Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Duke

#17/16 Louisville 61, Duke 44
Jan. 4, 2024 – KFC Yum! Center Center
Attendance: 7,789

Team Notes:

With the win over the Blue Devils, Louisville became the 27th program to secure 1,000 program wins all-time. The Cardinals are the fourth ACC program to hit that mark.
Louisville is 53-0 at home against unranked ACC opponents during conference play since joining the league in 2014-15.
The Cardinals are 128-24 (.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 eight-more conference wins than the second-best team during that span.
The Cardinals won their 41st-consecutive game when allowing 59 or less points in a game after the 61-44 win over Duke.
- Over the past nine seasons, the Cardinals are 148-4 when allowing 59 points or less in a game.
44 points is the fewest points scored by Duke this season. Their previous low was 61 against No. 1 South Carolina on Dec. 3.
Louisville limited Duke to four points in the second quarter in Thursday's win.
- The Cardinals have limited opponents to single-digit quarters 10 times this season. Last season, the Cardinals had 22 single-digit quarters from their opponents.
- Seven of those single-digit quarters have occurred in the second quarter this season.
Louisville forced 27 turnovers against the Blue Devils in the win. It was the 11th time this season the Cards have forced 20 or more turnovers in a game.
- The 27 turnovers were the most by Duke in a game since January 9, 2020, when they had 28 against Virginia.
The Cardinals are 194-10 in their last 204 games against unranked opponents.
Louisville finished 17-for-21 (81.0 percent) from the free throw line in the win over Duke.
- It is the eighth game this season the Cardinals have shot 80 percent or better from the line.
Louisville has totaled 190 wins and has an .848 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.

Player Notes:

Olivia Cochran tallied double-digit points for the seventh-straight game with 13 points and added six rebounds, three steals and one block.
- The three steals ties a season high, a mark she has hit in five games this season.
- Cochran has tallied five or more rebounds in 11 games this season.
- This is the sixth-straight game she has had 10 or more points and five or more rebounds.
Kiki Jefferson had a team high 15 points with four rebounds, two assists and two steals. She shot 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
- It was the fourth time this season she has led the team in scoring.
- The eight free throws made tied a season high and it was the second time she was 8-for-8 from the line in a game this season (Liberty, 11/25/23)
- This was the fifth time this season she was perfect from the free throw line with four attempts or more in the game.
Merissah Russell scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting and was 2-for-2 from the line.
- Russell also added two rebounds and tied a season high with two steals.
Sydney Taylor led the team for the fourth time this season with a team-best four assists against the Blue Devils. She also added seven points, four rebounds and was a team-best +21 while on the court.
- It was her fifth game this season with four or more rebounds.

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Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Kiki Jefferson

Merissah Russell

Sydney Taylor

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