MSU Ladies Journey to Louisville to Face #22 Playing cards Wednesday

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Morehead, Ky. — The Morehead State girls’s basketball workforce travels to the Derby City for the second time this season to tackle the 22^nd-ranked Louisville Cardinals Wednesday on the KFC Yum! Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m., ET. The recreation will be heard on the Eagle Sports Network with Tom Lewis and Wes Holland on the decision. It may also be watched on ACCN.

Morehead State is coming off a 76-60 loss at Ohio final Thursday. The Eagles struggled early, committing 18 turnovers within the first half and trailed by 19 at halftime. MSU used a 15-0 within the third quarter to get inside two at 43-41 late within the quarter. The Eagles received to inside some extent at 52-51 with eight minutes to play however couldn’t greatest the Bobcats.

Morehead State was led by Marie Sepp with 13 factors. Anja Ekstrom completed with 12 and Laura Toffali added 10.

Louisville is coming off a 65-54 win at Clemson Sunday of their convention opener.

RECORDS/STREAK

Morehead State           1-2, 0-0 OVC / L 1

Louisville                         3-1, 1-0 ACC / W 3

 

SERIES

 

Record vs. UL :              13-20

Last Meeting:                November 21, 2024, Louisville gained 107-70 in Louisville

First Meeting:                1970-71 season, Louisville gained 57-30

Streak:                              Louisville W 5

 

NOTABLES

• Morehead State mounted an enormous comeback final Thursday at Ohio. Down 19 on the half, the Eagles shot 11-16 (69%) from the ground together with 3-6 (50%) from three-point vary.  MSU restricted their turnovers to only one within the quarter and mounted a 15-0 run that received them to inside two factors of the Bobcats.
• MSU shot 10-42 (24%) from three-point vary final week at Ohio. Those 42 three-pointers are probably the most in program historical past in opposition to a Division I opponent. The faculty file was set on December 18, 2013, when the Eagles set faculty data for treys made (19) and tried (44) in opposition to Berea College.
• Morehead State struggled from the free throw line at Ohio, hitting solely 9 of their 15 makes an attempt. Through the primary three video games of the season, the Eagles are capturing 64% from the free throw line.
• It could be very practically a completely new workforce for Morehead State this season. The solely two people getting back from final 12 months’s workforce are Kate Dike and athletic coach Broderick Moore.
• Morehead State absolutely has the youngest employees in Division I, if not in all of faculty basketball. The common age of the teaching employees is 26.8 years.
• Morehead State is once more one thing of a United Nations with eight nations represented: the United States (Forbes, McNece), Ukraine (Dike), Estonia (Sepp), Italy (Toffali), Sweden (Ekstrom, Enander, Ersdala), Montenegro (Marinkovic), Spain (Remolar, Pavesio) and England (Pearson).
• Marie Sepp and Laura Toffali adopted head coach Ashton Feldhaus to Morehead State from Missouri Western, the place they posted a 20-10 file final season, incomes a berth within the NCAA Division II event.
• Sepp was named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week after the primary week of the season. She opened the season with 22 at Kentucky and scored 12 in 16 minutes of play at Bellarmine whereas battling early foul bother.
• Anja Ekstrom had considerably of a break-out recreation at Ohio final Thursday. After scoring simply two factors within the first two video games, the Swede posted 12 factors on 4-11 capturing from three-point vary.
• Violet McNece has had a pleasant begin to her Morehead State profession. She opened the season tying her profession excessive with 15 factors at Kentucky and adopted that up with 13 at Bellarmine. She simply missed double figures with eight factors final week at Ohio.