SIX IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN 95-73 CARDINAL WBB WIN
Six Cardinals ended up in double figures, led by 17 from junior post Kylee Shook. Joining her in double-digits were Asia Durr (16), Bionca Dunham (15), Dana Evans (14) Jazmine Jones (10) and Sam Fuehring (10). Louisville never trailed in the contest and led by 26 near the end of the third quarter en route to their sixth win of the season.
The Cards wasted no time taking control of the match-up, scoring the first eight points of the game. A "J.J" fast break layup, Durr fast break layup, two Fuehring free throws and Jones jumper put Louisville off to a great, 8-0 start in the first 150 seconds. Two Shook free throws pushed the edge to 12-2 and a 11-0 run had this one over early at 23-5 after a Evans free throw with 1:07 left in the first quarter. The quarter ended with the Cards holding a 27-12 advantage.
Despite some careless ball-handling (Louisville had five turnovers in the first 10 minutes) the UofL WBB squad kept the margin safe. Shook connected inside to make it 36-21 with 4:42 left in the half and she hit another paint jumper to set the tally at 38-23 with 3:36 on the scoreboard. Durr beat the clock and stuck in a layup at the first half buzzer for the 46-28 halftime score. Bionca Dunham, on 6-9 shooting led all scorers at the break with 13 points. Louisville was a perfect 9-9 from the charity stripe and was shooting 50% from the floor (18-36). Louisville had eight steals and the Cards were controlling the paint with 28 points produced from there. A solid 24-14 rebounding edge for the Cards in the first 20 minutes.
Walz played 10 players in the first half and all saw at least four minutes.
Louisville never let the lead slip below 20 in the fourth and Mykasa Robinson's two free throws gave the Cards their biggest lead of the quarter at 84-58 with 5:05 left on the clock. With Jess Laemmle checking in at the 3:58 mark with a 85-63 lead, the Cards finished with her, Seygan Robins, Robinson, Lindsey Duvall and Shook. Duvall was productive in the final four minutes, with (2) threes and a steal. A Shook steal and layup put the Cards up 93-71 with less than a minute to go and two Robinson free throws with 32 seconds set the final score of 95-73.
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| Sonja looks on as Dana does work |
All 11 available players participated for Louisville. Besides the double figure producers, Duvall put in six points, Robinson four and Carter three. Robins and Laemmle each took a shot but did not score...Seygan did gather three rebounds, a steal and assist in her 12 minutes.
Jeff Walz had a three-point opportunity after a errant pass ended up in his hands, but he didn't take the shot (one he assured us would have gone in during the post-game presser) and returned the ball to ref Bryan Enterline.
(Thanks to River City Cards photographer Seth Spalding for the photos!)
THE FRED REPORT
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| Today's Fred...Fred Mertz (William Frawley from the "I Love Lucy" sitcom |
Rebounds -- A 38-31 edge for UofL in this stat. A foursome of Cards (Dunham, Jones, Robinson and Shook) grabbed six each. Surprising that Sam Fuehring had 0 grabs in 22 minutes. A close call here, but the decision is a small case "r". A 5'3" guard for Miami (Lauren Dickerson) grabbed eight for the RedHawks and that should never happen.
Effort/Execution -- Louisville forced 21 turnovers, had 18 assists on 35 baskets, got 16 steals and 16 second chance points. The effort was excellent. Add the 51.5% shooting and I THINK A CAPITAL "E" FITS HERE.
Defense -- The Cards allowed the Red Hawks to shoot 48.4% (30-62) and 42.9% from trifecta range (9-21). They committed just 11 fouls, though, and totaled five blocked shots. Too many open three point looks for the foe...I'll go a small case "d" here.
FINAL FRED TALLY: F-r-E-d
THEY SAID IT:
Dana Evans and Bionca Dunham were selected as the players for the post-game interviews and we have their comments and Coach Walz's comments below:
DANA AND BIONCA
COACH WALZ
A great effort last night and fun evening for players and fans in the downtown arena last night. The hustle effort was full steam and it was a very convincing win to open the home slate for Louisville women's basketball. Things get a bit tougher Thursday night when Nebraska comes to town. Despite the 2-3 record, the Cornhuskers have played a tough early schedule with losses to Miami (FL), Drake and Washington State and wins over USC Upstate and Radford.
FIELD HOCKEY PLACES SIX ON ALL-WEST DI ROSTER
For McFerran, her fourth time on the first team. Stone getting her second placement on the list and Pastor being selected for the first time.
VOLLEYBALL
Three wide-netters for the Cards have been selected for the ACC First Team Volleyball honors. Wilma Rivera was named setter of the year in the ACC and she, Melanie McHenry and Molly Sauer got first team honors. For Rivera, a repeat as top setter in the conference. Molly has been a four-year selection for All-ACC, Melanie and Wilma twice.
The Cards begin their NCAA journey Friday night in Champaign, IL against the Dayton Flyers.
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Time for a quick CASE Report, as I've decided to do one for every women's game, if only to bug Paul when he doesn't agree with the rating.
ReplyDeleteC - Louisville with only 13 TOs compared to Miami's 21 is good. However, Miami is only forcing just over 18 per game, an average that drops due to Louisville's lower number. 13 is just over 70% of Miami's average, so lowercase 'c'.
A - 18 assists on 35 baskets is just over 50%. Again, though, they're held back by the ATO ratio. small 'a'.
S - 16 steals compared to only 6 for Miami. I'd award a super capital letter if I could. Definitely an uppercase 'S'.
E - Another game with over 50% shooting from the floor. This time, they just got that 75% free throw percentage but they got there. Capital 'E'.
Final of c-a-S-E. Again, looking for fewer turnovers. They'll get there, I'm sure, as the team continues to gel.
Kinda think you may need to tweak the assists, you gotta factor in steals and then a layup from the person stealing.
DeleteA very solid, big-scoring effort last night. Unfortunately, I had to miss attending. New shift at work for me, temporarily. Great radio call from Nick and A.J., tho.
ReplyDeleteSo proud of Bionca and Kylee taking the fight to the paint!
On Walz, He would have probably got hit with a NCAA fine, like he mentioned, if he'd taken the open shot.
Love the 16 steals! Wanting the ball, wanting to run, run, run.
Great recap today Paulie!
Curtis "Shoots when he is open" Franklin
Nice site. I was looking for some coverage of the contest I am a RedHawks lady basketball fan and came across your site. A great write up. I think we'll be competitive in the MAC and I think L.D. and Nia held their own against your very talented guards.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt we learned a lot that will help us down the road from this one. Best of luck the rest of the way. Maybe we'll get a second shot at you in the Big Dance.
It was great to hear Jim Kelch's voice again on the view/feed. Reds did him wrong, if you ask me. Was that a former Lady Card with him on there?
A tinker, a Taylor
DeleteThat was Cortnee Walton with him. She was a Louisville WBB That was Cortnee Walton. A UofL WBB great from 2012-17 and does color and sidelines work for UofL and ESPN. We love us some Cort.
Thanks for stopping by and the door's open, c'mon back anytime...be honored to have ya! Good luck to the RedHawks!
Paulie
What feed!
ReplyDeleteI'm pissed 😠.
WatchEspn first said technical difficulties, then, just erased the game from the schedule altogether.
Saw on Cortnee's Instagram that she was there. No replay available either.
I did not realize that. Saw Cortnee there. Sorry to hear. Was it just a Louiville area based non-show then?
DeletePaulie
Hi, Cardinal Friends! Arthur here !
ReplyDeleteNice read on the win, Paulie. Made me feel like I was there.
So, who can help an old guy like me out? I'd like to find a place on-line here where I could go back and watch the replay. Missed it last night with church obligations.
Where/how do I get there and do that? Thanks!
Your friend
#1 Clemson Fan
Arthur
Greer, SC
And I hate commenting on a game i didn't witness.
ReplyDeleteOK, Cards fans ! Let's help our Clemson brother out here. I don't know how to do it without getting a paid subscription to Cards TV.
ReplyDeleteWho will step in and hit these free throws?
Paulie