Red Hot Cards Shoot the Lights Out in Historic Opening

Monday, November 2

LOUISVILLE, KY

5 PM

University of Louisville

1-0,0-0ACC

119

Bellarmine

0-1,0-0ASUN

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Bellarmine	9	12	12	14	47
Louisville	44	28	20	27	119

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Zamareya Jones and Tajianna Roberts high five during the game against Bellarmine at the KFC YUM Center on November 2.

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

November 02, 2026 | Women's Basketball

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Louisville set a program record for most points in a game

By: Jack Pilbean

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 7 Louisville women's basketball team (1-0) started their season off with a historic win, beating crosstown rival Bellarmine (0-1), 119-47, Monday night at the KFC Yum! Center.119 points is a new single-game record for the Cards in the 52nd year of the program.

12 Cards scored on the night, with seven scoring at least 10. Tajianna Roberts lead the way with 15, going 7-for-12 (58%) from the field in 19 minutes of play. Imari Berry, Amiya Joyner, Carys Baker, Zamareya Jones, Ariyana Cradle and Grace Mbugua also finished in double figures. Jones had a career high with six steals and tied a career high with nine assists, both team-best marks.

The Cards could not have asked for a better start to their season, finishing the first quarter with a score of 44-9, the most points scored in one quarter in Louisville women's basketball history. UofL shot 17-for-28 (61%) from the field, 5-for-10 (50%) from deep while holding the Knights to just two field goals in the opening quarter (2-for-11). Imari Berry led the Cards with 10 points in the first quarter, seven of which came during the Cards 23-0 run to start the game.

Louisville continued their prowess into the second, going into the half with the score 72-21. After a Bellarmine triple, the Cards finished the half on a 20-3 run. The Cards now have the record for most three pointers in a half with 10, beating the nine they had against Syracuse on February 11, 2012. 11 Cards got a bucket in the first half to help score the most points in a half in Cards history. Carys Baker led the way in the second with six points, going perfect from the field.

Joyner and Mbugua helped the Cards close the game out in the second half, with Joyner scoring 10 and Mbugua scoring 8 in just the second half alone. The Cards had 37 second half bench points, and 65 for the entire game. Louisville shared the wealth, dishing out 12 assists in the second half, and 27 for the night. The Cards dominated in transition, scoring 18 fastbreak points to Bellarmines' two, and in the paint, 66 points to 22. They forced 35 turnovers and scored 53 off of them, while only committing six.

The Cardinals stay at home to face off against Stetson Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 8PM on ACC Network.