LOUSVILLE WBB PICKS UP ROAD WIN AT WAKE
CARDS WBB placed five in double figures and used a strong overtime effort from Jayda Curry to defeat Wake Forest 81-76 in Winston-Salem Sunday afternoon.
Curry totaled seven of her 11 total points in the final 1:32 to lead the Cards to the extra session win. It was a game where the Cards allowed WFU to shoot 59% from the floor and sink 10 threes, but still pulled off the "W". The Cards watched a five-point lead disappear to just a two point advantage with a minutes to go in overtime, but got a clutch three from Curry with 17 seconds left in overtime to seal the contest.
Wake Forest took the fight to the Cards early on and had a 17-12 first quarter lead over UofL. Louisville trailed by seven midway through the second quarter, but staged a rally and two Olivia Cochran free throws got Louisville back to within one at 32-31 with 26 seconds left in the half UofL missed al layup with 10 seconds left in the half to go in the locker room down by one.
The two squads battled back and forth in the the third quarter, neither leading by more than four points, until the Demon Deacons put together two threes from Rylie Theuefkauf to go up 54-47. The Cards were able to cut the home team's lead to two at 56-54 on a Nyla Harris layup with five seconds left in the quarter.
A close fourth quarter ensued until Wake edged ahead 67-66 with a minute to play. Louisville regained the lead 70-67 with fifteen seconds left in regulation but Theuerkauf sank a three a few seconds later to tie it at 70 and force overtime... when the Cards missed a three with a second left on the clock.
THE FRED REPORT
(It turned out to be a beautiful day in the neighborhood for the Cards in overtime Sunday)
F-Free Throws -- Louisville continued their hot hands from the charity stripe with an 18-19 performance. Olivia Cochran went 9-9 to lead the way for UofL A definite CAPITAL "F"
R- Rebounds -- The Cards lost th battle of the boards 28-23 despite Cochran grqabbing a team high seven. No letter awarded here.
E- Effort/Execution. UofL won second chance points 14-3 and forced WFU into 28 turnovers, but lost the points off turnovers battle 26-15. Still, the Cards won , so we'll award a lower case "e".
D - Defense. The Cards allowed 59% shooting and also were beat in points in the paint 24-20, but never trailed when it counted, in overtime, so we'll award a small case "d'.
FINALFRED TALLY -- F-_-e-d
Road wins are always good in ACC play, and Louisville finally got this one after trailing the majority of the contest. The freshmen continue to learn by experience and one can't count out what Jayda Curry did for the squad yesterday. Stay safe and warm today, don't venture out unless it's an emergency, it's terrible out there, kiddies..
Louisville WBB returns to action Thursday against Pitt at Pittsburgh
pulie
A good road win! Agent( Izela) Zero had a great game, keeping the cards in it during the first half. This was a back-and-forth battle, and I wished the referees had called the game more evenly in the second half.
ReplyDeleteShout out to Nyla fighting hard down low and hitting those 15 18 ft jump shots and last but not least Jayda for those clutch threes to seal the deal.
Go Cards L1C4
The year of the Freshman 🏀
Nyla developed that jumper and looks confident taking it👍
DeleteYes sir💯🏀
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