Thursday, February 29
LOUISVILLE, KY
8 PM
University of Louisville
vs
Florida State
Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics
No. 22/23 Cardinals Host Florida State for Senior Night
February 28, 2024 | Women's Basketball
Graduate students Sydney Taylor, Nina Rickards and Kiki Jefferson will be honored prior to the game
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 22/23 Louisville women's basketball team (22-7, 11-5 ACC) is at home for the final time in the regular season Thursday night as we enter the final week of the regular season. The Cardinals are set to host Florida State (20-8, 11-5 ACC) Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center as it is Senior Night for the home regular season finale. The Cardinals will honor the three graduate students in Sydney Taylor, Nina Rickards and Kiki Jefferson as they are exhausting their collegiate eligibility this season. The Cardinals and Seminoles will square off at 8 p.m. ET and it will be aired nationally on the ACC Network.
Following Thursday's game, the Cardinals will not sign autographs like they normally do after each game. Due to the late start of Thursday's game and turnaround for Sunday's game against Notre Dame, the Cardinals signed their usual autographs on the concourse following their previous game against Virginia.
The trio of graduate students being honored are all in their lone seasons with the Cardinals this year.
Taylor hit the game-winning three to clinch the gold medal in the GLOBL JAM Tournament back in July up in Toronto. This past week against Georgia Tech, she scored a team-best 31 points and tied a career high with seven three pointers. The seven three pointers were the most by a Louisville player in a game since 2020 and she was the first Louisville player to score 30 or more points in a game since 2022.
Rickards has been a great facilitator for the Cardinals this season as she leads the team with 2.6 assists per game. She is second on the squad with 1.2 steals per game and .527 field goal percentage and has led the team in assists 14 times this season. She hit the game winning lay-up with under a minute to play in the road win over Boston College on Feb. 15. Back in November, she was one of two players to be named to the Chancellor Classic All-Tournament Team.
Jefferson leads the team with 13.2 points per game this season, has scored in double figures a team-best 22 times and is one of the best free throw shooters in the country. She ranks 10th nationally and is shooting .900 from the line this season. Jefferson was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 List that recognizes the best small forward in the country and was also named to the Chancellor Classic All-Tournament with Rickards back in November. She eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for her career in the road win over Miami.
Date: Thursday, February 29
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,090)
TV: ACCN (Pam Ward, play-by-play; Jasmine Thomas, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville trails 17-19 (9-7 home, 6-9 away, 2-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 82-75 (Jan. 15, 2023 at Tallahassee, Fla.)
ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State comes into Thursday's matchup with a 20-8 overall record and are tied with the Cardinals in the standings at 11-5 in conference play. They are coming off a 1-0 week after an 84-71 home win over Boston College and they were off this past Sunday. The Seminoles close the season out against Clemson this upcoming Sunday as the race for the double byes at the ACC Tournament will be decided this week. Florida State has one of the top offenses in the country as they lead the ACC and rank 12th nationally with 80.9 points per game. The Noles also take care of the ball well as they lead the league and rank ninth nationally with just 12.0 turnovers per game. Ta'Niya Latson continues to be one of the best scorers in the league in her sophomore season. The reigning ACC Rookie of the Year is fourth in the ACC and 12th nationally with 21.7 points per game. She is also fourth in the ACC and 16th nationally with 212 field goals made this season. Forward Makalya Timpson provides a great duo for the Seminoles as she is a presence in the paint. She leads the ACC and ranks 13th nationally with 2.6 blocks per game. She also leads the league and is 21st nationally with a 57.9 field goal percentage among qualified players.
Series History - This will be the 37th meeting all-time between the two schools and the series dates all the way back to the 1978-79 season. The Cardinals trail the all-time series against the Seminoles, 17-19, but have won the previous two matchups and three of the last four. The Cardinals do have the series advantage in games played in Louisville as they are 9-7 all-time against the Seminoles.
Last Meeting (Jan. 15, 2023) - The RV/RV University of Louisville women's basketball team had another game that came down to the final minutes but the Cards came out on top, 82-75, against RV/RV Florida State (16-4, 5-2) at the Donald L. Tucker Center Sunday afternoon. The Cards (14-6, 5-2) used a 31-point fourth quarter to erase a six-point deficit as they shot 13-of-18 (72.2%) from the field in the final quarter. Morgan Jones returned to Tallahassee after playing her first four seasons with the Seminoles. She scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-10 shooting and led the team with 10 rebounds. It was her fourth career double-double and the first with the Cardinals. Olivia Cochran had 13 points and eight rebounds and Chrislyn Carr added 11 points. Mykasa Robinson played in her 144th game in her career and she tied Jazmine Jones' school record for most games played in a Louisville career.
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Following Thursday's game, the Cardinals will not sign autographs like they normally do after each game. Due to the late start of Thursday's game and turnaround for Sunday's game against Notre Dame, the Cardinals signed their usual autographs on the concourse following their previous game against Virginia.
The trio of graduate students being honored are all in their lone seasons with the Cardinals this year.
Taylor hit the game-winning three to clinch the gold medal in the GLOBL JAM Tournament back in July up in Toronto. This past week against Georgia Tech, she scored a team-best 31 points and tied a career high with seven three pointers. The seven three pointers were the most by a Louisville player in a game since 2020 and she was the first Louisville player to score 30 or more points in a game since 2022.
Rickards has been a great facilitator for the Cardinals this season as she leads the team with 2.6 assists per game. She is second on the squad with 1.2 steals per game and .527 field goal percentage and has led the team in assists 14 times this season. She hit the game winning lay-up with under a minute to play in the road win over Boston College on Feb. 15. Back in November, she was one of two players to be named to the Chancellor Classic All-Tournament Team.
Jefferson leads the team with 13.2 points per game this season, has scored in double figures a team-best 22 times and is one of the best free throw shooters in the country. She ranks 10th nationally and is shooting .900 from the line this season. Jefferson was named to the Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 List that recognizes the best small forward in the country and was also named to the Chancellor Classic All-Tournament with Rickards back in November. She eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for her career in the road win over Miami.
Date: Thursday, February 29
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,090)
TV: ACCN (Pam Ward, play-by-play; Jasmine Thomas, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville trails 17-19 (9-7 home, 6-9 away, 2-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 82-75 (Jan. 15, 2023 at Tallahassee, Fla.)
ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State comes into Thursday's matchup with a 20-8 overall record and are tied with the Cardinals in the standings at 11-5 in conference play. They are coming off a 1-0 week after an 84-71 home win over Boston College and they were off this past Sunday. The Seminoles close the season out against Clemson this upcoming Sunday as the race for the double byes at the ACC Tournament will be decided this week. Florida State has one of the top offenses in the country as they lead the ACC and rank 12th nationally with 80.9 points per game. The Noles also take care of the ball well as they lead the league and rank ninth nationally with just 12.0 turnovers per game. Ta'Niya Latson continues to be one of the best scorers in the league in her sophomore season. The reigning ACC Rookie of the Year is fourth in the ACC and 12th nationally with 21.7 points per game. She is also fourth in the ACC and 16th nationally with 212 field goals made this season. Forward Makalya Timpson provides a great duo for the Seminoles as she is a presence in the paint. She leads the ACC and ranks 13th nationally with 2.6 blocks per game. She also leads the league and is 21st nationally with a 57.9 field goal percentage among qualified players.
Series History - This will be the 37th meeting all-time between the two schools and the series dates all the way back to the 1978-79 season. The Cardinals trail the all-time series against the Seminoles, 17-19, but have won the previous two matchups and three of the last four. The Cardinals do have the series advantage in games played in Louisville as they are 9-7 all-time against the Seminoles.
Last Meeting (Jan. 15, 2023) - The RV/RV University of Louisville women's basketball team had another game that came down to the final minutes but the Cards came out on top, 82-75, against RV/RV Florida State (16-4, 5-2) at the Donald L. Tucker Center Sunday afternoon. The Cards (14-6, 5-2) used a 31-point fourth quarter to erase a six-point deficit as they shot 13-of-18 (72.2%) from the field in the final quarter. Morgan Jones returned to Tallahassee after playing her first four seasons with the Seminoles. She scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-10 shooting and led the team with 10 rebounds. It was her fourth career double-double and the first with the Cardinals. Olivia Cochran had 13 points and eight rebounds and Chrislyn Carr added 11 points. Mykasa Robinson played in her 144th game in her career and she tied Jazmine Jones' school record for most games played in a Louisville career.
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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