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
32.0	Field Goal %	41.3
6-29	3PT	8-23
20.7	Three Point %	34.8
5-8	FT	6-8
62.5	Free Throw %	75.0
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:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Notre Dame	16-2	-	28-6
NC State	16-2	-	28-7
Duke	14-4	2	29-8
North Carolina	13-5	3	29-8
Florida State	13-5	3	24-9
Louisville	13-5	3	22-11
California	12-6	4	25-9
Georgia Tech	9-9	7	22-11
Virginia Tech	9-9	7	19-13
Virginia	8-10	8	17-15
Stanford	8-10	8	16-15
Boston College	6-12	10	16-18
Clemson	6-12	10	14-17
Syracuse	6-12	10	12-18
Pittsburgh	5-13	11	13-19
Miami	4-14	12	14-15
SMU	2-16	14	10-20
Wake Forest	2-16	14	9-20

2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
USC	17-1	-	31-4
UCLA	16-2	1	34-3
Ohio State	13-5	4	26-7
Maryland	13-5	4	25-8
Michigan State	11-7	6	22-10
Illinois	11-7	6	22-10
Michigan	11-7	6	23-11
Iowa	10-8	7	23-11
Nebraska	10-8	7	21-12
Oregon	10-8	7	20-12
Indiana	10-8	7	20-13
Washington	9-9	8	19-14
Minnesota	8-10	9	25-11
Wisconsin	4-14	13	13-17
Rutgers	3-15	14	13-20
Purdue	3-15	14	10-19
Northwestern	2-16	15	9-18
Penn State	1-17	16	10-19

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