Thursday, February 13
Tallahassee, FL
6 PM
University of Louisville
at
#23/#21 Florida State
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Cardinals Head South to Face No. 23/21 Florida State
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville women's basketball team (17-7, 10-3 ACC) are back on the road for a two-game road trip this week. The trip begins in the Sunshine State as the Cardinals head to Tallahassee to take on No. 23/21 Florida State (19-5, 9-3 ACC) on Thursday. The Cardinals and Seminoles are set to face off at 6 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra.
This continues a grueling final stretch of games for the Cardinals that began at the beginning of February. Four of their final five games of the season will be against ranked opponents, including both games of this road trip against the No. 23/21 Seminoles and No. 13/10 Blue Devils next Thursday. Florida State is the ninth ranked opponent the Cardinals have faced this season but just the second ranked opponent they have faced in a true road game. The Cardinals won their last game against a ranked opponent, a 70-63 win over No. 21 Cal last Thursday.
Louisville's schedule as a whole is one of the toughest in the ACC and in the country this season. The Cardinals have the 17th toughest strength of schedule on their full slate, which ranks third in the ACC behind Duke and NC State. If you look at the Cards remaining schedule, it is the seventh-toughest in the nation, which leads the ACC.
In Louisville's most recent win over Stanford, they were led in scoring once again by freshman Tajianna Roberts. She scored a game-high 21 points, her fourth 20-point performance of the season, and she leads the team with 13.2 points per game on the season. In ACC play, Roberts is averaging 13.9 points per game and has led the team in scoring six times.
Jayda Curry also had a strong game in the win over Stanford. She scored 19 points and had a season-best 10-for-11 performance from the free throw line. She leads the ACC and ranks eighth nationally with a 92.5 free throw percentage (62-for-67) on the season.
Date: Thursday, February 13
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Site: Tallahassee, Fla. | Tucker Center (12,500)
TV: ACCNX
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville trails 18-19 (10-7 home, 6-9 away, 2-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 70-55 (Feb. 29, 2024 at KFC Yum! Center)
ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State comes into Thursday's matchup with a 19-5 overall record and are 9-3 in ACC play. The Seminoles are ranked No. 21 in the Coaches poll and No. 23 in the AP poll. They will be the ninth ranked opponent the Cardinals have faced so far this season. In conference play, the Seminoles have wins over common opponents of the Cards against SMU (93-85), Syracuse (85-73), Virginia Tech (105-74), Miami (88-66), Boston College (104-80), Wake Forest (97-68) and Virginia (101-68). Their three ACC losses have come against Stanford (84-89), Cal (70-82) and NC State (74-97). The Seminoles have one of the most prolific scorers in the country in Ta'Niya Latson. She leads the NCAA with 26.0 points per game this season. She has made 214 field goals, the best mark in the ACC and it ranks third nationally. Florida State also has a presence down low with Makayla Timpson. She leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with 3.3 blocks per game. She is also third in the ACC and 13th nationally with 10.7 rebounds per game. Florida State is the best offensive team in the country as they average 92.1 points per game. The Seminoles lead the ACC and rank third nationally with 10.5 turnovers per game. They also lead the ACC and rank fifth nationally with an 80.1 free throw percentage on the year. Florida State ranked sixth nationally and leads the ACC with 5.8 blocks per game.
Series History - This will be the 38th 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, 18-19, but have won the previous three matchups and four of the last five. The Cardinals are 6-9 all-time in games played down in Tallahassee.
Last Meeting (Feb. 29, 2024) - The No. 22/23 Louisville women's basketball team (23-7, 12-5 ACC) notched a 70-55 win over Florida State (20-9, 11-6 ACC) Thursday night inside the KFC Yum! Center. Olivia Cochran and Sydney Taylor led the offensive output with 16 points each, with the former adding 11 rebounds and a block to tally her fourth double-double of the year. Kiki Jefferson totaled 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists, and Nyla Harris rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points and a career-best 15 rebounds to earn her team-leading sixth double-double of the year. The 15 rebounds were the most by a Louisville player in a single game this season. The Cardinals tallied 57 rebounds in the win, the most rebounds ever in a single game against an ACC opponent since they joined the league in 2014-15. The Cardinals had two players with double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Dana Evans and Kylee Shook accomplished the feat in the win over Kentucky during the 2019-20 season.
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This continues a grueling final stretch of games for the Cardinals that began at the beginning of February. Four of their final five games of the season will be against ranked opponents, including both games of this road trip against the No. 23/21 Seminoles and No. 13/10 Blue Devils next Thursday. Florida State is the ninth ranked opponent the Cardinals have faced this season but just the second ranked opponent they have faced in a true road game. The Cardinals won their last game against a ranked opponent, a 70-63 win over No. 21 Cal last Thursday.
Louisville's schedule as a whole is one of the toughest in the ACC and in the country this season. The Cardinals have the 17th toughest strength of schedule on their full slate, which ranks third in the ACC behind Duke and NC State. If you look at the Cards remaining schedule, it is the seventh-toughest in the nation, which leads the ACC.
In Louisville's most recent win over Stanford, they were led in scoring once again by freshman Tajianna Roberts. She scored a game-high 21 points, her fourth 20-point performance of the season, and she leads the team with 13.2 points per game on the season. In ACC play, Roberts is averaging 13.9 points per game and has led the team in scoring six times.
Jayda Curry also had a strong game in the win over Stanford. She scored 19 points and had a season-best 10-for-11 performance from the free throw line. She leads the ACC and ranks eighth nationally with a 92.5 free throw percentage (62-for-67) on the season.
Date: Thursday, February 13
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Site: Tallahassee, Fla. | Tucker Center (12,500)
TV: ACCNX
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville trails 18-19 (10-7 home, 6-9 away, 2-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 70-55 (Feb. 29, 2024 at KFC Yum! Center)
ABOUT THE SEMINOLES
Florida State comes into Thursday's matchup with a 19-5 overall record and are 9-3 in ACC play. The Seminoles are ranked No. 21 in the Coaches poll and No. 23 in the AP poll. They will be the ninth ranked opponent the Cardinals have faced so far this season. In conference play, the Seminoles have wins over common opponents of the Cards against SMU (93-85), Syracuse (85-73), Virginia Tech (105-74), Miami (88-66), Boston College (104-80), Wake Forest (97-68) and Virginia (101-68). Their three ACC losses have come against Stanford (84-89), Cal (70-82) and NC State (74-97). The Seminoles have one of the most prolific scorers in the country in Ta'Niya Latson. She leads the NCAA with 26.0 points per game this season. She has made 214 field goals, the best mark in the ACC and it ranks third nationally. Florida State also has a presence down low with Makayla Timpson. She leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with 3.3 blocks per game. She is also third in the ACC and 13th nationally with 10.7 rebounds per game. Florida State is the best offensive team in the country as they average 92.1 points per game. The Seminoles lead the ACC and rank third nationally with 10.5 turnovers per game. They also lead the ACC and rank fifth nationally with an 80.1 free throw percentage on the year. Florida State ranked sixth nationally and leads the ACC with 5.8 blocks per game.
Series History - This will be the 38th 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, 18-19, but have won the previous three matchups and four of the last five. The Cardinals are 6-9 all-time in games played down in Tallahassee.
Last Meeting (Feb. 29, 2024) - The No. 22/23 Louisville women's basketball team (23-7, 12-5 ACC) notched a 70-55 win over Florida State (20-9, 11-6 ACC) Thursday night inside the KFC Yum! Center. Olivia Cochran and Sydney Taylor led the offensive output with 16 points each, with the former adding 11 rebounds and a block to tally her fourth double-double of the year. Kiki Jefferson totaled 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists, and Nyla Harris rounded out the double-digit scorers with 11 points and a career-best 15 rebounds to earn her team-leading sixth double-double of the year. The 15 rebounds were the most by a Louisville player in a single game this season. The Cardinals tallied 57 rebounds in the win, the most rebounds ever in a single game against an ACC opponent since they joined the league in 2014-15. The Cardinals had two players with double-doubles in the same game for the first time since Dana Evans and Kylee Shook accomplished the feat in the win over Kentucky during the 2019-20 season.
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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