30 Stetson Turnovers and a 24-0 Third-Quarter Run Lift No. 7 Louisville to an 87-35 Win
No. 7 Louisville forced 30 Stetson turnovers and turned them into 40 points in an 87-35 win on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center, per the Associated Press.
Photo: Louisville Athletics. Official roster headshot of Imari Berry, guard, Louisville women's basketball, 2026-27 season.
No. 7 Louisville forced 30 Stetson turnovers and turned them into 40 points in an 87-35 win on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center, per the Associated Press. Imari Berry led the Cardinals with 16 points. Louisville led 40-20 at halftime and scored 24 unanswered points in the third quarter, per Stetson Athletics.
Berry shot 6 of 11 from the field, 2 of 5 from 3-point range and 2 of 2 at the line in 20 minutes, per ESPN's box score. She added three steals. Louisville had 21 steals as a team.
The Cardinals have 20 or more steals in both games this season, per Louisville Athletics. Stetson had three assists.
40-20 at the half
Louisville scored the first eight points, per Stetson Athletics, but the first half was a grind, per the AP. The Cardinals missed their first six shots, made 11 of 31 from the field before halftime and committed 12 turnovers.
Stetson cut it to 10-6 in the first quarter, per Stetson Athletics. Louisville led 17-8 after one. Tajianna Roberts hit a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left in the second quarter to make it 40-20, per the AP.
Roberts had 10 points in the first half, per Louisville Athletics. Amiya Joyner had nine points and 12 rebounds by halftime.
The 24-0 run
The Cardinals opened the second half with two baskets. Candela Garcia-Escribano's jumper at 6:45 of the third quarter made it 44-22.
Louisville then scored the next 24 points, from 6:36 to 1:30 of the quarter, by our count from ESPN's play-by-play. Stetson went 5 minutes and 29 seconds without a point, by our count. The AP counted a 28-2 run to start the half, with Louisville making 12 of 13 shots during a 5:42 stretch. Roberts' jumper made it 68-22 with 90 seconds left in the third.
Berry and Zamareya Jones each scored seven points in the third quarter and each hit a 3-pointer, per Louisville Athletics. Louisville outscored Stetson 28-6 in the period.
The Cardinals shot 20 of 35 in the second half and committed five turnovers, per the AP. Stetson scored 15 points after halftime, which tied Louisville's mark from last season for the fewest allowed in a second half, per Louisville Athletics.
Team totals, per ESPN's box score:
| Category | Louisville | Stetson | | --- | --- | --- | | Field goals | 31-66 (47.0%) | 13-55 (23.6%) | | 3-pointers | 8-27 | 2-18 | | Free throws | 17-26 | 7-8 | | Rebounds | 51 | 32 | | Offensive rebounds | 18 | 10 | | Turnovers | 17 | 30 | | Steals | 21 | 5 | | Points off turnovers | 40 | 9 | | Points in the paint | 38 | 18 |
Louisville scored 31 more points off turnovers than Stetson, by our count. Its bench scored 37, per Louisville Athletics.
Roberts finished with 14 points and four steals. Jones and Ariyana Cradle each scored 11, and Cradle, a freshman, had a team-high five steals, per the AP. Joyner, a transfer from LSU, had nine points and 14 rebounds, eight of them offensive, per ESPN. The AP said it was her most rebounds since she had 20 for East Carolina against North Texas on Feb. 22, 2025.
Carys Baker went 0 of 9 from the field and had nine rebounds and three steals.
Stetson's side
Cici Driessen, a senior, led Stetson with a career-high 10 points off the bench, per Stetson Athletics. She made all six of her free throws. Her previous best was five. Jorah Eppley made both Stetson 3-pointers and scored six, and Desireck Nieves had six points and seven rebounds.
The context
Louisville opened the season with a 119-47 win over Bellarmine on Monday, per the AP. The 119 points were a program record for a single game, per Louisville Athletics. The Cardinals played without two starters on Wednesday, Elif Istanbulluoglu and Mackenly Randolph, who were both banged up against Bellarmine, per the AP.
Stetson lost its top five scorers from a 20-win team that made the WNIT, per the AP. The Hatters beat Flagler 75-52 in their opener under first-year coach Melissa DeVore, per Louisville Athletics. It was the first meeting between the programs, per Stetson Athletics, and the first of five straight road games for the Hatters.
Louisville entered the season No. 7 in the AP Top 25 and is 2-0. It plays at Southern Indiana on Sunday. Stetson, now 1-1, plays at Miami on Sunday. The crowd was 6,696.
Sources:
- Louisville Athletics: Second Half Cards Sail Past the Hatters
- Louisville Athletics: No. 7 Cardinals Host Stetson Wednesday Night
- Stetson Athletics: Hatters Fall to No. 7 Louisville in First Road Test of Season
- Associated Press: No. 7 Louisville relies on defense early to beat Stetson, 87-35
- ESPN: Stetson vs. Louisville box score and play-by-play
- NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
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