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No. 22/21 Cardinals Travel to Clemson for ACC Opener
November 15, 2025 | Women's Basketball
This is the earliest conference opener in program history
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 22/21 Louisville women's basketball team (2-1) is hitting the road to open ACC play this weekend. The Cardinals are heading down to South Carolina to take on Clemson (3-1) on Sunday, November 16. The Cardinals and Tigers will face off at 3 p.m. ET and it will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.
This will be the earliest conference opening game for the Cardinals in program history when they face the Tigers on Sunday. The previous earliest conference opener came in the COVID season of 2020, when Louisville played Duke on December 9.
The Cardinals are 10-1 under head coach Jeff Walz in conference openers since Louisville entered the league in 2014-15. Louisville has been the most successful team in the ACC over the past 11 seasons. They lead the league with 151 conference wins and a league-best .812 winning percentage in ACC games. They are just one of two teams with a league winning percentage of 80% or better over the last 11 years.
The Cardinals will be without freshman Yevheniia Putra against the Tigers. She is currently oversees with the Ukranian National Team as they are in the qualifying stages for the upcoming European Championships. Putra has played in all three games so far this season.
Date: Sunday, November 16
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Site: Clemson, S.C. | Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000)
TV: ESPN2 (Jay Alter, play-by-play; Debbie Antonelli, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville leads 14-3 (5-1 home, 6-1 road, 3-1, neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 14-0 (5-0 home, 6-0 away, 3-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: W (OT), 70-68 (Mar. 6, 2025 at Greensboro, N.C.)
ABOUT THE TIGERS
Clemson has a 3-1 record this season heading into Sunday's matchup with the Cardinals. Clemson has wins over USC Upstate, Mercer and American while they dropped the road contest to No. 2 South Carolina, who the Cardinals will host next month. Clemson went 14-17 last season and 6-12 in ACC play in the first season under head coach Shawn Poppie. Clemson was picked to finish 11th in the ACC preseason coaches poll back in October.
Series History - This will be the 18th meeting all time between the two schools and the 15th time they are meeting as conference foes. The Cardinals lead the all-time series 14-3 but are 14-0 against Clemson since they joined the ACC in 2014-15. The Cardinals have won 14-straight games against Clemson and are 6-1 all-time in games played at Clemson.
Last Meeting (Mar. 6, 2025) - The No. 6 seed Louisville Cardinals (21-9, 13-5 ACC) won a thriller in overtime, 70-68, over No. 14 seed Clemson (14-17, 6-12 ACC) Thursday night in the second round of the 2025 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at First Horizon Coliseum. Missing two players and trailing by as much as seven in the second half, the Cardinals fought back to come away with the win. With the victory, the Cardinals advanced to the quarterfinals for the 11th-straight ACC Tournament, the only program in the lead to make the quarters in each of the last 11 years. The Cardinals were led by Ja'Leah Williams and Tajianna Roberts, who scored a team-high 16 points each. Williams set a career high with a team-best 12 rebounds for her second double-double of her career. Roberts tied a career high with 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Mackenly Randolph set a career high with 11 points and Cochran joined her in double figures with 10 of her own.
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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.
This will be the earliest conference opening game for the Cardinals in program history when they face the Tigers on Sunday. The previous earliest conference opener came in the COVID season of 2020, when Louisville played Duke on December 9.
The Cardinals are 10-1 under head coach Jeff Walz in conference openers since Louisville entered the league in 2014-15. Louisville has been the most successful team in the ACC over the past 11 seasons. They lead the league with 151 conference wins and a league-best .812 winning percentage in ACC games. They are just one of two teams with a league winning percentage of 80% or better over the last 11 years.
The Cardinals will be without freshman Yevheniia Putra against the Tigers. She is currently oversees with the Ukranian National Team as they are in the qualifying stages for the upcoming European Championships. Putra has played in all three games so far this season.
Date: Sunday, November 16
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Site: Clemson, S.C. | Littlejohn Coliseum (9,000)
TV: ESPN2 (Jay Alter, play-by-play; Debbie Antonelli, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville leads 14-3 (5-1 home, 6-1 road, 3-1, neutral)
Series History w/Walz: Louisville leads 14-0 (5-0 home, 6-0 away, 3-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: W (OT), 70-68 (Mar. 6, 2025 at Greensboro, N.C.)
ABOUT THE TIGERS
Clemson has a 3-1 record this season heading into Sunday's matchup with the Cardinals. Clemson has wins over USC Upstate, Mercer and American while they dropped the road contest to No. 2 South Carolina, who the Cardinals will host next month. Clemson went 14-17 last season and 6-12 in ACC play in the first season under head coach Shawn Poppie. Clemson was picked to finish 11th in the ACC preseason coaches poll back in October.
Series History - This will be the 18th meeting all time between the two schools and the 15th time they are meeting as conference foes. The Cardinals lead the all-time series 14-3 but are 14-0 against Clemson since they joined the ACC in 2014-15. The Cardinals have won 14-straight games against Clemson and are 6-1 all-time in games played at Clemson.
Last Meeting (Mar. 6, 2025) - The No. 6 seed Louisville Cardinals (21-9, 13-5 ACC) won a thriller in overtime, 70-68, over No. 14 seed Clemson (14-17, 6-12 ACC) Thursday night in the second round of the 2025 Ally ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at First Horizon Coliseum. Missing two players and trailing by as much as seven in the second half, the Cardinals fought back to come away with the win. With the victory, the Cardinals advanced to the quarterfinals for the 11th-straight ACC Tournament, the only program in the lead to make the quarters in each of the last 11 years. The Cardinals were led by Ja'Leah Williams and Tajianna Roberts, who scored a team-high 16 points each. Williams set a career high with a team-best 12 rebounds for her second double-double of her career. Roberts tied a career high with 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season. Mackenly Randolph set a career high with 11 points and Cochran joined her in double figures with 10 of her own.
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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