Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz reflects on 19 seasons
In his 19th season, Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz received his 499th victory after the Cardinals defeated SMU 91-58 on New Year’s Day.
Tricia Cullop was a few days ahead of Jeff Walz in reaching 500 wins.
Both coaches beat Virginia Tech last week to become two of the 28 active Division I women’s basketball head coaches to achieve the feat. Cullop and the Miami Hurricanes are hosting Walz and the 11th-ranked Louisville Cardinals to see which coach can reach No. 501 first. Cullop missed on the opportunity Sunday when Miami fell to Clemson, 70-55, while today’s game is Walz’s first opportunity.
The game originally was scheduled for 7 p.m. but moved up four hours to accommodate the Hurricanes’ CFP game against Ole Miss, slated for 7:30 p.m. at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
The Courier Journal is bringing you live updates, scores and highlights from the afternoon contest. Follow along.
The Cardinals committed three turnovers in the final five minutes and trail the Hurricanes at halftime. Elif Istanbulluoglu leads the team’s scoring effort with nine points.
The Hurricanes are outrebounding the Cardinals, 21-15, with four second-chance points but the Cardinals have still managed to maintain the 3-point lead.
The Cardinals end the quarter on an 11-2 run with the Hurricanes remaining without a field goal in the final five minutes of the frame.
The Hurricanes are on an 8-0 run while the Cardinals have committed three turnovers in nearly three minutes.
Taj Roberts, Mackenly Randolph, Laura Ziegler and Elif Istanbulluoglu will start for the Cardinals in the ACC game against the Hurricanes.
Louisville and Miami are scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m. today at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida.
The ACC game between the Cardinals and Hurricanes won’t be broadcast nationally but streamed on ACCNx.
If you subscribe to a cable package, you’ll be able to livestream the game via ESPN.com and the ESPN app. If you don’t have cable, you can livestream the game via ESPN+ (subscriber only) or Fubo, which offers a free trial here.
Nick Curran (play-by-play) and Cortnee Walton (analyst) will have the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).
You can also listen online via GoCards.com.
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