WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
- Louisville rolls by Ball State by 38
The #7 Louisville Cardinals had
another dominant performance Tuesday night that was highlighted by great
passing and a tough defensive effort. The Cards ran away with this one early, and finished with the win
against Ball State 105-67. This brings
the Cardinals to a 11-1 record on the season.
- Louisville rolls by Ball State by 38
The #7 Louisville Cardinals had
another dominant performance Tuesday night that was highlighted by great
passing and a tough defensive effort. The Cards ran away with this one early, and finished with the win
against Ball State 105-67. This brings
the Cardinals to a 11-1 record on the season.
Listening to the game on the
radio with Matt Andrews and Adrienne Johnson with the call, they were in
agreement the first half was the best 20 minutes of play of the season. Sara Hammond hit the court on fire and had 11
of the first 17 points for the Cardinals, in the first 5 minutes of the
game.
Jude Schimmel found her
offense, and seemed to regain her confidence scoring early, and often. Aside from the points she put up, she was
passing the ball beautifully, notching assists and had several steals and
deflections in the first 20 minutes.
In the first half, all the
Cards played, and they all scored. The
half ended with a bit of a scare with Asia Taylor going down. Taylor was able to walk off the court on her
own, apparently taking a tough shot (perhaps an elbow) to the stomach.
The Louisville squad served
up a dominant half with precise passing, unselfish play and taking care of the
ball. The focus of the second half was
to keep up the dominant performance playing a full 40 minutes of play going
full throttle.
The second half opened much slower
for the Louisville Cards. It took a few
minutes in to the second half for the team to get going. The Ball State team seemed to make some
adjustments at the half. Not too long
though, and the Cardinals were back making big plays.
The second half saw a lot of
time for Deines, Niamke, Henderson, Walton and Jude. It was highlighted by too many hand checks by
the Louisville Cardinals. While this
contest was never in doubt, I would have liked to see a cleaner performance by
the “second half” team. That being said,
the Cards won handily. 28 assists tonight!
Jude Schimmel was named the player of the game with 14 points and 4 assists. She had a great game and it was good to see her get out of her offensive slump.
Shoni led the way in scoring with 17. Tia Gibbs added 15, Jude produced 14 and Sara Hammond rounded out the double figure scorers for UofL with 13.
The outcome of this game was
never in doubt. This was a very good
game against an outclassed Ball State team.
The first real test for the
Cardinals, without Antonita Slaughter, happens at home on Saturday against a
very good Colorado team. This top 11
match up will be a good measuring stick the rest of the way for the
Cardinals. This was a loss last season
for Louisville on the road, again with a key player out of that game, with
Hammond not making the trip.
How will our Cardinals
respond against stiffer competition? Get
to the YUM on Saturday for a 1 PM tip to find out. Get there early with the kids to help Louie
celebrate his birthday. It should be a
good, competitive game. We will see you
there!
-jennyobryan
-jennyobryan
My information says the Colorado game is SATURDAY, the 21st!
ReplyDeleteIn a little known bit of information, Colorado and Louisville will play again on Sunday just for Jenny. She decided to invite our readers to attend as well.
DeleteSeriously, thanks for the correction.
The game is Saturday, at 1 pm. We have sent Jenny off to get a tattoo of the remaining UofL WBB schedule so this won't happen again.
Paulie
I think we roll Colorado, tbh. They are a bad road team and have had a poor schedule up to this point. Chucky Jeffrey also graduated...the player who killed us last season.
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