Thursday, February 23
LOUISVILLE, KY
6 PM
University of Louisville
vs
Miami
Cardinals Back at Home to Take On Miami
February 22, 2023 | Women's Basketball
Louisville finishes the regular season with two-straight games at home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville women's basketball team is back at the KFC Yum! Center this week to close out the regular season. First up for the Cardinals is a visit from the Miami Hurricanes on Thursday. The Cardinals and Hurricanes will square off at 6 p.m. ET and it will be aired nationally on ACC Network.
Thursday's game will be Louisville's Celebrating Black Culture game in part with Black History Month. The Cardinals will have special programming throughout the game and will wear special jerseys for the game. To learn more about the jerseys and their meaning, fans can click here.
The Cardinals are coming off a 62-52 win over Boston College this past Sunday. Louisville used a second half surge to come out on top as they outscored the Eagles 28-10 over the final 12 minutes of the game. With the win the Cards won their ninth road game of the season, which is the second most in the ACC behind Duke. The Cardinals also clinched their 13th-straight 20-win season with the win over the Eagles, extending the program record. Louisville has won 20 or more games in 15 of head coach Jeff Walz's 16 seasons.
Hailey Van Lith had another strong game against the Eagles as she led the team with 17 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. It was her fifth-straight game where she has scored 17 or more points and fourth-straight game with two or more steals. The Cardinals got a big boost from their bench as Liz Dixon led the Cardinals with 12 rebounds and 13 points for her seventh career double-double. Merissah Russell had a career-best game with a career-high 13 points and nine of her 13 points came in the fourth quarter.
Date: Thursday, February 23
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,000)
TV: ACC Network (Pam Ward, play-by-play; Stephanie White, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: L, 59-61 (March 4, 2022 at Greensboro, N.C.)
Series History: Louisville leads 7-3 (3-2 home, 4-0 away, 0-1 neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 7-2 (3-2 home, 4-0 away)
ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Miami is 17-10 on the season and is 10-6 in ACC play heading into Thursday's matchup. The Hurricanes are coming off a 1-1 week with a home win over Clemson (59-54) and a road defeat to Syracuse (68-77). Miami is ranked fifth in the ACC this season with a .435 field goal percentage, three spots behind the Cardinals who are second in the league with a .456 field goal percentage. The Hurricanes are also a strong passing team, similar to the Cardinals. Louisville ranks third in the league with 15.5 assists per game and Miami is fifth with 14.9 per game. Miami is just one game behind the Cardinals in the ACC standings as we enter the final week of the regular season. None of the 15 seeds are set in stone as every team is still able to improve their positioning before the regular season ends on Sunday. The Hurricanes can finish as high as the No. 3 seed and as low as the No. 8 seed for the upcoming ACC Women's Basketball Tournament. The Cardinals can get as high as the No. 2 seed in the tournament but can't fall lower than the No. 7 seed.
Series History - This will be the 11th meeting all-time between the two schools and the Cardinals hold a 7-3 all-time series advantage. The Cardinals are 7-2 against Miami since Jeff Walz took over in the 2007-8 season. In games played in Louisville, the Cardinals are 3-2 in those games. They won the last game played in Louisville, 79-76, on January 26, 2021. Each of the last three games played between the two teams have been decided by three points or less.
Last Meeting (March 4, 2022) - Destiny Harden hit a turnaround midrange jumper at the horn to cap a one-woman comeback as Miami scored the game's final 17 points to down No. 4 Louisville 61-59 in Friday night's quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The second-seeded Cardinals led 59-44 with 5:44 left, only to see the seventh-seeded Hurricanes stage a frantic rally that abruptly turned what looked set to be a Louisville win into a stunning reversal. Harden did it almost single-handedly, scoring the game's last 15 points for Miami (19-11) on the way to 27 points on 11-for-15 shooting. That included the game-tying 3-pointer from the left wing with 31 seconds left. Then, after the Cardinals committed a shot-clock violation, Miami got the ball back with 1.7 seconds left. Kelsey Marshall sent a one-bounce pass to Harden on the right side, with Harden catching and turning over Hailey Van Lith to launch a shot that caught all net. Chelsie Hall scored 13 points to lead the Cardinals (25-4). Kianna Smith finished with 10 points, while Emily Engstler added eight points and nine rebounds.
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For the latest on Louisville women's basketball, visit GoCards.com, or follow the team's Instagram account at @LouisvilleWBB, Twitter account at @LouisvilleWBB or on Facebook at facebook.com/louisvillewbb.
Thursday's game will be Louisville's Celebrating Black Culture game in part with Black History Month. The Cardinals will have special programming throughout the game and will wear special jerseys for the game. To learn more about the jerseys and their meaning, fans can click here.
The Cardinals are coming off a 62-52 win over Boston College this past Sunday. Louisville used a second half surge to come out on top as they outscored the Eagles 28-10 over the final 12 minutes of the game. With the win the Cards won their ninth road game of the season, which is the second most in the ACC behind Duke. The Cardinals also clinched their 13th-straight 20-win season with the win over the Eagles, extending the program record. Louisville has won 20 or more games in 15 of head coach Jeff Walz's 16 seasons.
Hailey Van Lith had another strong game against the Eagles as she led the team with 17 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. It was her fifth-straight game where she has scored 17 or more points and fourth-straight game with two or more steals. The Cardinals got a big boost from their bench as Liz Dixon led the Cardinals with 12 rebounds and 13 points for her seventh career double-double. Merissah Russell had a career-best game with a career-high 13 points and nine of her 13 points came in the fourth quarter.
Date: Thursday, February 23
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,000)
TV: ACC Network (Pam Ward, play-by-play; Stephanie White, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: L, 59-61 (March 4, 2022 at Greensboro, N.C.)
Series History: Louisville leads 7-3 (3-2 home, 4-0 away, 0-1 neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 7-2 (3-2 home, 4-0 away)
ABOUT THE HURRICANES
Miami is 17-10 on the season and is 10-6 in ACC play heading into Thursday's matchup. The Hurricanes are coming off a 1-1 week with a home win over Clemson (59-54) and a road defeat to Syracuse (68-77). Miami is ranked fifth in the ACC this season with a .435 field goal percentage, three spots behind the Cardinals who are second in the league with a .456 field goal percentage. The Hurricanes are also a strong passing team, similar to the Cardinals. Louisville ranks third in the league with 15.5 assists per game and Miami is fifth with 14.9 per game. Miami is just one game behind the Cardinals in the ACC standings as we enter the final week of the regular season. None of the 15 seeds are set in stone as every team is still able to improve their positioning before the regular season ends on Sunday. The Hurricanes can finish as high as the No. 3 seed and as low as the No. 8 seed for the upcoming ACC Women's Basketball Tournament. The Cardinals can get as high as the No. 2 seed in the tournament but can't fall lower than the No. 7 seed.
Series History - This will be the 11th meeting all-time between the two schools and the Cardinals hold a 7-3 all-time series advantage. The Cardinals are 7-2 against Miami since Jeff Walz took over in the 2007-8 season. In games played in Louisville, the Cardinals are 3-2 in those games. They won the last game played in Louisville, 79-76, on January 26, 2021. Each of the last three games played between the two teams have been decided by three points or less.
Last Meeting (March 4, 2022) - Destiny Harden hit a turnaround midrange jumper at the horn to cap a one-woman comeback as Miami scored the game's final 17 points to down No. 4 Louisville 61-59 in Friday night's quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The second-seeded Cardinals led 59-44 with 5:44 left, only to see the seventh-seeded Hurricanes stage a frantic rally that abruptly turned what looked set to be a Louisville win into a stunning reversal. Harden did it almost single-handedly, scoring the game's last 15 points for Miami (19-11) on the way to 27 points on 11-for-15 shooting. That included the game-tying 3-pointer from the left wing with 31 seconds left. Then, after the Cardinals committed a shot-clock violation, Miami got the ball back with 1.7 seconds left. Kelsey Marshall sent a one-bounce pass to Harden on the right side, with Harden catching and turning over Hailey Van Lith to launch a shot that caught all net. Chelsie Hall scored 13 points to lead the Cardinals (25-4). Kianna Smith finished with 10 points, while Emily Engstler added eight points and nine rebounds.
FOLLOW LOUISVILLE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ON SOCIAL MEDIA
For the latest on Louisville women's basketball, visit GoCards.com, or follow the team's Instagram account at @LouisvilleWBB, Twitter account at @LouisvilleWBB or on Facebook at facebook.com/louisvillewbb.
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