Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Pitt
January 08, 2023 | Women's Basketball
No. NR/RV Louisville 76, Pitt 69
Jan. 8, 2023 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,218
Team Notes:
Jan. 8, 2023 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,218
Team Notes:
- Louisville trailed 26-32 at halftime before outscoring the Panthers by 13 in the second half to complete the comeback. The last time the Cards won a game after trailing at halftime was Dec. 19 at UConn, when they trailed by three at halftime and won 69-64.
- Louisville closed the game on an 8-0 run after trailing 69-68 with 48 seconds to play. Chrislyn Carr nailed her fifth three-pointer of the night to give the Cardinals the lead and Mykasa Robinson cashed in on an and-one basket on a fast break to put the game away.Â
- The Cardinals made a season high 13 threes in the contest. The last time Louisville made 13 threes in a game was Nov. 29, 2020 when they made 14 against WKU
- UofL made 12 earlier this season against Longwood on Nov. 25Â
- Louisville is 118-19 (.860) 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 13-straight home ACC games dating back to the 2020-21 season.
- Louisville is 25-2 all-time against Pitt and won 21-straight games against the Panthers.
- Louisville is 102-26 in the month of January under Walz. Over the past four seasons, the Cardinals are 29-2 in games played in January.Â
- The Cardinals have won 164 games and hold a .872 (164-24) winning percentage since the start of the 2017-18 season. The wins rank third and winning percentage ranks fourth in the NCAA.
- Louisville is 175-8 in their last 183 games against unranked opponents.
- The Cardinals have won 73 of their last 74 games when scoring 70 points or more dating back to the 2018-19 season. The Cardinals are 302-24 all-time under Walz when scoring 70 points or more.
- Louisville scored a season-high 50 points in the second half against Pitt. It is the most points scored in the second half since they scored 50 against Syracuse on Feb. 6, 2022.
- Hailey Van Lith poured in a team-leading 18 points on 6-of-14 shooting from the floor.
- Van Lith also shot 4-of-10 from three-point range, setting a new season high in three-point field goals made.
- She also dished out a career-high seven assists to go with three rebounds, a pair of blocks, and a steal.
- The junior is now averaging 21.8 points in conference games after scoring 18 or more points in each of the first five ACC contests.
- Van Lith played all 40 minutes for the sixth time this season.
- Chrislyn Carr notched 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc, including the go-ahead three-pointer to give the Cardinals the lead for good with 48 seconds to play.
- The guard's five three-point field goals tied a season-high.
- She also dished out four assists.
- Norika Konno scored 11 points for the fourth time in her career to set a season-high
- Her previous season-high was 10 against Longwood on Nov. 25, 2022.Â
- Set a season high in steals with three, her previous high was one which she recorded six times this season.
- Mykasa Robinson moved into a tie for second for most games played in a career after playing 21 minutes tonight.
- The guard scored three points and pulled down four rebounds.
- Robinson collected two steals, marking the third straight game she has reached that mark and the seventh game this season she has recorded multiple steals.
- Morgan Jones tied a season-high with eight rebounds while also scoring seven points and recording two assists.
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