No. 8 Cardinals Host Virginia for Annual Pink Game

Sunday, February 22

LOUISVILLE, KY

12 PM

University of Louisville

Virginia

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February 21, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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This is the second to last home game of the regular season for the Cards

By: Matt Paras

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The No. 8 Louisville women's basketball team (24-4, 14-1 ACC) is back in action following its second bye date of the season. The Cards are set to host the Virginia Cavaliers (18-8, 10-5 ACC) on Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center for the annual Pink Game as the Cards help in the battle with breast cancer. The Cards and Cavaliers are set to square off at 12 p.m. ET and it will be broadcast on the CW.

The Cardinals continue their run of strong play on both sides of the ball this season, especially since the Thanksgiving holiday. Since Thanksgiving, Louisville is 20-2 overall and their two losses have come against teams currently ranked in the Top 10 (No. 3 South Carolina, No. 9 Duke). Both of those losses have also come by a combined three points.

On the offensive side of the ball during the streak, Louisville has averaged 83.9 points per game and holds a +24.5 scoring margin. They have scored 70 or more points in 21 of the 22 games, 80 or more points 15 times and 90 or more points five times. The Cards have averaged 18.0 assists and 44.3 rebounds per game over the last 22 games. Those numbers would lead the ACC in each category. Defensively, the Cards have held their opponents below their scoring average in regulation in 25 of their last 26 games.

It was another balanced effort in Louisville's 88-65 win over Florida State this past Sunday. Five different players scored in double figures and seven players scored nine points or more. The Cards were led by Laura Ziegler, who had a team-best 14 points, eight rebounds and tied a career high seven assists. Ziegler has been on a tear in her last six games. She has averaged 16.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and a 2.2 assist/turnover ratio while shooting 58.3% from the floor.

PROMOTIONS
Pink Game | Join Louisville Women's Basketball in the fight against breast cancer and honor local breast cancer survivors. Discounted tickets are available for those who have previously battled or are currently battling breast cancer at the ticket link here.

Date: Sunday, February 22
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,090)
TV: CW (Brendan King, play-by-play; Tabitha Turner, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville leads 13-3 (7-1 home, 6-2 away)
Last Meeting: W, 68-65 (Jan. 26, 2025 at Charlottesville, Va.)

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS
Virginia enters Sunday's matchup with an 18-8 overall record and are 10-5 in ACC play this season. The Cavaliers have ACC wins over common opponents of the Cardinals in Stanford (75-69), Notre Dame (81-70), Miami (67-56), Wake Forest (109-103, 3OT), Pitt (84-46), Florida State (91-87, 2OT), Clemson (73-63) and Boston College (81-55). Virginia has dropped ACC games to Syracuse (60-79), Duke (58-65), NC State (76-78, OT), Virginia Tech (64-76) and Cal (58-64). Virginia leads the ACC this season in assists per game (17.8), blocks per game (7.0), rebounds per game (43.8) and rebounding margin (+11.2). They lead the NCAA in blocks per game and rank fifth nationally in rebounds per game. Kymora Johnson leads the ACC with 6.2 assists per game and that mark ranks 11th nationally. She also leads the league with an 87.9 free throw percentage and 2.9 three-pointers per game.

Series History - This will be the 17th meeting all time between the two schools. Louisville leads the all-time series 13-3 and are 13-2 against the Cavaliers during Jeff Walz's tenure. The Cardinals have won 12 of the last 13 matchups against the Cavaliers and are 7-1 all-time in meetings played in Louisville.

Last Meeting (Jan. 26, 2025) - The Louisville women's basketball team (14-6, 7-2 ACC) got back on track with a 68-65 win over Virginia (11-10, 3-6 ACC) Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. Louisville led by 17 heading into the fourth but the Cavaliers got it within a one score game in the final minutes. The Cardinals defense held strong over the final three minutes to close out its seventh road win of the season. Jayda Curry led the way offensively for the Cardinals as she had 17 points on the afternoon and set a career best with five made three-pointers. Curry also had a team-best eight assists, which tied a career high. Olivia Cochran tallied her third double double of the season with 10 points and a team-best 11 rebounds. The Cardinals as a team had 43 rebounds and out-rebounded Virginia 43-31 for the game. Heading into the game, Virginia averaged 40.7 per game on the season. Tajianna Roberts scored in double figures with 11 points, had a season-best nine rebounds and tied a season high with four assists.

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