Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Morehead State

#18/17 Louisville 74, Morehead State 48
Dec. 13, 2023 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 7,086

Team Notes:

The Cardinals won their sixth game in a row after the 74-48 win over Morehead State.
- They have had at least a six-game winning streak in each of the last 13 seasons.
Louisville limited Morehead State to eight points in the second quarter in Wednesday's win.
- The Cardinals have limited opponents to single-digit quarters nine times this season. Last season, the Cardinals had 22 single-digit quarters from their opponents.
The Cardinals won their 39th-consecutive game when allowing 59 or less points in a game after the 74-48 win over Morehead State.
- Over the past nine seasons, the Cardinals are 146-4 when allowing 59
- points or less in a game.
Louisville forced 17 turnovers against Morehead State in the win. They have forced 15 or more turnovers in every game this season.
Louisville is 96-15 all-time in the month of December under head coach Jeff Walz.
- Over the past six seasons, the Cardinals are 36-2 in December.
- The Cardinals have won nine-straight games in December dating back to last season.
The Cardinals had 11 players score in the win, the second time this season they had all 11 players score and they are 2-0 in those games.
- The Cardinals have had 10 or more players score five different times this season and are 5-0 in those games.
The Cardinals are 184-34 (.844) against nonconference foes in regular season play under Walz. They are 86-11 in non-conference play over the past eight seasons.
Louisville has totaled 187 wins and has an .850 winning percentage since the start of the 2017-18 season. The wins rank third and the winning percentage ranks fifth in the NCAA during that span.
The Cardinals are 193-10 in their last 202 games against unranked opponents.
Louisville finished 15-for-18 (83.3 percent) from the free throw line in the win over Morehead State.
- It is the seventh game this season the Cardinals have shot 80 percent or better from the line.
The Cardinals outrebounded Morehead State 47-39 in the win.
- It was the seventh game this season they had 40 or more rebounds.
Louisville totaled 46 points in the paint against Morehead State.
- It was its sixth game this season the Cards had 40 or more points in the paint.

Player Notes:

Olivia Cochran tallied her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds in the win.
- The Cardinals have had five different players with a double-double this season and Cochran is the first player to have multiple this year.
- The 11 rebounds tied a season high she set against Liberty on Nov. 25.
Kiki Jefferson tallied 12 points, four rebounds, two assists, one steal and zero turnovers in just 17 minutes of action.
- It was her sixth-straight game scoring in double figures and she leads the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game.
Nyla Harris tied the team high with 16 points and had nine rebounds in the win.
- It was her sixth game in double figures this season and fourth game with eight or more rebounds.
Merissah Russell tallied seven points with two rebounds and a steal off the bench.
- It was her fifth game this season with seven or more points.
Nina Rickards led the team with five assists against the Eagles.
- It was her seventh game leading the team in assists this season.
- The five assists tied a season-high for Rickards.
- She has had two or more assists in 10 of 11 games this season.

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Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Morehead State

Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Nyla Harris

Kiki Jefferson

Nina Rickards

Merissah Russell

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