The Ladies host Louisville tonight at 7PM. The game will be on ACCNx. These two teams were picked to finish 1 and 2 in the ACC this year. The Hokies come in at 13-3, 2-3 and ranked #13. Louisville is 13-5, 4-1 and unranked but receiving votes(1 vote in the AP). Louisville has lost to all four ranked teams they have played this year and also lost at South Dakota State. The Hokies lost to Notre Dame, Clemson and Miami; and they beat UNC. We beat Kentucky 82-74 in Cassell; Louisville beat them 86-72 at Kentucky.
Louisville is an experienced team, starting 2 juniors and 3 grad students. Three of five starters are transfer from Syracuse, Florida State and Georgia. Hayley Van Lith, 5'7" Jr Guard is the team scoring leader, averaging 20.4 ppg. She is deadly from the FT line at 89.2% on the year. She only shoots 24% from three, but she is second only to Carr in attempts. Carr shoots 47% from three on 98 attempts. After Carr and Van Lith the starters only have 2 made threes on the season. The candidate for unexpected three point star of the night is #13 Merissah Russell, 5'11" Jr Guard, who plays 15 min/game and shoots 41% from three.
Louisville starts three players over 6' in #24 Jones 6'2", #44 Cochran 6'3", and #22 Dixon 6'5".
Only two Cardinals score in double figures, Van Lith and Carr; but Morgan and Cochran average 9.8 and 9.6 ppg. All of the starters average over 2 fouls per game and Cochran averages 3.2. Aggressive offense could help the Hokies put some Cardinals on the bench with foul trouble. Louisville averages 14.9 assists and 15.2 turnovers per game.
Van Lith plays almost 37 minutes per game; Carr plays over 30. Jones is on the court for 21 minutes and Cochran for 25.8 minutes. Robinson only starts occasionally; but she averages 25 min/game. Seven other players average 10-15 minutes per game. Louisville plays a lot more players than we do; they could wear us down in the fourth quarter.
This is another game we should win; but an off night by Amoore or King will make it tough to stay with the Cardinals.
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