Good morning readers, welcome back to another weekend and the end of the month of February.
Hard to believe the last home WBB game has come and gone and we’re looking ahead to March Madness. But the spring time sports are in full swing as the softball squad opened its home schedule this week with a local foe.
Lets get right into it!
WBB
Louisville 78 vs Clemson 52
The program honored seniors, Ja'Leah Williams, Jayda Curry, Merissah Russell and Olivia Cochran prior to the match.
Recap
End of 1Q. 16-15 Clemson
FG %
6-14 42.9% Cards
6-12 50% Clemson
Reb. 8-5 Clemson
3-pt %
1-3 33.3% Cards
2-5 40% Clemson
After Clemson started the game with a 5-2 lead, the two squads battled back and forth until the first media timeout with the Cardinals owning a 11-10 lead. Loyal McQueen had 6 of the Tigers 16 points.
End of 2Q 16-14 Cards
FG %
6-14 42.9% Cards
6-17 35.3% Clemson
Reb. 12-9 Cards
3-pt %
2-5 40% Cards
0-1 0% Clemson
Clemson pushed it to a 20-15 lead to open the second quarter. A defensive trap forced Clemson to call a timeout with 6 min left till halftime and the score 22-20 Tigers. Olivia Cochran put one up and in to tie it 22 all. Clemson then pushed the pace again to score 4 unanswered. A blocking foul put Taj Roberts at the line where she went 1-2. Cards regained the lead 27-26 on a Arenas 3 pointer but not to the discouragement of the Clemson as they would not go away so easily.
HALF 31-30
End of 3Q 24-16 Cards
FG %
7-14 50% Cards
4-11 36.4% Clemson
Reb. 10-6 Cards
3-pt %
3-5 60% Cards
1-3 33.3% Clemson
The Tigers came up blank in their first possession while the Cards opened their offensive possession with a layup underneath assisted by Harris. When it was 37-35 the Cards went on a 6-0 run. At, 49-38 Olivia Cochran got elbowed in the chin and called for her third foul and the Clemson player went to the line to shoot three. Word on the street is that the crowd is still at the Yum Center booing the refs. They even reviewed it! So Cochran went to the bench for a breather. The whistles didn’t get any better for the next few minutes as the quarter expired.
End of 4Q 23-6 Cardinals
FG %
9-16 56.3% Cards
2-16 12.5% Clemson
Reb. 15-7 Cards
3-pt %
2-6 33.3% Cards
0-6 0% Clemson
Taj Roberts had 4 buckets in the first 4 minutes to be the lone scorer and push Louisville's lead to 66-46. The Cards did what Walz said they would do when someone has the hot hand, feed them the ball. Roberts nailed another 3 pointer with ease. And she held the pose afterwards. Cardinal fans could finally breathe with under 5 minutes left in the game. With just under two minutes left Walz called a timeout to pull the seniors for their final farewells from the Cardinal fan base.
Photo from Jared Anderson
You can list to Coach Walz Post game >>>> Right Here
The program honored seniors, Ja'Leah Williams, Jayda Curry, Merissah Russell and Olivia Cochran prior to the match.
Recap
End of 1Q. 16-15 Clemson
FG %
6-14 42.9% Cards
6-12 50% Clemson
Reb. 8-5 Clemson
3-pt %
1-3 33.3% Cards
2-5 40% Clemson
After Clemson started the game with a 5-2 lead, the two squads battled back and forth until the first media timeout with the Cardinals owning a 11-10 lead. Loyal McQueen had 6 of the Tigers 16 points.
End of 2Q 16-14 Cards
Photo from Jared Anderson
FG %
6-14 42.9% Cards
6-17 35.3% Clemson
Reb. 12-9 Cards
3-pt %
2-5 40% Cards
0-1 0% Clemson
Clemson pushed it to a 20-15 lead to open the second quarter. A defensive trap forced Clemson to call a timeout with 6 min left till halftime and the score 22-20 Tigers. Olivia Cochran put one up and in to tie it 22 all. Clemson then pushed the pace again to score 4 unanswered. A blocking foul put Taj Roberts at the line where she went 1-2. Cards regained the lead 27-26 on a Arenas 3 pointer but not to the discouragement of the Clemson as they would not go away so easily.
HALF 31-30
End of 3Q 24-16 Cards
FG %
7-14 50% Cards
4-11 36.4% Clemson
Reb. 10-6 Cards
3-pt %
3-5 60% Cards
1-3 33.3% Clemson
The Tigers came up blank in their first possession while the Cards opened their offensive possession with a layup underneath assisted by Harris. When it was 37-35 the Cards went on a 6-0 run. At, 49-38 Olivia Cochran got elbowed in the chin and called for her third foul and the Clemson player went to the line to shoot three. Word on the street is that the crowd is still at the Yum Center booing the refs. They even reviewed it! So Cochran went to the bench for a breather. The whistles didn’t get any better for the next few minutes as the quarter expired.
End of 4Q 23-6 Cardinals
FG %
9-16 56.3% Cards
2-16 12.5% Clemson
Reb. 15-7 Cards
3-pt %
2-6 33.3% Cards
0-6 0% Clemson
Taj Roberts had 4 buckets in the first 4 minutes to be the lone scorer and push Louisville's lead to 66-46. The Cards did what Walz said they would do when someone has the hot hand, feed them the ball. Roberts nailed another 3 pointer with ease. And she held the pose afterwards. Cardinal fans could finally breathe with under 5 minutes left in the game. With just under two minutes left Walz called a timeout to pull the seniors for their final farewells from the Cardinal fan base.
Photo from Jared Anderson
You can list to Coach Walz Post game >>>> Right Here
UP NEXT
Louisville vs Notre Dame
Sunday March 2
12pm ESPN
FRED REPORT
Jacksonville Jaguar, Fred Taylor
FREE THROWS -- Louisville went 14-20 which just meets the Cardinal Couple benchmark for 70%. Nyla Harris went 6-6 at the line so I'm giving it a Capital F
REBOUNDING -- UofL outrebounded the Tigers 42-30 with two Cardinals pulling down 10 boards, Curry and Cochran. Olivia had 5 offensive rebounds. CAPITAL R
EFFORT/EXECUTION -- I just know Walz had quite the halftime speech for this squad. I'm chalking up the first half up to the fact that the squad was still wiping away tears from Senior night festivities and hearing their names called on the PA system one last time. i give it a CAPITAL E for a second half runaway effort on Senior night.
DEFENSE -- As the halftime and final scores show, there wasn't much defense going on in the first half, as the small statured Clemson team played quite largely. The Cards turned up the offense in the second half which lead to better defense and a runaway victory in front of the home squad. Capital D
FINAL FRED TALLY: F-R-E-D
LAX preview
Louisville vs #2 UNC
12pm
The Tarheels are 4-0 coming off two back to back Top 5 wins against #5 Florida and #4 Syracuse. Grad student, Ashley Humphrey and redshirt freshman sister pair Chloe Humphrey combined for all 14 points in the 14-9 win over #5 Florida. Together, Ashley and Chloe Humphrey have combined for 23 goals, 15 assists and 38 points. That's 35.8%, 34.3% and 38.5% of UNC's total offensive production, respectively. UNC is undefeated against Louisville. UNC has outscored its opponents 67-20. They are third in the NCAA (first in the ACC) in scoring defense with 5.0 goals allowed/game. UNC is also second in the NCAA (first in the ACC) with 9.75 assists/game. In the net, Betty Nelson had a career-high nine saves vs. Syracuse. Her .568 save percentage ranks first in the ACC and seventh in the NCAA. Her 5.43 goals-against average is first in the ACC and third in the NCAA.
Softball
Louisville vs Central Michigan
First pitch is 12:30pm
ACCNX
The Chippewas come to Louisville with a 1-8 record on the season with their lone win coming as an 8-0 run rule against Tennessee State in the Trojan Classic in Troy, Alabama. CMU is being outscored 34-48. It appears that the pitching duties are split pretty evenly between 3 Chippewas, junior lefty Cierra Laska, redshirt sophomore righty, Mackenzie Langan and sophomore Brooklyn Compau. Freshman Tori Briggs is leading the team with a .423 batting average on 11 hits and 4RBIs. Carly Sleeman has a team leading 3 homeruns on the season.
Louisville vs Longwood
First pitch is 5:30pm
ACCNX
Longwood University is coming off a run rule loss to the University of Virginia but winners of the 3 games prior including two run rule victories in a double header against North Carolina Central. They are 5-7 on the season and 0-3 on the road. They faced #1 Texas in their second game of the season and got run-ruled. They also faced the #10 ranked Georgia Bulldogs and lost 5-11. Louisville leads the series 4-0. Circle duties belong to Junior right-handed pitcher Maggie Chapin and sophomore lefty Cierra Gawryluk were named to the preseason all-Big South team, along with Sophia Knock. Knock, a first baseman, was tabbed Preseason Big South Player of the Year on Jan. 22.
As Always
Go Cards!
~Daryl
Way to win that tough ACC game at home against a desperate opponent. Clemson Tigers really needed this victory. Shoutout to the upperclassmen on senior night.
ReplyDeleteThis freshman class is special! The Cardinals really needed this class to come in, and I need this class to stay.
Tajianna Roberts is the truth a star in the making.
Shout out to Izela Arenas. Agent Zero showed up big time with valuable minutes off the bench, scoring 14 points.
MacKenly Randolph is a very smart player. She knows how to play the game. Next year, you'll see a big jump.
Imari Berry is a special ball player look out!🏀🏀🏀🏀🔥