Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Wake Forest

#15 Louisville 83, Wake Forest 62
Jan. 14, 2024 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 8,901

Team Notes:

The Cardinals are 130-24 (.844) in ACC play since the 2014-15 season.
- They are the only program with a winning percentage of .800 or greater in ACC play over the last 10 seasons.
- They have eight-more conference wins than the second-best team during that span.
Louisville is 54-0 at home against unranked ACC opponents during conference play since joining the league in 2014-15.
The Cardinals shot 55.4 percent (31-56) from the floor in the win over the Demon Deacons.
- It is the second-straight game and fifth this season they have shot 50 percent or better from the floor. They are 5-0 in those games.
Louisville shot a season-best 63.6 percent (7-for-11) from three in the win over Wake Forest.
Louisville forced 19 turnovers against the Demon Deacons in the win. They have forced 19 or more turnovers in each of their four ACC games this season.
The Cardinals are 196-10 in their last 206 games against unranked opponents.
Louisville has totaled 192 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 had six players score in double figures in the win over Wake Forest.
- It is the second time this season they have had six or more players score in double figures and they are 2-0 in those games.
The Cardinals had seven players score eight or more points against the Demon Deacons.
- It is the second-straight game and third time this season they have had at least seven players score eight or more points in a game.
Louisville had 10 total players score in the win.
- It is the sixth time this season 10 or more players have scored and the Cards are 6-0 in those games.
Louisville limited Wake Forest to eight points in the second quarter in Sunday's win.
- The Cardinals have limited opponents to single-digit quarters 12 times this season.
- Eight of those single-digit point quarters have come in the second quarter this season.
- The Cardinals have limited three of their four ACC opponents to at least one single-digit point quarter this season.
The Cardinals tallied 40 points in the paint against the Demon Deacons.
- It is the seventh game this season they have scored 40 or more points in the paint.

Player Notes:

Olivia Cochran tallied double-digit points for the ninth-straight game with a team-best 12 points, season-best four assists, three rebounds and a steal.
- Cochran shot 50.0 percent (3-for-6) from the floor. It is the ninth-straight game and 13th time this season she has shot 50 percent or better.
Nyla Harris was perfect from the floor (5-for-5) with 10 points, three rebounds and an assist in the win.
- It is the second game this season (Bellarmine, 5-for-5) that she has shot 100 percent from the floor.
- It is the ninth time this season she has scored 10 points or more.
Kiki Jefferson scored in double figures with 10 points and had four assists in the win.
- It is the 11th time in her last 12 games she has scored 10 points or more.
Sydney Taylor scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 11 points and was 2-for-4 from behind the arc.
- It is the eighth game this season she has scored 10 points or more.
- It is the 10th game this season she has made multiple three-pointers.
Merissah Russell tallied double-digit points with 10, was 2-for-3 from three and had a season-best five rebounds.
- It is the fifth time this season and the third time against an ACC opponent she has scored 10 points or more.
- It is the third time this season she has hit multiple threes in a game.
Jayda Curry had a team-best 12 points, was 5-for-6 from the floor and 2-for-2 from three and had two rebounds, two steals and an assist in the win.
- It is the third time this season she has led the team in points and sixth time she has scored 10 points or more.
- It is the second-straight game and sixth time this season she has hit multiple threes in a game.
Elif Istanbulluoglu tallied nine points, was 4-for-5 from the floor and 1-for-1 from behind the arc to go with four rebounds in 20 minutes of action.
- It is the second-straight game she has made a three-pointer.
Nina Rickards tied a season high with a team-best five assists in the win.
- It is the third time this season she has had five assists in a game.

University of Louisville Athletics

Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Wake Forest

Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Jayda Curry

Nyla Harris

Elif Istanbulluoglu

Kiki Jefferson

Nina Rickards

Merissah Russell

Sydney Taylor

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