Saturday, November 30
Boulder, CO
3 PM
University of Louisville
at
Colorado
Photo by: Mallory Peak | Louisville Athletics
No. 24/23 Cardinals Head West to Face Colorado
November 29, 2024 | Women's Basketball
This is Louisville’s third true road game and fifth game away from home this season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 24/23 Louisville women's basketball team (4-2) is back out on the road for a weekend clash out in the Rocky Mountains. Louisville is heading west to take on the Colorado Buffaloes (6-1) on Saturday November 30 in Boulder. The two teams will face off at 3 p.m. ET with the game being streamed on ESPN+ and available on the radio on 970-AM WGTK.
The Cardinals have been away from home for a majority of the early non-conference slate. This will be their third true road game of the season and the fifth game total away from home. The three road games and five games away from home are both tied for the most by ACC teams up to this point in the season. So far, there are seven ACC teams that have not played a true road game or neutral site contest yet.
The Cardinals are also facing strong competition in these contests as two of the three road games and both neutral site games have been against power conference opponents. The four total power conference opponents are tied for the most that an ACC team has faced in road/neutral games so far this season.
Saturday's game will have both teams coming into it on winning streaks as the Cardinals have won their last two games and Colorado has won each of their last four. Louisville's last game was a neutral site win over South Florida in Orlando on Nov. 24. The Cards were paced with 13 points each by Olivia Cochran and Imari Berry. Berry scored 11 of her 13 points in the first quarter as she knocked down three three-pointers on the afternoon.
Louisville trailed in the final minutes but Ja'Leah Williams knocked down the go-ahead layup with 47.0 seconds left to put the Cardinals up for good. She also had a team-high seven assists against the Bulls, the fifth time this season she has led the team in assists. It was her third-straight game and fourth time this season she has had six or more assists in a game. She leads the team with 35 assists and is averaging 5.8 per game.
Date: Saturday, November 30
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Site: Boulder, Colo. | CU Events Center (11,064)
TV: ESPN+ (Thad Anderson, play-by-play; Kami Carmann, analyst)
Radio: 970-AM WGTK (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Series tied 1-1 (1-0 home, 0-1 road)
Last Meeting: W, 69-62 (Dec. 21, 2013 at KFC Yum! Center)
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
Colorado comes into Saturday's matchup with a 6-1 record on the season with wins over Wyoming (56-50), Northern Colorado (81-66), Nevada (75-59), Southern (65-45), Utah State (95-65) and Utah Tech (85-73). Their only defeat this season came on the road against Boise State (47-50). They are coming off a 2023-24 season where they went 24-10 overall and were 11-7 in Pac-12 play. They reached the Sweet 16 for the second-straight season last year after knocking off the No. 4 seed Kansas State in Manhattan. Like many schools this season, Colorado will be playing in a new conference as they return to the Big 12 Conference for the 2024-25 season. The Buffaloes were picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
Series History - This will be the third all-time meeting between the two schools with the all-time series tied at 1-1. This will be the first meeting between the two schools since the 2013-14 season, when the Cardinals came away with a 69-62 win at the KFC Yum! Center. The season prior, the two teams met in Boulder and Colorado came away with a 70-66 win.
Last Meeting (Dec. 13, 2013) - Louisville coach Jeff Walz asked Shoni Schimmel, a prolific long-range shooter, to become more aggressive and drive the ball inside. Schimmel did just that against No. 11 Colorado on Saturday and wound up with a season-high 30 points, including 13 on 16 free throws, in No. 7 Louisville's 69-62 win over the Buffaloes. Schimmel who secured the win for the Cardinals (12-1) in the close game. Neither team led by more than six until Louisville broke it open with a 7-0 run to go up 53-46 with 6:42 left. Colorado (9-1) chipped away at the lead. Brittany Wilson's layup with 24 seconds left cut the gap to 65-62. Schimmel sank two free throws to go up 67-62. The Buffaloes couldn't convert on the next possession and Schimmel's layup sealed the victory.
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The Cardinals have been away from home for a majority of the early non-conference slate. This will be their third true road game of the season and the fifth game total away from home. The three road games and five games away from home are both tied for the most by ACC teams up to this point in the season. So far, there are seven ACC teams that have not played a true road game or neutral site contest yet.
The Cardinals are also facing strong competition in these contests as two of the three road games and both neutral site games have been against power conference opponents. The four total power conference opponents are tied for the most that an ACC team has faced in road/neutral games so far this season.
Saturday's game will have both teams coming into it on winning streaks as the Cardinals have won their last two games and Colorado has won each of their last four. Louisville's last game was a neutral site win over South Florida in Orlando on Nov. 24. The Cards were paced with 13 points each by Olivia Cochran and Imari Berry. Berry scored 11 of her 13 points in the first quarter as she knocked down three three-pointers on the afternoon.
Louisville trailed in the final minutes but Ja'Leah Williams knocked down the go-ahead layup with 47.0 seconds left to put the Cardinals up for good. She also had a team-high seven assists against the Bulls, the fifth time this season she has led the team in assists. It was her third-straight game and fourth time this season she has had six or more assists in a game. She leads the team with 35 assists and is averaging 5.8 per game.
Date: Saturday, November 30
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Site: Boulder, Colo. | CU Events Center (11,064)
TV: ESPN+ (Thad Anderson, play-by-play; Kami Carmann, analyst)
Radio: 970-AM WGTK (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Series tied 1-1 (1-0 home, 0-1 road)
Last Meeting: W, 69-62 (Dec. 21, 2013 at KFC Yum! Center)
ABOUT THE BUFFALOES
Colorado comes into Saturday's matchup with a 6-1 record on the season with wins over Wyoming (56-50), Northern Colorado (81-66), Nevada (75-59), Southern (65-45), Utah State (95-65) and Utah Tech (85-73). Their only defeat this season came on the road against Boise State (47-50). They are coming off a 2023-24 season where they went 24-10 overall and were 11-7 in Pac-12 play. They reached the Sweet 16 for the second-straight season last year after knocking off the No. 4 seed Kansas State in Manhattan. Like many schools this season, Colorado will be playing in a new conference as they return to the Big 12 Conference for the 2024-25 season. The Buffaloes were picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
Series History - This will be the third all-time meeting between the two schools with the all-time series tied at 1-1. This will be the first meeting between the two schools since the 2013-14 season, when the Cardinals came away with a 69-62 win at the KFC Yum! Center. The season prior, the two teams met in Boulder and Colorado came away with a 70-66 win.
Last Meeting (Dec. 13, 2013) - Louisville coach Jeff Walz asked Shoni Schimmel, a prolific long-range shooter, to become more aggressive and drive the ball inside. Schimmel did just that against No. 11 Colorado on Saturday and wound up with a season-high 30 points, including 13 on 16 free throws, in No. 7 Louisville's 69-62 win over the Buffaloes. Schimmel who secured the win for the Cardinals (12-1) in the close game. Neither team led by more than six until Louisville broke it open with a 7-0 run to go up 53-46 with 6:42 left. Colorado (9-1) chipped away at the lead. Brittany Wilson's layup with 24 seconds left cut the gap to 65-62. Schimmel sank two free throws to go up 67-62. The Buffaloes couldn't convert on the next possession and Schimmel's layup sealed the victory.
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, X account at @LouisvilleWBB or on Facebook at facebook.com/louisvillewbb.
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