Louisville women's basketball

Hate to see it end, but it was an amazing season! #GoBlue.

While Louisville was hitting on all fronts early on, the defense really stepped up in the third quarter, in particular, forcing Louisville into a three-minute scoring drought. The fourth quarter started with a 5-0 Louisville run to push the lead back to seven. Louisville managed to have 24 points off turnovers compared to the Wolverines, who had 3. The Cardinals ballooned the lead back to seven in the second quarter, but the Wolverines stayed tough, cutting the deficit back to just one with 59 second remaining in the half. Thanks to the 7-0 run, suddenly, Michigan found itself within two, despite being outplayed offensively for such a long period of time. A layup with three seconds left allowed the Cards to take a three-point lead into the locker room at half.

The Cardinals are heading to the Final Four for the fourth time in program history.

Despite holding Michigan to 3-11 during the period, nine made free throws from the Wolverines kept it a two-point game heading into the fourth quarter. Thanks mainly to a 13-point half from Hall, Louisville still held a slim 30-27 lead at the half. Michigan might have committed 11 turnovers in the first half alone, but it was them who seized momentum at the break. Louisville didn't get out to an overbearing lead early in the first half, but the momentum was in their favor to open the game. Louisville only shot five free throws prior to the final minute of the game, going 7-9 overall, while also shooting 43.1 percent overall. Van Lith finished with a game-high 22 points, becoming the first Louisville player with four straight 20-point NCAA Tournament games.

After win to Final Four in 2022 NCAA tournament March Madness bracket, Hailey Van Lith, Louisville Cardinals women's basketball inspired young Wichita ...

Hundreds, if not thousands of girls from the Wichita area were in attendance on Saturday and Monday to watch some of the best women’s college basketball players in the country. “You hope it can inspire them, but it’s just as important to show them actual love and stop to take the time to say hello and give them a high-five,” Engstler said. And now here was their hero, a potential WNBA lottery pick taking time out of her championship celebration to come over and snap as many pictures as they wanted and chat with them about basketball. I really feel like God built me to inspire young girls through basketball and this is my meaning on this Earth and I’m going to hopefully give it up to him in the end and maybe inspire those girls to do something big.” “I just love watching basketball and seeing how hard these girls work and everything they do,” Smith added. “I think I owe it to them.

The Cardinals outscored the Wolverines 16-7 in the fourth quarter to pull away with a 62-50 victory. This is Louisville's fourth semifinals appearance and their ...

This was the Wolverines’ second-straight year reaching the Sweet 16 and they fell just short of their first appearance in the Final Four. Instead, they collected 15 points from the foul line in their fight to the semifinals. Then, they managed to be the only team to score for the remainder of the game and secured their win from the foul line. Heading into the last few minutes, Michigan was down 52-50 with hopes of success. With two rounds left in the tournament, the Cardinals are aiming to win their first national championship in program history. They’ll face South Carolina in the next round of the tournament on Friday.

The success is nothing new for the Cardinals since Jeff Walz was hired as head coach in March of 2007. Advertisement. "It's been fun," Walz ...