In a tightly contested NCAA women's basketball game, the No. 15 ranked Louisville Cardinals led by Jayda Curry's early performance, maintained a lead against the No. 23 ranked Syracuse Orange. The game saw Louisville ahead with a score of 25-19 at the end of the first quarter, and 40-37 at halftime, following a buzzer-beater by Dyaisha Fair. Nyla Harris starred with a game-high of 14 points by halftime, which she increased to 18 points and 10 rebounds by the end of the third quarter, with Louisville leading 57-52. Kiki Jefferson added 11 points with a strong offensive start to the third quarter. Despite Syracuse's strong rebounding, with 12 recoveries out of 17 missed shots, they only led by a single point in second-chance points (9-8) and were trailing in the overall game. Notably, after a tweet about Syracuse's offensive rebounds, they did not score any put-back baskets and Olivia Cochran had a slow day for Louisville.
END 3 | Louisville up 57-52. Nyla Harris with 18 points and 11 rebounds, Kiki Jefferson with a big offensive start to the third quarter now has 11. Whenever it was that I Tweeted about Syracuse and its offensive rebounds, the Orange haven’t scored a put-back basket since then.
One quarter left at the Dome, Louisville still leading 57-52. Been a slow day for Olivia Cochran, but Nyla Harris has stepped up in a big way with 18 points and 10 boards with the 4th coming up #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
Little fake euro pass from Taylor to Harris, Louisville up 45-37 to start the 3rd #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
HALF: Louisville 40, Syracuse 37 Dyaisha Fair knocks down a crazy buzzer beater but the Cardinals take the lead into the break. Nyla Harris has been exceptional during the Cardinals' stretch of ranked games and has a game-high 14 points.
Syracuse has rebounded 12 of its 17 missed shots, but leads Louisville women only 9-8 in second-chance points and trails 33-28 in the game. Louisville has led by as many as eight, would lead by more but for rebounding.
END 1: Louisville 25, Syracuse 19 Back and forth so far but Jayda Curry is doing her thing to keep the Cards up early. Nyla Harris leads the way with 6 after a quarter #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
The No. 23 Syracuse women are on the CW right now against No. 15 Louisville.
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Yes, the big game is tomorrow. But there are also *other* big games. No. 15 Louisville vs. No. 23 Syracuse Caitlin Clark continues her record chase No. 1 SC vs. No. 11 UConn Duke-Carolina #ncaaW https://t.co/84tqswWQG0