2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result LOUISVILLE 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOVEMBER Sports Information Office // University of Louisville // Louisville, KY 40292 // GoCards.com Wed. 25 at Southeast Missouri (ESPN+) W, 74-53 Phone: (502) 852-3085 // Fax: (502) 852-7401 // email: [email protected] // Twitter: @UofLWBB Sun 29 Eastern Kentucky (ACCNX) W, 101-58 Louisville Cardinals Basketball Information DECEMBER Fri. 4 vs. No. 20/19 DePaul (ESPN) W, 116-75 Team Information Basketball Staff Sun. 6 UT Martin (ACCNX) W, 85-67 2020-21 Overall Record 26-4 Head Coach Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky, ‘95) Wed. 9 at Duke (RSN) * W, 73-49 Atlantic Coast Conference Record 14-2 UofL Record 385-108 (.768) (14th yr.) Atlantic Coast Conference Finish 1st Overall Record Same JANUARY UofL National Ranking 7th Associated Press, ACC Record 98-16 (.860) Fri. 1 Northern Kentucky (ACCNX) W, 74-64 6th USA Today Conference-Only Record 174-54 (.763) Sat. 2 Bellarmine (ACCNX) W, 97-46 6th NET NCAA Tournament Record 33-12 (.733) All-Time Record Tues. 5 UT Martin (ACCN) W, 96-61 932-499 (46th yr.) (12 Appearances, Three Final Fours) All-Time NCAA Tourney Record 37-23 (23 app.) Assoc. Head Coach: Stephanie Norman (Arizona St., ‘89) Thur. 7 at Virginia Tech (RSN) * W, 71-67 Before Walz - 4-11 (11 app.)With Walz - 33-12 (12 app.) Assoc. Coach: Sam Purcell (Auburn, ‘03) Sun. 10 Clemson (ACCN) * W, 70-45 Asst. Coach: Jonneshia Pineda (Georgia SW State, ‘11) Thur. 14 Boston College (ACCN) * W, 89-70 General/Administration Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach: Beth Burns Sun. 17 Florida State (ESPN2) * W, 84-56 Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Dir. of BB Oper. Kate Tucker Thur. 21 No. 23/21 Syracuse (ESPN2) * W, 67-54 Founded 1798 Exec. Dir./Player Relations Adrienne Johnson Sun. 24 at Wake Forest (ACCN) * W, 65-63 Enrollment 22,000 Graphic Design/Video Coord. LaMont Russell Tues. 26 Miami (ACCN) * W, 79-76 Nickname/Colors Cardinals / Red and Black Head Trainer Yoshi Saito Thur. 28 North Carolina (ACCN) * W, 79-68 Conference Atlantic Coast Strength Coach Kaiti Jones Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Equipment Manager David Moser FEBRUARY President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Mon. 1 No. 4/2 NC State (ESPN2) * L, 74-60 Faculty Representative Krista Wallace-Boaz Important Phone Numbers Thur. 4 at Boston College (ACCN) * W, 97-68 Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 Sun. 7 Notre Dame (ESPN) * W, 71-65 Sr. Woman Administrator Amy Calabrese Basketball Office (502) 852-8355 Thur. 11 Georgia Tech (ACCNX) * W, 85-70 Website Address www.GoCards.com Sports Information Contact Thur. 18 at Pittsburgh (ACCN) * W, 82-58 Asst. SID Nick Evans Sun. 21 at Florida State (ACCNX) * L, 68-59 Office Phone (502) 852-3085 Sun. 28 at Notre Dame (ESPN) * W, 78-61 Cell Phone (502) 807-9345 Email Address [email protected] MARCH Fri. 5 vs. Wake Forest (8) (RSN) @ W, 65-53 Sat. 6 vs. Syracuse (5) (ACCN) @ W, 72-59 Sun. 7 vs. No. 3/4 NC State (2) (ESPN2) @ L, 58-56 CONFERENCE HISTORY Mon. 22 vs. Marist (15) (ESPN) # W, 74-43 4 Consecutive ACC Regular Season Titles (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Wed. 24 vs. Northwestern (7) (ESPN2) # W, 62-53 9 Regular Season Conference Titles (Metro - 1984, 1992; CUSA - 1997, 1999, 2001; Sun. 28 vs. No. 23/22 Oregon (6) (ESPN) # W, 60-42 Tues. 30 vs. No. 2/2 Stanford (1) (ESPN) # L, 78-63 ACC - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) 6 Conference Tournament Titles (Metro - 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1993; ACC - 2018) Home games are in bold | All Times Eastern * = ACC NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY @ = ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) 2 National Title Games (2009,2013) // 3 Final Fours (2009, 2013, 2018) # = NCAA Tournament (San Antonio, Texas) 6 Elite Eights (2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021) // 10 Sweet 16’s // 23 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2020-21 Louisville Cardinals (26-4 Overall, 14-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) Projected Starters (Based off last game) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG Notes 1 Dana Evans G 5-6 Sr. Gary, Ind. 20.1 2.7 3.9 Named ACC POY, WBCA AA Last 2 Seasons 10 Hailey Van Lith G 5-7 Fr. Wenatchee, Wash. 11.2 5.2 2.1 Named to ACC All-Freshman Team 5 Mykasa Robinson G 5-7 Jr. Ashland, Ky. 2.6 4.4 2.2 Named to ACC All-Defensive Team 14 Kianna Smith G 6-0 R-Jr. Moreno Valley, Calif. 11.4 3.9 2.2 Named to ACC All-Tournament team 44 Olivia Cochran F 6-3 Fr. Columbus, Ga. 9.9 6.9 0.7 Named to ACC All-Freshman Team Reserves 0 Ramani Parker F 6-4 R-Fr. Fresno, Calif. 2.7 2.2 0.1 Career-high 10 points vs. Bellarmine 2 Ahlana Smith G 5-9 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 2.8 0.9 0.7 Scored 7 points in 22 minutes vs. Marist 3 Malea Williams F 6-4 Fr. Georgetown, Ky. 1.5 0.6 0.0 Career-high 7 points, 3 reb vs. UT Martin 4 Elizabeth Balogun G 6-1 Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn. 5.8 3.8 1.7 Named to Cheryl Miller Award Watch List 11 Norika Konno G 5-10 So. Sendai, Japan 3.4 1.4 0.9 10 points on 4-5 shooting vs. SYR in ACCT 13 Merissah Russell G 5-11 Fr. Ottawa, Canada 2.2 2.2 0.4 Member of Canada’s Senior National team 22 Liz Dixon F 6-5 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 7.6 5.4 0.4 Season-high 21 points vs. Miami Pronunciation Guide Ramani (Rah-mah-nee), Ahlana (a-LAWN-uh), Malea (mah-LAY-uh), Balogun (BAL-uh-GOON), Mykasa (Mah-casa), Van Lith (LITH), Norika Konno (NO-rika Koh-NO), Kianna (KEY-awna), Walz (Walls), Jonneshia Pineda (JO-nee-SHA PIN-ay-duh) 2020-21 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS BASKETBALL FINAL GAME NOTES STARTING FIVE Louisville was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Louisville has won ... Cardinals were a No. 1 seed in 2018 (Final Four) and 2019 (Elite Eight). <Louisville made its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance and 12th in 13 tournaments under head ... At least 20 games for the 11th-consecutive coach Jeff Walz. The Cardinals played in their 10th straight NCAA Tournament. Louisville is 37-23 all-time. They were 4-11 in their first 11 appearances and are 33-12 in their 12 appearances with season, the longest stretch in program history. The Walz. They have moved on to the Sweet 16 10 times, the Elite Eight six times, Final Four three times longest run previously was three, achieved just twice (2009, 2013, 2018) and twice advanced to the title game. With three Final Fours since 2009, UofL ranks fourth in the country behind UConn (12), Stanford (7) and Notre Dame (6). in school history. UofL advanced to its third straight Elite Eight and sixth overall (2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021) with ... At least 24 regular-season games for the 11th time the win over Oregon. UofL is 3-3 all-time in the Elite Eight. With the win over Oregon, Louisville is 6-4 all- in program history. time in the Sweet 16. The Cardinals are 3-7 all-time against 1-seeds in the NCAA Tournament. They are 3-6 against 1-seeds under Walz. ... 124 games when shooting at least 50 percent from Dana Evans was named a WBCA, USBWA, Associated Press, Wooden Award, Senior CLASS, the field since 2007-08. Louisville is a stellar 124-1 espnW and Sports Illustrated First Team All-American. (.992) in those games, with a 7-0 mark this year. Senior Dana Evans was named ACC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. ... 25 games when leading at the half (25-1). Evans joins Asia Durr as the only players in program history to earn conference player of the year multiple times. She is the ninth player in ACC history to win the award in back-to-back years. Last ... 24 games when shooting better percentage than season, she became the first player in league history to go from winning ACC Sixth Player of the opponent (24-1). Year to winning ACC Player of the Year the following season. It marks the fourth straight year that the conference’s top honor has come from the Cardinals program, as Louisville joins Duke as the ... 16 games when outrebounding its opponent (16-0). only two programs with the ACC Player of the Year in four consecutive years. On Wednesday, Evans was named Kay Yow Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She joins Durr as the only Cardinals to win this ... 19 games when bench outscores opponents’ prestigious award. (19-2). In addition to Evans being named the ACC Player of the Year, Mykasa Robinson was named to ... 21 games when committing fewer turnovers than the All-ACC Defensive Team and Olivia Cochran and Hailey Van Lith were named to the All-ACC Freshman Team. Robinson is the first named to All-Defensive team since Kylee Shook and Jazmine opponent (21-1). Jones did so last season, while Cochran and Van Lith are first on All-Freshman team since Evans did ... 25 games when leading with five minutes to go so in 2017-18. Liz Dixon, Evans, Robinson, Kianna Smith and Van Lith were named to the All-ACC Academic team. Evans, Kianna Smith and Van Lith were all named to the ACC All-Tournament team.