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Louisville women’s basketball falls to TCU to end season

By Josie Simpson Despite a tough fight, Louisville fell well short against the TCU Horned Frogs in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Started fast… TCU started strong, winning the tip-off, but Jayda Curry quickly forced a turnover on Haley Van Lith and scored a layup. Van Lith turned the ball over a second

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Louisville women’s basketball exits ACC tourney after loss to Duke

By Josie Simpson Louisville exited the ACC tournament in the quarterfinals after a lopsided loss to the No. 11 Duke Blue Devils. For the second game in a row, the Cards would be without seniors Jayda Curry and Merissah Russell. Something doesn’t taste right Louisville started the game strong, winning the opening tip-off and getting

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Louisville women’s basketball sneaks past Clemson in overtime

By Josie Simpson Louisville withstood a hungry Clemson Tigers team with nothing to lose, and came away victorious. The Cardinals were without key players Merissah Russell and Jayda Curry, with their injuries being announced right before tip-off. Easy come, easy go Louisville came into the game determined to continue their hot performance against Clemson on

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Louisville women’s basketball falls to No. 3 Notre Dame 59-72

By Josie Simpson No. 25 Louisville fell to the No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a tough regular season finale.   A spicy start Louisville came out strong against Notre Dame, winning the jump ball and immediately capitalizing with a three-pointer from Tajianna Roberts. Back-and-forth action followed, with Louisville maintaining the momentum. Notre Dame

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Louisville women’s basketball runs away from Tigers in second half

By Josie Simpson  No. 25 Louisville overcame a slow start against the Clemson Tigers as the Cardinals came away victorious on senior night. Not-so-paper Tigers Offense for both squads was a little skittish to start. Loyal McQueen scored the first bucket of the game, but only after bout 90 seconds of play. Merissah Russell finally

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Louisville women’s basketball stumbles late against No. 9 UNC

By Elizabeth Scanland Louisville fell to the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels in a heartbreaking loss in which the Cards controlled most of the game. The Tar Heels went into the game shorthanded with Alyssa Ustby not traveling with her team to the Derby City. Runs back and forth Olivia Cochran was the first

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Louisville women’s basketball upsets No. 11 Duke on the road

By Josie Simpson Louisville stole a massive win over No. 11 Duke, marking a major turnaround for the season. Thursday’s win is the fourth ranked victory of the season for the Cards and their third in their last four games. Three points and a cloud of dust Scoring was tough to come by in the

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Louisville women’s basketball needs overtime to top Wake Forest

By Elizabeth Scanland Louisville just snuck by the Wake Forest Demon Deacons to leave Winston-Salem with an overtime victory. What was expected to be an easy win for the Cards turned into a nail-biting near disaster. Baby, it’s cold inside The game opened up as a back-and-forth affair until the Cards went on a scoring

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