Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Notre Dame

#15 Louisville 73, #12/14 Notre Dame 66
Feb. 8, 2024 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 9,417

Team Notes:

Louisville picked up its 20th win of the season in the win over #12/14 Notre Dame, the 14th-straight season they have won 20 or more games to extend the program record.
- The Cardinals have won 20 or more games in 16 of head coach Jeff Walz's 17 seasons at the helm.
- Prior to Walz's arrival, Louisville had just 10 20-win seasons and the longest run previous was just three-straight seasons.
The Cardinals improve to 6-3 this season against ranked opponents after the win over #12/14 Notre Dame.
Louisville improved to 13-0 at home this season with the win.
- They are just one of two ACC schools (Virginia Tech) to still be undefeated at home.
- It is the 12th time since the KFC Yum! Center has opened that the Cardinals have won at least 13 games at home in a season.
The Cardinals are 135-26 (.839) 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 197 wins and has an .845 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 outrebounded Notre Dame 42-36 in the win.
- It was the 11th time this season Louisville has tallied 40 or more rebounds and they are 10-1 in those games.
- The Cardinals have tallied 40 or more rebounds in each of the last three games.
The Cardinals are 99-5 in their last 104 games when they have scored 70 points or more, dating back to the 2018-19 season. UofL is 328-28 when surpassing the 70-point plateau under Walz.
Louisville held Notre Dame below 70 points for just the third time this season and they are 0-3 in those games.
- Notre Dame came into the game averaging 83.1 points per game.
This was the first time this season Notre Dame never led for any portion of a game.

Player Notes:

Sophomore Nyla Harris tallied a career-high 19 points on 9-for-11 shooting to go with 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.
- It was the 12th time this season she has scored 10 points or more in a game.
- The four double-doubles lead the team this season.
- It was the fourth time this season she has had 10 or more rebounds in a game.
- It was the 17th time this season she has shot 50 percent or better from the floor.
Kiki Jefferson reached double figures with 12 points, tied a season high with eight rebounds and had a team-best four assists.
- She has scored in double figures in 17 of her last 19 games.
- It was her 10th time this season with three or more assists.
- It was the second time this season she has had eight rebounds in a game.
Nina Rickards hauled in nine rebounds and had six points in the win.
- It was the third time this season she has had eight or more rebounds in a game.
Sydney Taylor tallied 13 points to go with a team-best four assists, two rebounds, two steals and a block.
- It is the 11th time this season she has scored 10 or more points.
- It is the seventh time she has led the team in assists and the eighth time she has had four assists in a game.
Merissah Russell tied for the team lead with four assists to go with seven points and two steals.
- The four assists tied a career high for Russell.
- It is the second time this season she has led the team in assists.

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