Good morning and happy Martin Luther King Jr Day.
The University of Louisville recognizes the federal holiday in observance of the late Dr King.
WBB
Louisville 88 - NC State 80
The Cards are toppling the big dawgs in a pretty convincing fashion with Louisville on an 11 game win streak and have now evened the series with the Wolfpack 9 each.
The two previous conference road wins vs rivals are big ones and now Louisville gets a 7 day break before welcoming Boston College to the Yum Center next weekend.
Imari Berry had a career day with 33 points and 12 rebounds (her career rebounds is 13 vs Tennessee a few weeks ago).
NC State dominated the first quarter before the Louisville defense put a stop to the bleeding. Louisville gave up 23 points to NC State in the quarter before pulling it within 5 at the halftime break. Zamareya Jones for NC State had 11 points in the opening frame while Louisville could only put 14 on the board.
Wolfpack extended their lead again by as many as 13 in the 3rd quarter but not to be discouraged, Berry closed out the quarter scoring 8 points in the final minute to make it a 3 point game heading into the final frame of regulation.
Cardinals forced OT when Imari Berry scored the final 5 points in regulation, a three pointer out of a timeout with 41 seconds and then swishing her 2 free throw attempts with 10 seconds left.
Mackenley Randolph scored 5 for the Cards in the extra 5 minutes to secure the 88-80 win.
FRED REPORT
Frederick Douglass
FREE THROWS -- Louisville 13-17 at the line (76.5%) none bigger than the 2 made by Imari Berry in the final 10 seconds of regulation. NC State went 18-24 from the charity stripe. CAPITAL F
REBOUNDING -- The Cardinals outrebounded the Wolfpack 44-35 lead by who else? Imari Berry pulled down 12, 6 offensively and defensively each. CAPITAL R
EFFORT/EXECUTION -- UofL was 0-7 from three point land in the first half and only hit 4-10 in the second half but none bigger than Berry's 3 pointer out of the Cards timeout with 41 seconds left. Berry's career efforts secured this one. Elif, Laura and Taj combined for only 13 points. CAPITAL E
DEFENSE -- The Cards defense let NC St shoot 48% in the game, 53.8% in the first quarter where they let the Wolfpack get quite the leg up. The Cards then went on and won 3.5 quarters offensively. UofL scored 24 points off turnovers and had 10 steals. no letter
FINAL FRED TALLY: F_R_E_
What a game! Louisville came out cold, didn't make a single three point shot in the first half. But the Cards clawed and scratched their way to overtime to snatch the victory 🏀🏀🏀🏀. NC State came out smoking, couldn't miss in the first quarter. But the Cards took their best shot 🥊. Laura and Elif had tough shooting night, but they did rebound. I think Tajianna might have the sophomore jinx 🏀❄. Cards made a huge push in the second quarter to close the gap. Skylar Jones 🔥 and Amari Berry 🔥 are absolute scorers! 🏀🏀🏀🏀 Mackenly Randolph is finding her rhythm, getting key baskets and crashing the boards. Anaya Hardy is stepping up on defense, blocking shots and making a difference. The second half was all about Amari Berry 🔥 and Skylar Jones 🔥, what a show 🏀🏀🏀. This team is loaded, we've got battle-tested makers 🏀🏀🏀🏀. What a great ACC road win, Go Cards! L1C4
ReplyDeletePS: shout out to Reyna Scott with 5 turnover, but played Tuff Defense & hustling ,Diving for loose balls.
Happy MLK Day
We're honoring Dr Martin Luther King for his sacrifice.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies...but the silence of our friends..
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