Thursday, February 9
Charlottesville, VA
7 PM
University of Louisville
at
Virginia
Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics
Cardinals Travel for Midweek Battle with Virginia
February 08, 2023 | Women's Basketball
This will be the first matchup between the two schools since the 2019-20 season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville women's basketball team is heading down the final stretch of the regular season and they are on the road for a midweek matchup. Louisville is traveling to Charlottesville to take on Virginia on Thursday. The matchup between the Cardinals and Cavaliers will start at 7 p.m. ET and it will be streamed on ACCNX.
The Cardinals are coming off a 62-55 home win over #11/14 North Carolina this past week. Defense reigned supreme in the game as the Cards limited North Carolina to 1-for-12 shooting from three and held the Tar Heels to just three assists. The one three-pointer and .083 shooting percentage from behind the arc were season-low marks for the Tar Heels and the three assists were also the fewest in a game this season. It was the first time this season North Carolina had lost a game after having the lead at halftime (11-1).
Chrislyn Carr and Hailey Van Lith led the Cardinals with 17 points each in the win over the Tar Heels. Carr tied a season-high with five made threes and she was 5-for-9 from behind the arc. It was the third time she has hit five threes in a game this season and she leads the ACC and is ranked 14th nationally with 66 threes on the year. She is shooting .482 percent from three, a mark that leads the league and is fourth nationally.
Freshman Nyla Harris continues to thrive in her new starting role. She led the Cards with 12 rebounds in the win over the Tar Heels in her second-career start. The 12 rebounds are tied for the second-most by an ACC freshman this season. The 12 rebounds are also the most by a Cardinal freshman since 2021 when Olivia Cochran had 15 in the NCAA Tournament against Northwestern.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 9
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Site: Charlottesville, Va. | John Paul Jones Arena (14,593)
TV: ACCNX
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 71-56 (Jan. 23, 2020 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: Louisville leads 10-2* (6-0 home, 4-2 away)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 10-1* (6-0 home, 4-1 away)
* does not include the UVA forfeit in 2022
ABOUT THE CAVALIERS
Virginia is 14-10 on the season and are 3-10 in ACC play. The Cavaliers are coming off an 0-2 week where they dropped a road midweek contest to #11/14 North Carolina (62-73) and a road game on Sunday to Pitt (51-60). Virginia is ninth in the ACC with 70.3 points per game and eighth in points allowed with 62.0 per game. The Cavaliers are one of the top teams in the league in rebounding as they rank third with 43.1 per game. They are first in the ACC with 15.0 offensive rebounds per game and fourth with 28.0 defensive rebounds per game. Thursday's matchup will have two of the better passing teams in the league facing off against each other. Virginia is third in the ACC with 15.4 assists per game and the Cardinals rank fifth with 15.0 per game.
Series History - This will be the 13th meeting all time between the two schools and the first time the two teams have met since the 2019-20 season. Virginia did not participate in the 2020-21 season and the meeting last season scheduled for Feb. 10 was canceled and deemed a forfeit for Virginia. Louisville leads the all-time series 10-2 and are 10-1 against the Cavaliers during Jeff Walz's tenure. The Cardinals have won nine-straight games over the Cavaliers and won the last four meetings that have taken place in Charlottesville.
Last Meeting (Jan. 23, 2020) - Jazmine Jones and Kylee Shook both scored in double figures and Dana Evans notched her ninth 20-point game of the season to lead No. 5 Louisville to a 71-56 win over Virginia on Thursday night inside the KFC Yum! Center. With the win, the Cards improve to 19-1 overall and 8-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Cavaliers drop to 7-12 overall and 2-6 in conference play. Shook immediately set the tone for the evening by scoring the game's first five points. After Virginia pulled to within 13-11, the Cards used a 12-2 run to end the first quarter with a 25-13 lead. UofL smothered the Cavaliers with defense in the second period, limiting Virginia to just 3-of-14 shooting, and the Cardinals took a 39-22 lead at halftime. After Virginia used a 17-8 run to pull to within 51-39 at the end of the third stanza, the Cards outscored the Cavaliers 20-17 in the final period to win the game, 71-56. Evans led UofL with 21 points, 15 of which were scored in the first half, on 8-of-14 shooting. She tied her season-highs with six rebounds and three steals, while adding three assists. Jones scored 13 points, all of which came in the second half, while adding three steals. Shook had 10 points, seven rebounds, and a season-high tying six blocks. Bionca Dunham and Yacine Diop chipped in with eight points each. Elizabeth Balogun contributed with seven points and a season-high 12 rebounds. The win marked the 350th of Walz's career at Louisville.
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The Cardinals are coming off a 62-55 home win over #11/14 North Carolina this past week. Defense reigned supreme in the game as the Cards limited North Carolina to 1-for-12 shooting from three and held the Tar Heels to just three assists. The one three-pointer and .083 shooting percentage from behind the arc were season-low marks for the Tar Heels and the three assists were also the fewest in a game this season. It was the first time this season North Carolina had lost a game after having the lead at halftime (11-1).
Chrislyn Carr and Hailey Van Lith led the Cardinals with 17 points each in the win over the Tar Heels. Carr tied a season-high with five made threes and she was 5-for-9 from behind the arc. It was the third time she has hit five threes in a game this season and she leads the ACC and is ranked 14th nationally with 66 threes on the year. She is shooting .482 percent from three, a mark that leads the league and is fourth nationally.
Freshman Nyla Harris continues to thrive in her new starting role. She led the Cards with 12 rebounds in the win over the Tar Heels in her second-career start. The 12 rebounds are tied for the second-most by an ACC freshman this season. The 12 rebounds are also the most by a Cardinal freshman since 2021 when Olivia Cochran had 15 in the NCAA Tournament against Northwestern.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 9
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Site: Charlottesville, Va. | John Paul Jones Arena (14,593)
TV: ACCNX
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 71-56 (Jan. 23, 2020 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: Louisville leads 10-2* (6-0 home, 4-2 away)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 10-1* (6-0 home, 4-1 away)
* does not include the UVA forfeit in 2022
ABOUT THE CAVALIERS
Virginia is 14-10 on the season and are 3-10 in ACC play. The Cavaliers are coming off an 0-2 week where they dropped a road midweek contest to #11/14 North Carolina (62-73) and a road game on Sunday to Pitt (51-60). Virginia is ninth in the ACC with 70.3 points per game and eighth in points allowed with 62.0 per game. The Cavaliers are one of the top teams in the league in rebounding as they rank third with 43.1 per game. They are first in the ACC with 15.0 offensive rebounds per game and fourth with 28.0 defensive rebounds per game. Thursday's matchup will have two of the better passing teams in the league facing off against each other. Virginia is third in the ACC with 15.4 assists per game and the Cardinals rank fifth with 15.0 per game.
Series History - This will be the 13th meeting all time between the two schools and the first time the two teams have met since the 2019-20 season. Virginia did not participate in the 2020-21 season and the meeting last season scheduled for Feb. 10 was canceled and deemed a forfeit for Virginia. Louisville leads the all-time series 10-2 and are 10-1 against the Cavaliers during Jeff Walz's tenure. The Cardinals have won nine-straight games over the Cavaliers and won the last four meetings that have taken place in Charlottesville.
Last Meeting (Jan. 23, 2020) - Jazmine Jones and Kylee Shook both scored in double figures and Dana Evans notched her ninth 20-point game of the season to lead No. 5 Louisville to a 71-56 win over Virginia on Thursday night inside the KFC Yum! Center. With the win, the Cards improve to 19-1 overall and 8-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Cavaliers drop to 7-12 overall and 2-6 in conference play. Shook immediately set the tone for the evening by scoring the game's first five points. After Virginia pulled to within 13-11, the Cards used a 12-2 run to end the first quarter with a 25-13 lead. UofL smothered the Cavaliers with defense in the second period, limiting Virginia to just 3-of-14 shooting, and the Cardinals took a 39-22 lead at halftime. After Virginia used a 17-8 run to pull to within 51-39 at the end of the third stanza, the Cards outscored the Cavaliers 20-17 in the final period to win the game, 71-56. Evans led UofL with 21 points, 15 of which were scored in the first half, on 8-of-14 shooting. She tied her season-highs with six rebounds and three steals, while adding three assists. Jones scored 13 points, all of which came in the second half, while adding three steals. Shook had 10 points, seven rebounds, and a season-high tying six blocks. Bionca Dunham and Yacine Diop chipped in with eight points each. Elizabeth Balogun contributed with seven points and a season-high 12 rebounds. The win marked the 350th of Walz's career at Louisville.
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