Louisville opened the game on a 14-0 run and outscored Pitt 26-6 in the fourth quarter to earn a 74-44 victory. Sydney Taylor scored a team high 13 points on three made three-pointers. Pitt's Liatu King was limited to six points after being in foul trouble most of the night.
Kiki Jefferson and Olivia Cochran each scored 10 points. Nyla Harris led the Cards with six rebounds.
Pitt cut the Louisville lead to two late in the second quarter. The Cards would go into half on a mini 7-2 run highlighted by Jayda Curry's buzzer-beating three-pointer.
Louisville's lead extended to 10 at the end of the third quarter and the Cards blew the door open early into the fourth quarter. Pitt went scoreless for a 3:55 stretch in the middle of the quarter and then was held without a point for the final 2:01.
FRED Report
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| (Shredded Fred...the picture of my former grade school principal found shredded in the school dumpster. Someone said it was by a jealous teacher. I have no clue.) |
Free Throws: Louisville shot 7-10 from the charity stripe. 70% is an okay number but we hope to see better. Lowercase "l".
Rebounds: The Cards won the rebounding battle by two. Harris was the top rebounder for Louisville with four other Cardinals earning four boards apiece. We'd like to see better results than a two rebound edge but a lowercase "r" is okay.
Effort/Efficiency: 20 assists on 30 made field goals is a beautiful mark to see. The Cards also limited their turnovers to 13 and remained out of foul trouble. No Cardinal had more than three fouls. UofL shot over 50% from the field. Capital "E".
Defense: Pitt was held to 44 points and never scored more than 14 points in any quarter. When it mattered down the stretch, Louisville limited the Panthers to six points in the final quarter. Pitt had more turnovers (24) than made shots (16). Capital "D".
f-r-E-D isn't a bad result for a 30-point win.
Louisville improves to 14-2 on the season and 3-0 in the ACC. The Cards return home on Sunday for a 2:00 pm game against Wake Forest.
Happy Friday and Go Cards!
Jared
When this Cards offense is in sync, they are unstoppable. I see them second best in the ACC right now, behind VT.
ReplyDeleteNick O
Yes agreed Cards have balances scoring.
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