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LOUISVILLE WBB GOES RABBIT-HUNTING
The University of Louisville women's basketball squad faces their second opponent in an eight-day stretch and final contest of the killer five-game sequence by facing another probable NCAA Tournament team in South Dakota State tonight in the KFC YUM! Center at 7 p.m.
South Dakota State enters the Bucket to face the Cards with an identical 8-2 record as Louisville. They recently dropped out of both the major polls but are ranked #1 in COLLEGE INSIDERS MID-MAJOR poll. The Jackrabbits did suffer a knee injury to their leading scorer Macy Miller (14.9 ppg) against Green Bay on Dec. 9th...and she is not listed as one of the probable starters...but they do bring in a squad that does have three guards (Madison Guebert 13.7, Ellie Thompson 11.0 and Kerri Young 10.2) in double figures.
As the name implies, the Jackrabbits like to get out and run on offense. They've outscored their opponents 70.5 to 57.5 so far this year and did defeat George Washington 60-55 in their last outing. S.D. State also owns wins over Iowa and Creighton this season. Their losses have come to #13 Oklahoma and Green Bay.
Guebert looks to be their major threat from the deep...she averages 48% (32-67) from three-point range. 6'2" senior center Clarissa Ober leads the school from Brookings, SD in rebounds with 8.1 a game. Despite the smallish size of their roster, the Jackrabbits do out-rebound their opponents by almost three grabs per game.
Louisville will look to continue the hot hand of Myisha Hines-Allen against the Jackrabbits. The Montclair, NJ junior went for 26 against Kentucky and added 16 vs. WKU. She is shooting 59% (20-34) in the last two games. The Cards will also look to leading scorer Asia Durr (18.2) who is second in the nation with 39 three-pointers and Mariya Moore (11.8). Senior guard Briahanna Jackson and Moore have 13 assists over the last two contests (Jackson 26 over the last three games) and Cortnee Walton had 18 rebounds in the games against the Toppers and Cats.
This is the first match-up ever between the two schools. Louisville needs to avoid the slow starts that have made the last two games come-from-behind efforts to get the wins and the Cards are seeking consistency for 40 minutes.
We'd like to see a stretch of Sydney Zambrotta zoning in from three-point range if it works out...as well as the overall razzle-dazzle and sparkle of Jazmine Jones. Missing from playing time recently has been Sam Fuehring and could the entire squad will get some court time in what we hope will be a blow-out.
Be careful what you wish for, right?
How deep Walz goes into the bench is anyone's guess...he bases a lot of that on how practice has gone for the week. Regardless if he plays five or fifteen, though...it should be a fun time down by the river tonight. If you can't make the trek...ACC Network Extra will have the feed and Cards Radio 790 the audio.
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SUNDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
- Whatever happened to...
We had an inquiry a couple of weeks ago on whatever happened to a UofL WBB player that left the program. We decided to revive the "Whatever Happened To?" segment we used to do here. Here ya go with our first installment:
POLLY HARRINGTON 5'11" WING
Harrington was a part of the 2010 incoming class after a year of junior college. Her 2010-11 stats as a Card were 16 games played, 5.1 minutes per game, 1.8 ppg. She decided to transfer in April of 2011...looking for more playing time...and she found it at South Dakota. She started every game in her two years there and was the Summit League Conference Tournament MVP as a senior in 2014. SD lost the Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Harrington averaged 12.4 ppg and 5.6 rebounds her senior season.
The Summit League has an interesting makeup...
Harrington also received a fair share of national attention when her fiancee proposed to her during the season...
VERMILLION, SD
South Dakota senior wing Polly Harrington will remember her final game at the Dakota Dome for the rest of her life, and it has nothing to do with the 16 points she scored in USD's 99-88 loss to rival SD State.
With the team apparently honoring her on the court after the game, Harrington's boyfriend snuck up behind her, dropped to a knee and proposed to her. A stunned Harrington said "Yes!" to the delight of the crowd and her teammates.
Is there a former WBB Card you'd like an update on? Just let us know either by e-mail or drop a request in the comments section. We'll research your request for our next "Whatever Happened To?"
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FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
-Sandy Pearsall to be inducted to Miami Cradle of Coaches Association
-Ex-WBB Harrington headed to South Dakota
Miami University (OH) has the nickname "the Cradle of Coaches" because of the many coaches in numerous sports that got their start with the RedHawks and went on to bigger jobs and national recognition.
The names Weeb Eubank, Woody Hayes, Paul Brown, Bill Mallory, Walter Alston and Ara Parseghian are just a few of the many individuals who used Miami as a proving ground before becoming highly noted and respected coaches in football, baseball and other sports.
Add Sandy Pearsall to that august and distinguished fraternity.
She and four other inductees will be the 2012-13 class and honored during Miami's football game vs. Massachusetts on Saturday, Sept 22 before being inducted during a dinner that evening.
The Cradle of Coaches Association was established in 1971 to acknowledge the role Miamians have played in establishing Miami University as the Cradle of Coaches.
Coach Pearsall spent six years (1992-98) as the head softball coach of the RedHawks. At Miami, she coached nine All-MAC players and 16 Academic All-MAC students. She left the Oxford, Ohio school to begin Louisville softball from scratch. In her thirteen years as Cardinal skipper, she is 506-261 and taken the Cards to nine straight NCAA appearances. She and the staff were the BIG EAST Softball Coaches of the Year in the 2012 season and she has led Louisville to five conference titles in C-USA and the BIG EAST.
Congratulations, Sandy!
Keep on, keeping on...
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Former Louisville WBB player Polly Harrington is on the move again. She's leaving Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. to play ball and attend classes at the University of South Dakota.
South Dakota women's basketball coach Ryun Williams had this to sign about Polly:
"Polly is a really neat young lady and a player with a very good skill set. She is a very physical and strong player inside and also has a great feel for playing on the perimeter. Her versatility will fit in nicely with our system. Polly comes from one of the best junior colleges in the country and she has been extremely well-coached during her time at JCCC."
She joins four other players as Coyote recruits for the 2012-13 season. USD was 23-8 last year and got to the second round of the WNIT before losing to Colorado. She'll have two year of eligibility with the Coyotes.
Four days ago, Williams announced he was leaving the Coyotes and taking the head coaching job at Colorado State.
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| Walton is a 6'2" forward |
Jody Demling is reporting on his Courier-Journal recruiting blog that 2013 WBB signee Cortnee Walton and her parents will leave from Carefree, AZ and travel to Springfield, MO to meet up with fellow 2013 WBB signee Megan Deines and her family for a few days before the girls head to Louisville.
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| Deines is a 5'11" guard |
Seems they've become fast friends since they decided to attend Louisville. Deines visited Walton earlier this year in Arizona.
They join a Cardinal WBB squad that looks to be the deepest, most talented and skilled since Angel and Candyce's senior season.
Hoops are less than six months away. The girls are working hard with individual instructions, conditioning, strengthening, pick up games and some are attending summer classes as well.
You can read Jody's article about the Missouri Express that'll be steamrolling into the Derby City on his blog site at the Courier-Journal.
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This is the first match-up ever between the two schools. Louisville needs to avoid the slow starts that have made the last two games come-from-behind efforts to get the wins and the Cards are seeking consistency for 40 minutes. 
