Louisville Cardinals at UCLA Bruins

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Louisville Cardinals

0-1, 0-0 Away

Final
59 - 66

UCLA Bruins

1-0, 0-0 Home

No. 5 UCLA women overcome slow start to beat No. 17 Louisville 66-59 in Paris

Louisville starts the game up 1-0 over UCLA before the tip-off

Timea Gardiner had 15 points and Londynn Jones contributed 13 for UCLA.

Tajianna Roberts had a game-high 21 points for Louisville, which opened up an 18-13 lead at the end of the first quarter but then proved wasteful in attack.

Louisville was 6 of 29 from 3-point range compared to 8 of 23 for UCLA. Gardiner made five of them and Jones was a perfect 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.

The 8,000-capacity Adidas Arena, home to the men’s Paris Basketball team, was just over half full for the second game.

Earlier Monday, No. 3 Southern California scored in the final seconds to beat Mississippi 68-66.

Takeaways UCLA: The imposing physicality of Betts and Gardiner on defense did much to contain Louisville's speedy attacks. The standout pair also combined at the other end for Gardiner's neat 3-pointer from wide right late in the game.

Louisville: Louisville had some good scoring bursts but could not sustain them long enough to put UCLA under significant pressure.

Key moment Betts found Jones with a cross-court pass for a 3-pointer on the second-quarter buzzer, as UCLA took a 32-29 halftime lead to stem Louisville’s momentum.

Key stat 75 — Betts' shooting percentage, making nine of her 12 shots.

Up Next Louisville has a short turnaround before hosting Southern Indiana on Friday and UCLA is at home to Colgate at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.

TV Channel: Cardinals vs Bruins 2021 College Basketball, week 1, is broadcasted on ESPN2.
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Recent Plays

4th 0:00	End of Game	59 - 66
4th 0:00	End of 4th Quarter	59 - 66
4th 0:03	Elif Istanbulluoglu made Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Leah Williams.	59 - 66
4th 0:20	Louisville Timeout	57 - 66
4th 0:20	Londynn Jones made Free Throw.	57 - 66

Statistics

LOU		UCLA
24-75	FG	26-63
32	Field Goal %	41
6-29	3PT	8-23
21	Three Point %	35
5-8	FT	6-8
63	Free Throw %	75
43	Rebounds	47
19	Offensive Rebounds	15
24	Defensive Rebounds	32
15	Assists	20
12	Steals	4
3	Blocks	7
14	Turnovers	22
1	Team Turnovers	0
14	Total Turnovers	22
0	Technical Fouls	1
0	Total Technical Fouls	1
19	Points Off Turnovers	19
15	Fast Break Points	6
20	Points in Paint	32
15	Fouls	12
6	Largest Lead	10

Game Information

Venue: Adidas Arena

Location: Paris, France
Attendance: 3,472 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Duke	14-0	-	19-6
Louisville	14-1	0.5	24-4
Syracuse	11-4	3.5	21-5
North Carolina	10-4	4	21-6
NC State	10-4	4	17-8
Virginia Tech	10-5	4.5	20-7
Virginia	10-5	4.5	18-8
Clemson	9-6	5.5	18-9
Notre Dame	8-6	6	16-9
California	7-7	7	16-11
Georgia Tech	6-8	8	11-15
Stanford	5-9	9	16-11
Miami	5-9	9	13-12
Florida State	4-10	10	9-17
Wake Forest	3-11	11	13-13
SMU	2-12	12	9-17
Pittsburgh	1-13	13	8-19
Boston College	0-15	14.5	4-24

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
UCLA	15-0	-	25-1
Michigan	13-2	2	22-4
Ohio State	11-3	3.5	22-4
Iowa	10-3	4	19-5
Minnesota	11-4	4	20-6
Maryland	9-6	6	21-6
Michigan State	9-6	6	20-6
Washington	9-6	6	19-7
USC	8-6	6.5	16-9
Illinois	7-7	7.5	17-8
Oregon	6-8	8.5	18-9
Nebraska	5-9	9.5	16-9
Wisconsin	5-10	10	13-13
Purdue	4-10	10.5	12-13
Indiana	3-12	12	14-13
Northwestern	2-12	12.5	8-17
Penn State	2-13	13	9-17
Rutgers	1-13	13.5	9-16

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