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SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
( Game report. Louisville MBB defeats Kentucky 80-77 in Freedom Hall. Cards were up by 17 in second half. Donny Yaste will have the full game report in Sunday's edition of CARDINAL COUPLE )
( Staff columnist Quentin Voigt - AKA Elvis Redbird - brings us a report on Monday
night's opponent for the Louisville WBB team....Tennessee State. He also looks into
a couple of 2014 recruits that Jeff Walz is interested in. )
Coach Larry Inman and his Tennessee State Lady Tigers will attempt to derail the Lady Cardinals at the KFC YUM! Center Monday, Dec. 31st. at 6 p.m. This is, of course, New Year's Eve and the Cards will be looking to ring out the old year with a convincing win -- conference play looms ahead.
Hoping to catch the Cards day-dreaming about New Year's resolutions or revelry is a TSU squad that is 4-7 on the season....losing 76-67 to Eastern Illinois Saturday night.
Avery Jones, a 6'1" senior, is a graduate of Louisville Manual High School and averages 7.5 p.p.g. for the Tigers. She sees about 20 minutes a game and has a team-best 48.3% from the floor, 70.4% from the charity stripe and grabs four rebound a contest. The only T.S.U. player in double figures is 5'8" senior Jasmine Schuler -- at 10 p.p.g. Schuler dishes out 1.6 assists a game, gets 2.8 rebounds and is the best Tiger from the line with a 78.3%. Simone Hopes leads State in rebounding with 7.3 a game. T.S.U. averages 55.9 p.p.g., shoots 35.2% from the field, 24.6% from beyond the arc and 68% from the foul line.
I'm looking for the results of this match-up to be similar to the Wagner College outcome. Go Cards!
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Recruiting is always a front-burner issue and (without intentionally stepping on Jenny's toes) ESPN Hoopgurlz has reported that Louisville has offered two girls out of the class of 2014. One candidate hails from the left coast, Sacramento, CA's Ayanna Edwards ( known as 'Shaq'). Walz has seen Ayanna and reportedly feels she would be a great fit for the Lady Cards' program. This junior is already 6'4" and has garnered looks from programs across the country. Currently, she averages 8.6 p.p.g, 6.1 rebounds and has 125+ blocks to her credit. She's very athletic, has all the moves for a post player and is exceptionally strong ( hence the nickname).
From Iowa City H.S. (IA) comes Haley Lorenzen, a 6'3" forward that -- according to her coach Bill McTaggert -- is a stronger player in her junior year and has shown improvement on her footwork. In a recent game, she posted 23 points and 12 rebounds in a 82-67 win over Cedar Rapids.
Both Edwards and Lorenzen are committed to improving their games and have come a long way since their sophomore seasons. We hope they'll continue that journey and end up in the Cardinal Red and Black!
-Elvis Redbird (Quentin Voigt)
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( Today at 4 p.m. is also the annual tilt between the UofL and UK men's basketball teams. It'll take place in the KFC YUM! Center and tickets in the 300 section are reportedly being offered at $300 by scalpers for the sold-out contest. We, of course, do not encourage our readers to do business with nor do we promote the scandalous scalpers...but that's a pretty penny to pay, in our opinion, for horrible seats at a nationally televised game. Men's hoops guru and recently engaged CARDINAL COUPLE Administrator Donny Yaste will have the recap for us in The Sunday Edition of Cardinal Couple! )
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Sold my two in section 119 for $200 each to a co-worker. Down in the back, will watch from couch. Happy New Year, Cardinal Couple!
ReplyDeleteCards win 77-68.
Willie P.
Thinking this game will be a little closer than the Wagner win. Cards been off a
ReplyDeletefew days and Tennessee State will probably go zone to make UofL score from outside.
Have fun Cardinal fans! Leaving for New Orleans this afternoon after the hoops!
Curtis Franklin
GO CARDS in both games and safe travels, Curtis. Bring us back a "W"!
DeletePaulie
To address this for all out-of-towners who don't "get" the UK vs. UofL rivalry, it's the biggest sporting events of the season, no matter the sport. It's that way in volleyball, soccer, football -- you name the sport and it's the game of the year you want to win.
ReplyDeleteToday in the KFC YUM! Center at 4 p.m., it will be a madhouse. You'll see more blue in the YUM than you would see red in Rupp Arena, but the roar will be deafening every time the Cards do something right.
I'll be watching at home in Naples, FL. but I've already started a tradition in my two years down here. I host a UofL vs. UK game watch party for football and basketball. The first year, only eight people showed up. They told others though and I expect 30-35 to show up starting in about 90 minutes.We have two TV's in two different rooms. You know how that divides up.
Go CARDS!
--Joe Hill--
I work a lot of U of L MBB and football games (concessions) for fundraising for my step-daughters club volleyball fees and travel.
ReplyDeleteI worked the MBB game today.
It was deafening loud today. A crazy environment. An absolute zoo!! I am glad the guys won it, they sure took it to the wire today, though.
Jenny