Breaking news: Louisville Cardinals Strike Again! UAB Safety Adrian Maddox rejected Gators,Chooses Louisville Cardinals football,boosting full commitment for all…
Breaking news: Louisville Cardinals Strike Again! UAB Safety Adrian Maddox rejected Gators,Chooses Louisville Cardinals football,boosting full commitment for all…
The Cardinals are 6-2 in conference games. Louisville is seventh in the ACC with 15.6 assists per game led by Ja’Leah Williams averaging 4.2.
Virginia averages 70.2 points per game, 3.6 more points than the 66.6 Louisville allows. Louisville averages 8.4 more points per game (73.3) than Virginia allows (64.9).
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is shooting 46.3% and averaging 18.2 points for the Cavaliers. Latasha Lattimore is averaging 15.7 points over the last 10 games.
Williams is averaging seven points, 4.2 assists and 1.8 steals for the Cardinals. Tajianna Roberts is averaging 13.7 points and two steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 5-5, averaging 65.9 points, 33.1 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 8.4 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.6 points per game.
Cardinals: 8-2, averaging 73.7 points, 32.8 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 9.8 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.0 points.
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Louisville is coming off a 9-4 season and the Cardinals won their final three games, including wins over Pittsburgh, Kentucky, and Washington in the Sun Bowl. The Cardinals have 21 transfers already enrolled in school and have signed a recruiting class of 15 other freshmen.
The meeting will be the 30th between in-state foes U of L and EKU. It will mark the first meeting since the Cards won 30-3 at home during the 2021 season. Louisville leads the overall series 20-8-1 and has won the last five meetings.
And as expected, the Louisville Cardinals will host Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 30 at L&N Stadium to open the third season under Jeff Brohm.
A game time and television designation will be announced at a later date.
U of L’s opener in the ACC will be announced Friday at 4 p.m., with the full schedule reveal taking place Monday from 9-11 p.m. on the ACC Network.
