Louisville Takes Down Nc State In Overtime Thriller

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Press Release from nan University of Louisville:

RALEIGH, N.C. — The No. 9/10 Louisville Cardinals (18-3, 8-0 ACC) trailed by arsenic overmuch arsenic 13 successful nan 2nd half but battled backmost to triumph 88-80 successful overtime complete NC State (13-6 (6-2 ACC) successful Raleigh Sunday afternoon. The triumph snapped a 16-game ACC location winning streak for NC State that dated backmost to nan 2023-24 season. Louisville won its 11th-straight crippled and improved to 8-0 successful ACC and 5-0 successful convention play connected nan road.

Imari Berry had nan champion crippled of her profession successful nan important convention matchup. She had a career-high 33 points connected 14-for-23 shooting to spell pinch 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists. It was Berry's 2nd profession double-double and nan astir points scored by a Louisville subordinate this season. Skylar Jones had 17 points, 10 coming successful nan 4th quarter, pinch 5 rebounds and tied nan squad lead pinch 3 steals. Mackenly Randolph had 12 points connected 4-for-7 shooting.

The Wolfpack came retired shooting lights retired to statesman nan game. NC State deed 5 of their first 7 shots from nan section to build an early lead complete nan Cards. Louisville was incapable to find a hit down nan arc successful nan first quarter, going 0-for-5 from region but were 7-for-14 from wrong nan three-point line. After nan opening quarter, NC State held a 23-14 lead.

Berry started to travel live successful nan 2nd quarter. She started nan framework pinch six points connected 3-for-6 shooting, which included pursuing her ain miss, grabbing nan committee and hitting nan 2nd chance layup. The Cards started to clamp down defensively successful nan second information of nan 2nd quarter. Louisville did not let NC State to people a constituent for a five-minute agelong that almost lasted nan remainder of nan quarter. The Wolfpack sewage a bucket correct earlier nan buzzer and nan Cards trailed 33-28 astatine nan half.

Louisville sewage nan lead down to 1 possession aggregate times early successful nan 3rd but back-to-back threes from NC State started an 8-0 Wolfpack tally and nan shortage was backmost up to nine. NC State sewage nan lead up to double digits, but Berry put nan Cards connected her backmost to adjacent retired nan quarter. Berry scored eight-straight points, including a 3 that deed each portion of nan rim, to hit nan buzzer and trimmed nan shortage to 50-47 heading to nan fourth.

The Cards scored nan first 5 points successful nan fourth, including a layup and nan foul from Jones, to springiness them their first lead of nan game. NC State retook a little lead, but nan Cards responded pinch 2 large buckets to get backmost successful front. Jones made a 3 disconnected an violative rebound and past Tajianna Roberts picked up a bargain and recovered Jones for nan layup connected nan different end.

NC State had a tally of its ain and were up by 5 pinch nether a infinitesimal left. Berry 3 trim it down to two. After a extremity connected nan protect end, Berry collapsed free connected nan break, and nan Wolfpack fouled her to put her astatine nan line. She deed some free throws to nonstop nan crippled to overtime astatine 74-74.

In nan overtime period, Berry scored a layup to put nan Cards successful front, and they ne'er looked backmost en way to nan win. Louisville changeable 5-for-8 from nan section successful overtime arsenic they put nan crippled retired of reach.

The Cards will return to field for nan first of 2 bye dates this play connected Thursday. Up adjacent for nan Cards will beryllium Boston College erstwhile they big them astatine nan KFC Yum! Center connected Sunday, January 25 astatine 2 p.m. ET. It will beryllium National Girls & Women successful Sport Day and Girl Scout Day astatine nan Yum Center erstwhile nan Cards big nan Eagles.