Miami @ #1 Louisville

What will be the GAME RESULT?

#1 Louisville: Wins By 15+ Points

Any Other Result

Current odds:

Miami Hurricanes: (+1450)

Louisville Cardinals: (-3000)

• The line for this game is Louisville by 20.5 points.

• Miami is 7-5 overall, 4-5 in ACC play. The Hurricanes are 2-3 on the road, splitting their last four contests. Tuesday’s matchup completes a five-game road trip for Miami, who defeated Pitt 72-68 on Jan.21. Kelsey Marshall is the team’s leading scorer with 14.2 points per game, recording double figures in four out of her last five games. Her 111 3-point attempts rank second in the ACC and her 32 3-point makes rank fifth. The Hurricanes are next-to-last in the ACC with 67.1 points per game and they are allowing 66.6 points per game, which ranks 10th. They benefit from a 2.58 turnover margin, which ranks third in the ACC, trailing only Boston College and Louisville. Miami’s 291 3-point attempts rank third in ACC despite the fact that their 28.9 3-point shooting percentage ranks last in the league.

• UofL is 14-0 to start the season, which ties the third best start in program history. They are at least 14-0 for the third time in four years. They started 14-0 in 2018-19 and a program-record 20-0 in 2017-18. They started 15-0 in 2006-07.

• Dana Evans was named ACC Player of the Week after playing all 80 minutes and averaging 23.0 points per game in wins over Syracuse and Wake Forest. In the comeback win at Wake Forest, she scored a team-high 25 points and shot a perfect 7-7 from the line. She scored nine of UofL’s final 15 points including the game-winning layup and free throw with nine seconds left. She finished with a game-high 21 points and seven assists against Syracuse.

• She has 10 20-point games, which are four more than VT’s Aisha Sheppards’s six, which rank second. She has 22 career 20-point games and UofL is 22-0 in those games. The All-American has scored in double figures in every game this season.

• Louisville came back from nine down (55-46) with 7:15 to go in the win at Wake Forest, outscoring the Demon Deacons 19-8 the rest of the way. It marked their largest comeback win since they came from 13 down in the first quarter against Duke on Jan. 5, 2020 (W, 60-55). It’s their largest second half comeback since they rallied from 10 down (55-45) with 3:14 to go in the third in a 67-66 win at Kentucky on Dec. 15, 2019.

• Opponents are shooting just 22.9 percent from deep against UofL, which leads the ACC and ranks sixth in the country. Louisville limited Wake Forest to 1-11 (.091) and Syracuse to 2-13 (.154) shooting from deep. They limited Clemson to 0-19 shooting from 3-point range. In seven ACC games, UofL is limiting opponents to 19.3 percent 3-point shooting, which leads the league. Six total times the Cards have held their opponent below 20 percent shooting from deep