No. 10/11 Cardinals Host Notre Dame on Senior Day

Sunday, March 1

LOUISVILLE, KY

4 PM

University of Louisville

Notre Dame

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Reyna Scott and Laura Ziegler will be honored prior to the game, along with the senior managers

By: Matt Paras

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville women's basketball team (25-5, 15-2 ACC) is back at home for the final time in the regular season this weekend. The Cardinals are set to host Notre Dame (19-9, 11-6 ACC) on Sunday, March 1 at the KFC Yum! Center for Senior Day as the senior class will be honored prior to the game. The game is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2.

The Cardinals are coming off of a 69-50 win on the road over Georgia Tech this past Thursday. With the win, Louisville finished the regular season undefeated on the road for the first time in program history. The Cards are one of three Power Conference teams (UConn, UCLA) to be undefeated on the road this season. With the win over the Yellow Jackets, the Cardinals secured the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament next week in Duluth, Georgia.

Elif Istanbulluoglu continues her strong play against Georgia Tech and increases her candidacy for the ACC's Most Improved Player. She led the team with 18 points on 6-for-12 shooting with three rebounds, three assists and two steals. It was the second-straight game she has scored 18 or more points and the second-straight game she has led the team in scoring. 10 of her 13 games scoring in double digits this season have come against ACC foes. In ACC play this season, she is averaging 11.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. Last season in ACC play, she averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

Imari Berry put up another double digit performance against Georgia Tech with 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting. She is averaging 11.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in ACC play this season and is a candidate for ACC 6th Player of the Year. Berry would be the first Louisville player to win 6th Player of the Year since Dana Evans. When Evans won in 2018-19, she averaged 10.1 points, 3.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game.

PROMOTIONS
Senior Day | Celebrate Louisville Women's Basketball's 2026 senior class.

Date: Sunday, March 1
Time: 4 p.m. ET
Site: Louisville, Ky. | KFC Yum! Center (22,090)
TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins, play-by-play; Debbie Antonelli, analyst)
Radio: 93.9-FM The Ville (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Series History: Louisville trails 15-22 (6-7 home, 6-9 away, 3-6 neutral)
Last Meeting: W, 79-66 (Jan. 15, 2026 at KFC Yum! Center)

ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
Notre Dame enters Sunday's matchup with a 19-9 overall record and are 11-6 in ACC play this season. Notre Dame has won six of their last seven games heading into the regular season finale this weekend. The Irish are one of five teams that are currently tied for fifth place in the standings with an 11-6 ACC record. Notre Dame leads the ACC in steals per game (13.9), turnovers forced per game (20.2), free throw percentage (79.2) and field goal percentage (47.0). In the first meeting between the two teams, Louisville only had eight turnovers as a team and the Irish only came away with seven steals. The Cards limited Notre Dame to 39.1% shooting for the game. Hanna Hidalgo leads the country with 5.6 steals per game and ranks third with 25.0 points per game. Hidalgo scored 24 points in the first matchup but on 8-for-19 shooting and was limited to just one steal. It was only the third time in her career she has had one steal or less in a game and two of those times have come against Louisville.

Series History - This will be the 38th meeting between the two schools as they have been conference foes going back to the BIG EAST days. The Cardinals trail the all-time series 15-22. Louisville is 9-6 over the last 15 matchups dating back to the 2018-19 season. The Cardinals are 6-7 all-time in games played up in Louisville.

Last Meeting (Jan. 15, 2026) - The No. 9/10 Louisville Cardinals (17-3, 7-0 ACC) handled its business and came away with a 79-66 win over No. 23/22 Notre Dame (12-5, 4-3 ACC) on the road Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion. The Cardinals led by six halfway through the second quarter but ripped off a 7-0 run and never looked back to improve to 7-0 in the ACC and 4-0 on the road this season. The loss was Notre Dame's first at home this season, as they were 10-0 at home this season entering the game. The Cardinals were led by Reyna Scott and Tajianna Roberts against the Irish. Scott had her best game in a Louisville uniform with a career-best 20 points on 9-for-13 shooting with four rebounds, three assists and three steals. Roberts had 19 points and was 4-for-5 from three with five rebounds and three steals. Elif Istanbulluoglu had 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting while Mackenly Randolph had 10 points and seven rebounds.

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