fifth (75.1).
Series History - This will be the 15th meeting between the two schools and many of their previous matchups have been close games. The Cardinals lead the all-time series 8-6 but the Wolfpack have won the last three matchups. Of the 14 previous matchups, 11 of them have been decided by 10 points or less. Since Jeff Walz took over the helm at Louisville, the Cardinals are 8-4 against the Wolfpack. In games played in Louisville, the series is tied 2-2.
Last Meeting (Jan. 16, 2022) - Diamond Johnson scored 11 of her 16 points in a 4 1/2-minute stretch of the fourth quarter, and No. 4 North Carolina State wiped out a 16-point second-half deficit to beat No. 3 Louisville 68-59 on Thursday night. A 17-0 run in the fourth quarter ignited the Wolfpack to their third win against a top-10 opponent this season. Louisville's 15-game winning streak, the longest in Division I, came to a halt. Elissa Cunane had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Jakia Brown-Turner added 14 points for N.C. State (17-2, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Olivia Cochran scored a season-high 19 points, Emily Engstler had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Hailey Van Lith had 13 points for Louisville (15-2, 5-1), which committed seven of its 12 turnovers in the fourth quarter.
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