Bellarmine Knights (2-6) at Louisville Cardinals (6-2, 1-0 ACC)
Louisville, Kentucky; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Bellarmine visits No. 23 Louisville after Triniti Ralston scored 25 points in Bellarmine’s 68-63 loss to the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
The Cardinals have gone 4-1 at home. Louisville ranks eighth in the ACC with 15.3 assists per game led by Laura Ziegler averaging 3.0.
The Knights are 1-2 on the road. Bellarmine has a 1-4 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
Louisville makes 45.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.7 percentage points higher than Bellarmine has allowed to its opponents (37.4%). Bellarmine’s 34.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.2 percentage points lower than Louisville has given up to its opponents (40.8%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Ziegler is shooting 48.5% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, while averaging 13.9 points and 8.4 rebounds. Tajianna Roberts is shooting 42.4% and averaging 13.5 points.
Ralston is shooting 37.0% and averaging 14.8 points for the Knights. Ava Smith is averaging 7.9 points.
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