It may not have been the most exciting Sunday from a basketball standpoint, but Louisville women's basketball took care of business, defeating New Hampshire 94-43.
Most eyes were turned to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and the College Football Playoff selections and bowl selections as was apparent by only two non-UofL photographers at the game. I gladly sat next to my photographer friend who shoots for USA Today and we had our fair share of elbow room. The crowd wasn't much better as the attendance was a little over 6,000.
Louisville dominated in every aspect of the game, especially on the defensive side. The Wildcats were limited to 14 first half points and just four in the first quarter. New Hampshire committed 21 turnovers, which the Cards converted into 40 points off turnovers.
No starter saw more than 19 minutes as Jeff Walz chose to rotate through his entire available roster for the game. Taj Roberts and Skylar Jones powered the offense with 15 points each and Mackenly Randolph added 11 points. The big news of the game was Laura Ziegler hitting the 1,000 career rebound mark.
Louisville shot just shy of 50% from the floor and 40% from three. They had 44 points in the paint and the bench contributed 47 points. The Cards limited their own turnovers to just eight.
All around, it was a dominant performance by the Cards in a game where they were expected to win big. Winning by 51 is a bit more than most people expected, but in today's day and age of trying to impress the NCAA Selection Committee, sometimes you need to win by painfully large margins.
FRED Report
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| Former SNL cast member Fred Armisen |
Free Throws: 14-21 for 66.67% is not an ideal number to have, but the Cards did turn a couple missed free throws into second chance points, which we will give credit for an reward a lowercase "f".
Rebounds: UofL won the rebounding battle 48-32. They only gave up eight offensive boards. Six Cardinals had four rebounds or more. Capital "R".
Effort/Efficiency: In a game like this, you don't need much effort to win, but based on some of the stats provided earlier with shooting percentages, points off turnovers, and points in the paint, the Cards were incredibly efficient. Capital "E".
Defense: Holding a team to 43 points, single digits in a quarter, and only 14 points is enough to earn high scores. New Hampshire shot 29% from the floor and 21% from three. No question on the capital "D".
I'll gladly take a score of f-R-E-D but I would like to see the free throw shooting improve before conference play begins. The 60% free throw shooting against South Carolina was a factor in the loss.
Louisville improves to 8-3 on the year. They stay home at the KFC Yum! Center for a late 9:00pm tip against Ball State this Wednesday.
Happy Monday and Go Cards!
Jared
Cards came out strong dominated the first quarter Tajianna Roberts was very active stilling the ball scoring ,and Anaya Hardy gets the start. The Cards looking good fine tuning the Squad.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that Yeheniia Putra got Extended playing time & Reagan Bender also.
Let's Go Cards L1C4