2009 NCAA Tournament Runner-Up 2011-12 Schedule & Results Game 21 • No. 14/16 Louisville vs. Villanova Overall: 16-4 • BIG EAST: 5-2 Jan. 28, 2012 • KFC Yum! Center • Louisville, Ky. Home: 8-0 • Away: 8-4 • Neutral: 0-0 Game Day Information 10.30 Lindsey Wilson(Exh) W, 118-41 Date...................... Jan. 28, 2012 Louisville Cardinals Villanova Wildcats 11.13 at Missouri St. W, 73-64 Time ............................... 2:00 p.m. Record......................... 16-4, 5-2 Record......................... 13-7, 3-4 11.15 at (6/6)Texas A&M (ESPNU) L, 76-58 Arena.................... KFC Yum! Center Streak ..................................... W2 Streak ....................................... W1 11.17 at Eastern Kentucky W, 77-53 Radio..... WKRD/UofLsports.com Last 5/10 .................... 3-2, 8-2 Last 5/10 ....................2-3, 5-5 11.20 XAVIER W, 62-44 Talent ...... Matt Andrews, pxp Head Coach ............. Jeff Walz Head Coach .. Harry Perretta 11.22 AUSTIN PEAY W, 78-60 ............ Adrienne Johnson, color Career Record ......... 112-50 Career Record ..... 611-385 11.25 at (24) Florida State W, 85-76 TV................................... WHAS TV At Louisville .............. Same At Villanova............... Same 11.26 at Florida A&M W, 86-66 Series ................. U of L Leads 7-0 SID ...................... Kim Pemberton SID ........................ Dean Kenefick 11. 29 MURRAY STATE W, 105-62 Last MeetingMeeting..March 5, 2011 Email ...... [email protected] Email... [email protected] 12.4 at (12/10) Kentucky (FoxSS) L, 74-54 ........Louisville 69 Villanova 47 Website ..........UofLsports.com Website ................... Villanova.com 12.10 GARDNER WEBB W, 92-27 Projected Louisville Starters 12.14 at Cincinnati W, 64-59 Shoni Schimmel Notes: A preseason All-BIG EAST first team 12.17 at Portland W, 71-42 23 5-10 • So. • Mission, Ore. selection...Named to the Wooden Watch 12.19 at Washington St. W, 75-71 (Franklin HS) list...Leads the team in scoring with 13.3 points 12.28 UT-Martin W, 70-57 PTS REB AST MIN per game...Leads the team in assists, averaging 1.3 MARQUETTE W, 70-53 13.3 4.3 4.7 32.7 G 4.7 per game...Scored a season-high 25 points 1.8 at (RV) St. John’s(ESPNU) L, 74-62 against Florida State. 1.11 SOUTH FLORIDA (WHAS) W, 63-57 Becky Burke Notes: Seen action in all 20 games, starting in 1.14 at (8/9) Rutgers (FiOS1) L, 71-68 OT 11 5-11 • Sr. • Clarks Summit, Pa. 18 for the Cards...Scored a season-high 21 1.18 PROVIDENCE (WHAS) W, 64-48 (Abington Heights HS) points against Florida A&M...Knocked down a 1.22 at (19/17)Georgetown(ESPN2) W, 64-61 PTS REB AST MIN season-high five treys against Florida A&M 1.28 VILLANOVA (WHAS) 2:00 p.m. 12.0 3.1 1.3 31.3 G ...Became a 1,000 point scorer with her first 1.31 at DePaul (CBS SN) 9:00 p.m. basket against Murray State. 2.4 at West Virginia 4:00 p.m. Bria Smith Notes: Has started every game for the Cardinals...Scored a career-high 20 points 2.7 CONNECTICUT (CBS SN) 7:00 p.m. 21 5-10 • Fr. • Massapequa, N.Y. against Texas A&M...Collected a career-high six 2.11 SYRACUSE (WHAS) 2:00 p.m. (Christ the King HS) 2.14 at Pittsburgh 7:00 p.m. PTS REB AST MIN steals against Missouri State...Ranks third on the team in scoring with 11.1 points per game... 2.20 NOTRE DAME(ESPN) 2:00 p.m. 11.1 4.2 2.2 26.5 G Ranks fourth on the team in rebounding. 2.25 DEPAUL (BETV) Noon Cierra Warren Notes: Has seen action in every game for the 2.27 at Seton Hall 7:00 p.m. Cardinals..Leads the team in rebounding with 4.8 3.2-6 BIG EAST Tournament TBA 42 6-4 • r-So. • Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (North Carolina) boards per game... Ranks fourth on the team in PTS REB AST MIN scoring with 8.1 points per game...Scored a 8.1 4.8 0.3 17.3 C career-high 18 points against Missouri St...Pulled down a career-high 11 rbs against Austin Peay. Sheronne Vails Notes: Has seen action in every game starting 3 6-4 • Fr. • Odenton, Md. in 13...Ranks second on the team in blocks with (Arundel HS) 22 on the season..Scored a season-high 14 PTS REB AST MIN points against USF...Also pulled down a season- 4.0 2.8 0.4 14.7 F high eight rebounds against USF while blocking a season-high four shots. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Off the Bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) PPG RPG SPORTS INFORMATION 1 Shelby Harper G 5-4 Jr. Scottsville, Ky. (Allen County) 1.3 1.2 Kimberli Pemberton 4 Antonita Slaughter G 6-1 So. Louisville, Ky. (Lou. Christian Acad.) 3.6 2.9 10 Sara Hammond F 6-0 Fr. Mt. Vernon, Ky. (Rockcastle County) 3.5 4.0 Work Phone: (502) 852-7711 12 Shawnta' Dyer F 6-1 r-Fr. Marion, Ohio (Marion Harding) 6.1 4.5 Cell Phone: (502) 445-9435 22 Jude Schimmel G 5-6 Fr. Mission, Ore. (Franklin) 2.5 1.3 Email: [email protected] 31 Asia Taylor F 6-1 Jr. Columbus, Ohio (Whetstone) 3.6 3.7 NCAA Appearances-14 | Sweet 16 Appearances- 3 | Elite Eight Appearances- 1 | Final Four Appearances- 1 THE VILLANOVA SERIES PREVIEWING VILLANOVA Series record UofL leads 7-0 Villanova is coming off a 62-53 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday night. The Wildcats own U of L at home 3-0 a 6-5 record on the road this season. Villanova is shooting .398 from the field, .337 from 3- U of L at Villanova 3-0 point range and .740 from the free throw line on the year. Opponents are shooting .372 from U of L at neutral site 1-0 First meeting Jan. 7 2006 the field and .281 from long range while forcing them into 23.2 turnovers per game. Largest Victory 32(84-52) March 3, 2008 Junior forward Laura Sweeney leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding with 15.0 Largest Defeat --- points per game and 7.9 boards per game. She also leads the team in blocks (24) and steals(34). Last meeting March 5, 2011 Junior guard Rachel Roberts ranks second on the team in scoring with 9.4 points per game while shooting 39 percent from long range. Freshman forward Lauren Buford ranks third on LAST FIVE MEETINGS the team in scoring with 8.2 points per game. She leads the team in three-pointers made March 5, 2011 Hartford W, 69-47 with 36, connecting on 37 percent from behind the arc. Feb. 6, 2011 Philadelphia W, 64-59 Harry Perretta is in his 34th year as head coach at Villanova and owns a 611-385 record. Jan. 26 , 2010 Louisville W, 53-50 Earlier this season he became the 35th head coach in the history of basketball at any level to Feb. 21, 2009 Philadelphia W, 70-56 reach the 600-win plateau. He is the 22nd Division I coach to accomplish the feat when the Mar. 3 2008 Louisville W, 84-52 Wildcats defeated Iona on Nov. 12, 2011. STATISTICAL COMPARISON LOUISVILLE QUICK HITS U of L Category VU 16-4 Overall Record 13-7 • Louisville moves to 16-4 on the season, the third time in six years the Cards have had .439 FG% .398 at least 16 wins through 20 games. The 16-4 record is tied for the fourth best start in .324 3-pt. FG% .337 school history. Louisville started the season at 19-1 in the 2008-09 season and 18-2 in the .712 FT% .740 2006-07 season, Louisville also started the season at 16-4 during the 1994-95 season and .353 Opp. FG% .372 16-4 in the 1990-91 season. Head Coach Jeff Walz owns two of the three best starts in .285 Opp. 3-pt. FG% .281 school history. .625 Opp. FT% .714 • The Cards are now 8-4 (.667) on the road this season, with three of the four losses 42.7 Reb. Avg. 33.5 against top-10 squads (#6/6 Texas A&M on Nov. 15 and #12/10 Kentucky on Dec. 4 and #8/9 +5.4 Reb. Margin -2.9 Rutgers on Jan. 14). If the season ended today, that away winning percentage would be the 13.3 Assists/game 14.8 19.4 Turnovers/game 12.1 second-best in school history, trailing only the 12-2 (.857) mark put together by the 2008- 10.5 Steals/game 6.6 09 national runner-up team. 4.8 Blocks/game 3.4 • For the second time this season the Cardinals shot over 40 percent from behind the 72.2 Points/game 58.8 arc in back-to-back games against Providence and Georgetown. Louisville hit a season high 11 59.7 Points Allowed/game 53.3 treys against Georgetown, connecting on 11 of 25 for 44 percent. Against Providence the Cardinals went 6 of 15 for 40 percent shooting. Earlier in the season the Cardinals went 6 of 14 for 40 percent against Florida State. They then followed it up connecting on 9 of 17 for 52.9 percent against Florida A&M. Louisville has shot over 40 percent from behind the arc in five games this season. LOUISVILLE QUICK FACTS • The Cards finished with five steals against Rutgers their 62nd straight game with at least five thefts.