Louisville Cardinals vs Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

NCAA Women's Championship - Regional 2 in Albany - 1st Round

30-4

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
MTSU MTSU	12	15	24	20	71
Louisville LOU	28	10	12	19	69

Louisville CardinalsLouisvilleLOU

24-10

Wheeler scores 20 second-half points, MTSU erases 18-point hole to beat Louisville in NCAA tourney

— Middle Tennessee guard Savannah Wheeler, the Conference USA player of the year, missed her first six shots, committed two fouls and a turnover during the first 18 minutes of the Blue Raiders' women's NCAA Tournament opener against Louisville on Friday.

Mar 22, 2024, 08:01 pm - AP

100%

--MTSU

--LOU

According to ESPN Analytics

Sydney Taylor made Free Throw.
Sydney Taylor made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler missed Layup.
Nina Rickards missed Jumper.
Kiki Jefferson made Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Nina Rickards made Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup.
Olivia Cochran missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Three Point Jumper.
Kiki Jefferson missed Jumper.
Sydney Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper.
Nyla Harris made Layup. Assisted by Nina Rickards.
Nyla Harris missed Layup.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Olivia Cochran made Layup. Assisted by Merissah Russell.
Nyla Harris missed Layup.
Olivia Cochran made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayda Curry.
Sydney Taylor made Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Jumper.
Nyla Harris made Layup. Assisted by Olivia Cochran.
Courtney Whitson missed Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayda Curry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Olivia Cochran.
Savannah Wheeler missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Nyla Harris missed Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jayda Curry missed Jumper.
Kiki Jefferson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sydney Taylor.
Jalynn Gregory made Layup.
Elif Istanbulluoglu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Merissah Russell.
Merissah Russell made Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Whitson.
Olivia Cochran made Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Whitson made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Courtney Whitson made Free Throw.
Elif Istanbulluoglu missed Three Point Jumper.
Olivia Cochran made Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott made Jumper.
Kiki Jefferson made Free Throw.
Kiki Jefferson missed Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler missed Three Point Jumper.
Merissah Russell made Jumper.
Olivia Cochran missed Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
Sydney Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
Elif Istanbulluoglu missed Three Point Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler missed Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Layup.
Merissah Russell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nina Rickards.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott made Layup.
Olivia Cochran missed Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ta'Mia Scott.
Jayda Curry missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Jumper.
Merissah Russell missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Three Point Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler made Layup.
Jayda Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Iullia Grabovskaia missed Free Throw.
Iullia Grabovskaia missed Free Throw.
Merissah Russell missed Three Point Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory missed Three Point Jumper.
Olivia Cochran made Layup. Assisted by Sydney Taylor.
Kiki Jefferson missed Layup.
Savannah Wheeler missed Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler made Three Point Jumper.
Olivia Cochran missed Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Jayda Curry made Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Savannah Wheeler.
Jayda Curry missed Jumper.
Olivia Cochran missed Jumper.
Nina Rickards missed Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Nina Rickards made Layup.
Savannah Wheeler made Three Point Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Free Throw.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Free Throw.
Nyla Harris missed Layup.
Elif Istanbulluoglu made Free Throw.
Elif Istanbulluoglu made Free Throw.
Jayda Curry missed Jumper.
Courtney Whitson made Free Throw.
Courtney Whitson missed Free Throw.
Elif Istanbulluoglu made Layup. Assisted by Nyla Harris.
Savannah Wheeler made Three Point Jumper.
Nina Rickards missed Layup.
Ta'Mia Scott made Free Throw.
Ta'Mia Scott made Free Throw.
Ta'Mia Scott made Free Throw.
Merissah Russell missed Jumper.
Savannah Wheeler made Layup.
Nina Rickards missed Layup.
Nina Rickards made Free Throw.
Nina Rickards made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler missed Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Nina Rickards missed Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Three Point Jumper.
Olivia Cochran made Layup. Assisted by Sydney Taylor.
Savannah Wheeler missed Layup.
Jayda Curry missed Layup.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Jayda Curry missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva missed Three Point Jumper.
Olivia Cochran made Jumper. Assisted by Merissah Russell.
Merissah Russell missed Jumper.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Jumper. Assisted by Savannah Wheeler.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Olivia Cochran missed Layup.
Merissah Russell missed Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Courtney Whitson missed Free Throw.
Courtney Whitson missed Free Throw.
Sydney Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayda Curry missed Three Point Jumper.
Courtney Whitson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalynn Gregory.
Olivia Cochran missed Layup.
Savannah Wheeler made Jumper.
Olivia Cochran missed Jumper.
Olivia Cochran missed Three Point Jumper.
Jayda Curry made Free Throw.
Jayda Curry made Free Throw.
Anastasiia Boldyreva made Layup. Assisted by Ta'Mia Scott.
Nina Rickards made Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Three Point Jumper.
Nina Rickards made Jumper.
Courtney Whitson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Layup.
Olivia Cochran made Layup.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory missed Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Nina Rickards made Jumper.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Jalynn Gregory made Free Throw.
Sydney Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
Merissah Russell made Layup.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Savannah Wheeler made Free Throw.
Merissah Russell missed Three Point Jumper.
Sydney Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Merissah Russell.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Free Throw.
Ta'Mia Scott missed Free Throw.
Merissah Russell missed Three Point Jumper.

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NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Louisiana Tech	17-1	-	26-7
Florida International	12-6	5	21-12
Missouri State	11-7	6	23-13
Liberty	11-7	6	18-13
Sam Houston	11-7	6	18-13
Middle Tennessee	11-7	6	17-16
Jacksonville State	9-9	8	16-16
Kennesaw State	6-12	11	13-17
Delaware	6-12	11	13-19
UTEP	5-13	12	13-17
New Mexico State	5-13	12	9-21
Western Kentucky	4-14	13	8-21

Atlantic Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Duke	16-2	-	27-9
Louisville	15-3	1	29-8
North Carolina	14-4	2	28-8
NC State	13-5	3	21-11
Syracuse	12-6	4	24-9
Virginia Tech	12-6	4	23-10
Notre Dame	12-6	4	25-11
Virginia	11-7	5	22-12
Clemson	11-7	5	21-12
California	9-9	7	21-15
Stanford	8-10	8	21-14
Miami	8-10	8	18-15
Georgia Tech	8-10	8	14-19
Florida State	5-13	11	10-21
Wake Forest	4-14	12	14-18
SMU	2-16	14	9-21
Pittsburgh	1-17	15	8-23
Boston College	1-17	15	5-26

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