The No. 7/5 Louisville women’s basketball team is going on the road for the first time this season as they travel south to take on RV/RV Belmont in Nashville. Sunday’s tilt will close out the first week of the season as the Cardinals will play three games in six days. The Cardinals are 2-0 to begin the season with home wins over Cincinnati and IUPUI.
In the win over IUPUI on Thursday, the Cardinals had four players in double figures with Chrislyn Carr leading the way with a team-high 15 points and five assists. Hailey Van Lith had 12 points and 10 rebounds for her second career double-double. With the win over IUPUI, Louisville won its 20th-straight game at home, a streak that dates back to the 2020-21 season. The Cardinals eclipsed 70 points for the second time this season over IUPUI and they have won 63-straight games when scoring 70 points or more.
As the Cardinals hit the road for the first time this season, they have been one of the best teams in road games since the beginning of the 2017-18 season. Louisville is 52-7 (.881) in road games over the past six seasons and rank second in the NCAA in road wins and winning percentage over that time. This will be the first of five true road games for the Cardinals during their non-conference schedule. Louisville is one of two teams (South Carolina) ranked in the Top-10 of the Preseason AP poll that will play five or more road games in non-conference play.
Date: Sunday, Nov. 13
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Site: Nashville, Tenn. | Curb Event Center (5,000)
TV: ESPN+ (Dr. Rich Tiner, play-by-play; Hannah Harmeyer, analyst; Jay Gilmore, sideline)
Radio: 93.9-FM WLCL (Nick Curran, play-by-play; Cortnee Walton, analyst)
Last Meeting: W, 80-66 (Dec. 5, 2021 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: Louisville leads 4-0 (4-0 home)
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Belmont is the second of a potential nine NCAA Tournament teams from last season that the Cardinals will face in the non-conference portion of their schedule. So far the Cardinals are 1-0 against 2022 NCAA Tournament teams after the win over IUPUI on Nov. 10. The Bruins are coming off a 23-8 season in 2021-22 where they won the Ohio Valley Regular Season Championship for the fifth time in the previous six years and also claimed the OVC Tournament Championship. In the NCAA Tournament, the 12th-seeded Bruins upset No. 5 seed Oregon in the first round and were minutes away from facing the Cardinals in the Sweet 16. Belmont led the fourth-seeded Tennessee Volunteers by one heading into the final minute of the Round of 32 matchup before falling to the Lady Vols 70-67. So far this season, Belmont is 1-0 after the season-opening 56-54 win over Chattanooga on Nov. 9.
Series History – The Cardinals will face off with Belmont for the fifth time in program history when the two teams meet on Sunday. This will be the first time the Cardinals will face the Bruins in Nashville as the first four meetings have occurred in Louisville. The Cardinals are 4-0 all-time against Belmont.
Last Meeting (Dec. 5, 2021) – Hailey Van Lith scored a team-high 16 points and No. 5 Louisville defeated Belmont 80-66 on Sunday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals won their seventh game in a row and improved to 7-1 on the season. Van Lith was one of four Cardinals to score in double figures with Kianna Smith adding 14, Chelsie Hall tallied 11 and Olivia Cochran scored 10 in the win. Emily Engstler led the way with a team-high eight rebounds and added nine points. The Cardinals used a big third quarter to put the game out of reach as they shot 68.8 percent (11-16) to build a 20-point lead that the Bruins were unable to overcome.
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