Breaking News:.Edie Darby re-sign decommit from Tennessee lady Flip to Louisville women basketball.

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For the second time this offseason, Tennessee has lost a Guard due to injury.

Breaking News:.Edie Darby re-sign decommit from Tennessee lady Flip to Louisville women basketball…

Junior Edie Darby will miss what the University calls “an extended period of time,” with a left foot injury.

 

The younger sister of fellow Lady Vol Tess Darby has appeared in 23 games over the last two seasons. She averaged just over one point per game in 13 appearances in 2023-

 

Georgia Tech got on the board quickly with a three-pointer by Tonie Morgan, followed by a layup by Zoesha Smith.

 

Despite getting immediately punched in the face, Louisville was able to respond with a three of its own, which created a back-and-forth with both teams trading baskets, especially from underneath.

 

Then, with about three minutes left in the quarter, Louisville was able to go on a 9-0 scoring run in which Elif Istanbulluoglu and Ja’Leah Williams led the charge.

 

Louisville led 18-15 to end the first quarter.

 

Louisville was the first to get on the board in the second quarter by forcing a turnover which led to a three from Jayda Curry.

 

This continued Louisville’s 12-0 run that started in the first, lasting almost five-and-a-half minutes.

 

Despite some weak defense from the Cards allowing for easy baskets for Tech, Louisville dominated the second half with unselfish play. Louisville went on another 7-0 run that included a flagrant-1 foul called on Tianna Thompson of Tech.

 

The run lasted over four minutes and almost ended the half.

 

The Cards went into the locker room red-hot, leading 37-23.

 

No repeating mistakes

Scoring in the second half was pretty back and forth for the majority of the 20 minutes.

 

Louisville’s lead grew as large as 17 points in the third quarter, but never strayed too far from the 15-point lead they had going into the period.

 

Tajianna Roberts led the way with eight points scored during the third.

 

Tech went on a slight run at the end of the third to bring the lead to 59-49 going into the final quarter.

 

The fourth quarter was more of the same, except points were much harder to come by.

 

The two team scratched and clawed just for the lead to remain unchanged by the middle of the period.

 

The Yellow Jackets did make a big push in the final four minutes, holding Louisville scoreless for over three of those minutes. During this time, Tech was able to climb their way back into the game by getting downhill and attacking the paint.

 

Louisville only led by five points, reminding them of the multiple other games this season with big leads blown late.

 

Instead of submitting, the Cards hit the gas and held Tech scoreless for the final 89 seconds of the game. Louisville pushed their lead out to just insurmountable enough

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