No. 6 Louisville beats No. 3 Texas at Battle 4 Atlantis

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Chrislyn Carr scored 19 factors to assist No. 6 Louisville beat No. 3 Texas 71-63 in Sunday night time’s comfort bracket on the Battle 4 Atlantis, sending the Longhorns to their second straight loss within the event.

Morgan Jones and Hailey Van Lith every added 18 factors for the Cardinals (4-1), who pulled away within the fourth quarter to bounce again from their first lack of the season.

Aaliyah Moore had 19 factors and eight rebounds whereas drawing a number of expenses to guide Texas (1-3), which misplaced for the third time this week and is off to this system’s worst begin in practically a quarter-century.

This was a projected matchup when the brackets have been launched for the second event on the Atlantis resort, although it got here in an sudden place: the comfort spherical after every misplaced its first-round recreation.

First it was Texas, which fell to Marquette 68-61. It was a efficiency that had coach Vic Schaefer saying his staff had been “out-toughed,” had proven an “unwillingness” to play collectively and that he was having bother getting his gamers to run the performs he referred to as.

Louisville coach Jeff Walz was additionally in a blunt temper about after dropping to Gonzaga in time beyond regulation, saying his staff “simply didn’t have all 5 competing on the identical time.”

One night time later, Walz’s staff discovered a response, whereas Schaefer’s staff fell to 0-2 within the Bahamas.

BIG PICTURE

Louisville: The rebounding, or lack thereof, was a selected irritation for Walz within the Gonzaga loss. After being overwhelmed 50-31 on the glass, the Cardinals battled to a draw (32-all, 11-all offensive) with an enormous Longhorns staff — and that included when the Cardinals obtained three offensive boards to arrange Carr’s 3-pointer to beat the shot clock as Louisville made its transfer halfway by the fourth quarter..

Texas: The Longhorns are nonetheless taking part in with out star guard Rori Harmon because of damage, which had her watching from the bench with a grey protecting boot on her proper foot. The Longhorns are off to their first 1-3 begin because the 1998-99 season with out her.

UP NEXT

Louisville: The Cardinals will face South Dakota State in Monday’s fifth-place recreation.

Texas: The Longhorns will face Rutgers in Monday’s seventh-place recreation.