Ball State Cardinals at Louisville Cardinals
· NCAA Women's Basketball
Skylar Jones scores 20, No. 22 Louisville women beat Ball State 93-62
Mackenly Randolph scored 12 points and Imari Berry 10 for Louisville (9-3). Anaya Hardy also scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, the 6-foot-3 sophomore's third career double-double.
Bree Salenbien, a Gonzaga transfer who went into the game leading the team in scoring (17.2 per game) and rebounding (10.0) this season, led Ball State (8-3) with 13 points in 23 foul-plagued minutes. Karsyn Norman scored 11 points, Tessa Towers added 10, and Zhen Verburgt finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
Louisville never trailed and used a 13-3 run to take a 19-8 lead with 1:27 left in the first quarter. Towers made a jumper about a minute later that cut Ball State's deficit to 21-12 at the end of the period. Jones hit a 3-pointer to open the second quarter and Louisville led by double figures the rest of the way.
Ball State missed its first 10 3-point shots and finished 4 of 19 (21%) from behind the arc.
Louisville shot 48% (35 of 73) from the field and hit 10 3-pointers.
Ball State has won at least 20 games in each of the last four seasons and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history last season.
Louisville returns to ACC play Sunday at No. 12 North Carolina.
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Recent Plays
| 4th 0:00 |  |
End of Game | 62 - 93 |
| 4th 0:00 | |
End of 4th Quarter | 62 - 93 |
| 4th 0:27 |  |
Grace Kingery Defensive Rebound. | 62 - 93 |
| 4th 0:29 |  |
Anaya Hardy missed Free Throw. | 62 - 93 |
| 4th 0:29 | |
Foul on Alba Caballero. | 62 - 93 |
Statistics
 BALL |
LOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-59 | FG | 35-73 |
| 36 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 4-19 | 3PT | 10-26 |
| 21 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 16-23 | FT | 13-17 |
| 70 | Free Throw % | 76 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 6 | Assists | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 17 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fouls | 21 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 35 |
| 0 | Lead Changes | 0 |
| 0 | Percent Led | 97 |
Game Information
Location: Louisville, KY
Attendance: 6,477 | Capacity:
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State | 1-0 | - | 9-4 |
| Bowling Green | 1-0 | - | 8-4 |
| Central Michigan | 1-0 | - | 7-4 |
| Massachusetts | 0-0 | 0.5 | 8-2 |
| Miami (OH) | 0-0 | 0.5 | 8-4 |
| Ohio | 0-0 | 0.5 | 5-4 |
| Toledo | 0-0 | 0.5 | 5-5 |
| Western Michigan | 0-0 | 0.5 | 3-7 |
| Akron | 0-0 | 0.5 | 3-9 |
| Buffalo | 0-0 | 0.5 | 2-9 |
| Eastern Michigan | 0-1 | 1 | 6-5 |
| Kent State | 0-1 | 1 | 5-7 |
| Northern Illinois | 0-1 | 1 | 2-9 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2-0 | - | 12-3 |
| NC State | 2-0 | - | 9-4 |
| Syracuse | 1-0 | 0.5 | 11-1 |
| Stanford | 1-0 | 0.5 | 11-2 |
| Notre Dame | 1-0 | 0.5 | 9-2 |
| Virginia | 1-0 | 0.5 | 9-3 |
| Duke | 1-0 | 0.5 | 6-6 |
| Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 1 | 11-3 |
| Wake Forest | 1-1 | 1 | 11-3 |
| Clemson | 1-1 | 1 | 9-4 |
| Miami | 1-1 | 1 | 8-4 |
| North Carolina | 0-1 | 1.5 | 11-3 |
| California | 0-1 | 1.5 | 8-5 |
| SMU | 0-1 | 1.5 | 7-6 |
| Pittsburgh | 0-1 | 1.5 | 7-7 |
| Boston College | 0-1 | 1.5 | 4-10 |
| Florida State | 0-2 | 2 | 5-9 |
| Georgia Tech | 0-2 | 2 | 4-9 |