Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Pitt

#18/16 Louisville 77, Pitt 58
Jan. 28, 2024 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,452

Team Notes:

Louisville is 56-0 at home against unranked ACC opponents during conference play since joining the league in 2014-15.
The Cardinals are 133-25 (.842) 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 nine more conference wins than the second-best team during that span.
Louisville has totaled 195 wins and has an .848 winning percentage since the start of the 2017-18 season.
- The wins rank third and the winning percentage ranks sixth in the NCAA during that span.
The Cardinals won their 43rd-consecutive game when allowing 59 or less points in a game after the 77-58 win over Pitt.
- Over the past nine seasons, the Cardinals are 150-4 when allowing 59 points or less in a game.
Louisville limited Pitt to nine points in the first quarter in Sunday's win.
- The Cardinals have limited opponents to single-digit quarters 14 times this season.
- The Cardinals have limited five of their eight ACC opponents to at least one single-digit point quarter this season.
Louisville had all 11 total players score in the win over Pitt.
- It is the third time this season every player has scored in a game and the Cards are 3-0 in those games.
The Cardinals are 97-5 in their last 102 games when they have scored 70 points or more, dating back to the 2018-19 season. UofL is 326-28 when surpassing the 70-point plateau under Walz.
The Cardinals are 199-10 in their last 209 games against unranked opponents.
Louisville scored 22 points off turnovers in the win. It is the 15th game this season they have had 20 or more points scored off turnovers.
The Cardinals tallied 12 steals in the win over the Panthers.
- It is the 10th time this season they have had 10 or more steals in a game and they are 9-1 in those games.

Player Notes:

Jayda Curry led the Cardinals with 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting and was 3-4 from behind the arc.
- She has scored in double figures in four of her last five games.
- It is the fifth time this season she has led the team in scoring.
- She tied a season high with three made three-pointers and she has hit that mark three times this year.
Kiki Jefferson tallied 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in the win.
- She has scored in double figures in 14 of her last 16 games.
- She tallied five or more rebounds for the eighth time this season.
- It was her fifth-straight game and eighth time this season with three or more assists.
Olivia Cochran, Sydney Taylor and Eylia Love led the team with four assists each.
- Taylor added nine points and four rebounds.
- Love had three steals, three rebounds and three points.
- Cochran had five rebounds to go with four points.
Merissah Russell tallied nine points on 4-for-5 shooting to go with three rebounds and two steals.
- It is the seventh time this season and the fourth time against an ACC opponent that she has scored nine or more points.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Jayda Curry

Kiki Jefferson

Eylia Love

Merissah Russell

Sydney Taylor

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