GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Louisville 82, Pittsburgh 58
By ALAN SAUNDERS
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH - Dana Evans matched her career high with 29 points and extended her Atlantic Coast Conference scoring lead, helping No. 3 Louisville beat Pittsburgh 82-58.
Evans, who entered with a conference-best 20.3 points per game average, made 11 of her 20 shots.
Louisville (20-1, 13-1 ACC) led by six at the half, but Evans and the Cardinals came alive in the third quarter. She scored 13 points by herself as the Cardinals outscored the Panthers, 26-13 in the period.
Forward Elizabeth Dixon added 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting for the Cardinals. Elizabeth Balogun came off the bench for 10 points, with the duo contributing to 44-18 Cardinals advantage on points in the paint.
Louisville smothered Pitt with strong defense all night, holding the Panthers to 30.8% shooting as a team and forcing 20 turnovers, which the Cardinals turned into 21 points off turnovers.
Senior guard Gabbie Green almost singlehandedly kept the Panthers (5-10, 3-8) in the game. She scored 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting and went 5 of 8 from 3-point range.
February 18, 2021
| Louisville | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Dixon | F | 20 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Evans | G | 34 | 11-20 | 4-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| H. Van Lith | G | 32 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Robinson | G | 27 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Smith | G | 22 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Balogun | 24 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| O. Cochran | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| N. Konno | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| A. Smith | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| R. Parker | 4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| M. Russell | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Williams | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 33-65 (.508) |
13-15 (.867) |
3-16 (.188) |
14-44 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 82 | |
| Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| R. Igbokwe | F | 16 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Everett | G | 34 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| G. Green | G | 30 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| A. Brown | G | 19 | 0-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Harris | G | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Hayford | 23 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| L. King | 21 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| C. Ezeja | 18 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| D. Strother | 18 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| S. Clesca | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Hueston | 6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| T. Exanor | 4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 21-66 (.318) |
8-17 (.471) |
8-19 (.421) |
21-40 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 58 | |
Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Carla Fountain, Talisa Green