Louisville WBB held Pitt to their lowest point total of the year. The 40 points Pitt produced are the lowest against the Cards this season. Despite a rocky end to the first quarter, the Cards won each quarter, held Pitt to 32.7% shooting, forced 25 turnovers and got 12 steals. For "oops, I missed it again" situations, swallowed whistles, a board decision/outcome we all can agree with and productive painting, let's put on our gloves, scrape the windows, turn on the defroster and look out the front windshield at:
FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME
5) Posted in Pitt post offices: A picture of the Louisville defense for theft, burglary and grand larceny.. (Do they still post most wanted pictures in post offices anymore?) The Cards forced 25 Pitt turnovers, made 12 steals, got 21 points off the turnovers and made life rough on Pitt guards Jasmine Whitney and Cassidy Walsh. The defensive pressure and the press worked well and Pitt certainly didn't do much to keep Roc the Panther mascot interested.
4) Hi, Let us grab those for you. When you can't score, maybe --at least -- you can rebound. Nope, not yesterday for Pitt. Out-rebounded 42-29 by the Cards. I swear, on one possession, it looked like Louisville was practicing Volleyball set-up and passing drills -- at least five misses and put-backs.Every Card who played had at least one rebound and Sam, "B" and Kylee combined for 24. I thought for a minute that Pitt head coach Lance White was going to walk over to the Cards bench and ask if he could borrow ex-Pitt player and injured forward Yacine Diop for awhile.
3) Pea missing? Only 26 fouls whistled in this game. No player had more than two. It's almost as refs if Mark Hardcastle, Bob Enterline and Maggie Tieman decided "ho-hum, meaningless game, let's swallow the whistles and get out of here fast". or wanted to head over to Primarti Brothers for a Carnegie stuffed and stacked tall boy sandwich. 16 total free throws. Asia usually shoots more free ones than that while drinking her morning orange juice and scanning Twitter.
2) She's getting better all the time. I am pleased as punch to see the continued improvement of Kylee Shook. If she would just stop bringing the ball down to her waist after a rebound. She was the glass-cleaner yesterday for the Cards along with Bionca (nine each) and is finishing with a lot more success on the put-back shots after a rebound. If the Cards can count on her and Dana as two top-level subs the rest of the way, the Cards are headed to Tampa. And not to check in on Charlie Strong or watch the Rays pre-season.
1) Shots heard! (But not sunk). Louisville was 1-13 at one time in three-point attempts yesterday. They just weren't falling. 36.8% from the floor in the first half. The Cards rallied to finish at 42.6% from the floor -- they got off 19 more shots than the Panthers and finally got some inside rhythm going, winning the points in the paint stat 36-16. Pitt wasn't exactly Annie Oakley - type markswomenship either from the floor. 16 for 49. The adage is that offense fills the seats and defense wins games. The Cards had defense and 1381 people showed up for Pitt Senior Day. The defense rests, your honor. After one spectacular, two-hour trial.
-- Sonja --
FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME
5) Posted in Pitt post offices: A picture of the Louisville defense for theft, burglary and grand larceny.. (Do they still post most wanted pictures in post offices anymore?) The Cards forced 25 Pitt turnovers, made 12 steals, got 21 points off the turnovers and made life rough on Pitt guards Jasmine Whitney and Cassidy Walsh. The defensive pressure and the press worked well and Pitt certainly didn't do much to keep Roc the Panther mascot interested.
4) Hi, Let us grab those for you. When you can't score, maybe --at least -- you can rebound. Nope, not yesterday for Pitt. Out-rebounded 42-29 by the Cards. I swear, on one possession, it looked like Louisville was practicing Volleyball set-up and passing drills -- at least five misses and put-backs.Every Card who played had at least one rebound and Sam, "B" and Kylee combined for 24. I thought for a minute that Pitt head coach Lance White was going to walk over to the Cards bench and ask if he could borrow ex-Pitt player and injured forward Yacine Diop for awhile.
3) Pea missing? Only 26 fouls whistled in this game. No player had more than two. It's almost as refs if Mark Hardcastle, Bob Enterline and Maggie Tieman decided "ho-hum, meaningless game, let's swallow the whistles and get out of here fast". or wanted to head over to Primarti Brothers for a Carnegie stuffed and stacked tall boy sandwich. 16 total free throws. Asia usually shoots more free ones than that while drinking her morning orange juice and scanning Twitter.
2) She's getting better all the time. I am pleased as punch to see the continued improvement of Kylee Shook. If she would just stop bringing the ball down to her waist after a rebound. She was the glass-cleaner yesterday for the Cards along with Bionca (nine each) and is finishing with a lot more success on the put-back shots after a rebound. If the Cards can count on her and Dana as two top-level subs the rest of the way, the Cards are headed to Tampa. And not to check in on Charlie Strong or watch the Rays pre-season.
1) Shots heard! (But not sunk). Louisville was 1-13 at one time in three-point attempts yesterday. They just weren't falling. 36.8% from the floor in the first half. The Cards rallied to finish at 42.6% from the floor -- they got off 19 more shots than the Panthers and finally got some inside rhythm going, winning the points in the paint stat 36-16. Pitt wasn't exactly Annie Oakley - type markswomenship either from the floor. 16 for 49. The adage is that offense fills the seats and defense wins games. The Cards had defense and 1381 people showed up for Pitt Senior Day. The defense rests, your honor. After one spectacular, two-hour trial.
-- Sonja --
