Cardinals Travel to Wake Forest

Sunday, January 5

Winston-Salem, NC

4 PM

University of Louisville

Wake Forest

Ja’Leah Williams looks back as she steals the ball during the game against Miami at the KFC YUM Center on January 2.

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

January 04, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes (PDF)

The Cards have a three-game winning streak heading into Sunday’s matchup

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville women's basketball team (9-5, 2-1 ACC) was not home for long as it is back on the road for a two-game road swing. That trip begins this weekend as the Cardinals head to Winston-Salem to take on Wake Forest (7-6, 0-2 ACC). The Cardinals and Demon Deacons will square off at 4 p.m. on Sunday and the matchup will be broadcast on the ACC Network.

Louisville is riding a three-game winning streak after its most recent 74-56 win over Miami on Thursday. The Cardinals put the clamps down on Miami as they held the Hurricanes to a season-low 56 points and 38.5 percent shooting from the field. Heading into the game, Miami was averaging 74.2 points per game and shot 46.5 percent from the floor.

The Cardinals were paced in the win by Jayda Curry, as she scored a season-high 21 points and tied a career high with four made three pointers. Curry has scored in double figures in seven of her 10 games this season and has led the Cards in scoring in each of the last two wins.

Tajianna Roberts (14 points) and Olivia Cochran (13 points) both joined Curry in double figures in the win over the Hurricanes. The pair have scored in double figures in each of the last three games for the Cards. Roberts leads the team with 11 games in double figures this season. Facing her former squad, Ja'Leah Williams had team-bests seven rebounds, seven assists and four steals while she scored eight points.

Date: Sunday, January 5
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Site: Winston-Salem, N.C. | LJVM Coliseum (14,744)
TV: ACC Network (Dorian Craft, play-by-play; Christy Scott, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville leads 11-1 (5-0 home, 4-1 away, 2-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 83-62 (Jan. 14, 2024 at KFC Yum! Center)

ABOUT THE DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest comes into Sunday's matchup with a 7-6 overall record and are 0-2 in ACC play. The Demon Deacons dropped their conference opener to Clemson (59-65) and are coming off a 69-46 loss at Virginia this past Thursday in Charlottesville. Wake Forest has played well defensively this season as they rank second in the ACC and 27th nationally in scoring defense. The Demon Deacons are limiting their opponents to just 55.2 points per game. Wake Forest is fifth in the ACC and 41st nationally in field goal percentage defense as they hold opponents to 36.5 percent shooting per game this year.

Series History - This will be the 13th meeting all-time between the two schools and the Cardinals are 11-1 all-time against the Demon Deacons. All 12 of the previous meetings have occurred as members of the ACC conference. The Cardinals are 4-1 all-time in meetings played in Winston-Salem.

Last Meeting (Jan. 14, 2024) - The 15th-ranked Louisville women's basketball team (15-2, 4-0 ACC) continued their undefeated start to conference play with an 83-62 win over Wake Forest (4-13, 0-5 ACC) Sunday afternoon inside the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals had six double-digit scorers in the game, their second time this year with six or more in double-digits, and made 31-of-56 field goals (55.4%) and a season-best 7-of-11 (63.6%) three-pointers. Jayda Curry and Olivia Cochran led the way with 12 points each, with the former adding two rebounds, one assist, and two steals while shooting 5-for-6 from the field and the latter tallying three rebounds, a season-best four assists, and a steal while making all six of her attempts from the charity stripe. Sydney Taylor (11), Kiki Jefferson (10), Nyla Harris (10), and Merissah Russell (10) all joined them in double figures, as Russell also tied the team-high for rebounds with five. Nina Rickards tied a season high with a team-best five assists along with three points, two rebounds, and two steals.

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