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12/03 03:42 CST No. 22 Louisville takes home win streak into matchup with No. 3
South Carolina
No. 22 Louisville takes home win streak into matchup with No. 3 South Carolina
By The Associated Press
South Carolina Gamecocks (7-1, 0-1 SEC) at Louisville Cardinals (7-2, 1-0 ACC)
Louisville, Kentucky; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 22 Louisville will try to keep its three-game home win streak
intact when the Cardinals play No. 3 South Carolina.
The Cardinals have gone 5-1 at home. Louisville ranks fifth in the ACC with
16.4 assists per game led by Laura Ziegler averaging 3.1.
The Gamecocks play their first true road game after going 7-1 with a 2-1 record
in neutral-site games to begin the season. South Carolina ranks third in the
SEC with 19.8 assists per game led by Raven Johnson averaging 6.6.
Louisville makes 45.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 15.8
percentage points higher than South Carolina has allowed to its opponents
(30.1%). South Carolina has shot at a 53.7% rate from the field this season,
15.3 percentage points greater than the 38.4% shooting opponents of Louisville
have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tajianna Roberts averages 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the
Cardinals, scoring 13.3 points while shooting 37.2% from beyond the arc.
Ziegler is shooting 43.8% and averaging 12.7 points.
Joyce Edwards is scoring 19.6 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for
the Gamecocks. Ta'Niya Latson is averaging 17.1 points and 3.6 rebounds.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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