PITTSBURGH — Sydney Taylor scored 13 points, Olivia Cochran and Kiki Jefferson each added 10 and No. 15 Louisville beat Pittsburgh 74-44 on Thursday night.
Louisville (14-2, 3-0 ACC) has won the last 22 matchups against the Panthers.
Louisville only led 33-30 early in the third quarter before scoring nine straight points to take control. The Cardinals pulled away in the fourth, scoring 18 of the first 20 points, with three straight makes by Jefferson, to take a 66-40 lead with 4:34 left.
The Cardinals made 10 of 11 shots to open the fourth and finished 53% from the field.
Starters Nyla Harris and Nina Rickards each added eight points for Louisville, which hosts Wake Forest on Sunday.
Louisville scored the opening 14 points of the game as Pittsburgh missed four straight shots and turned it over five times in the opening four minutes. Pittsburgh battled back to get within 22-16 as Louisville had just two points in the first five minutes of the second quarter. The Cardinals took a 32-25 lead into the break after Jayda Curry sank a long 3-pointer just before the buzzer.
Jala Jordan scored 11 points off the bench for Pittsburgh (6-11, 0-4). Liatu King, Pittsburgh’s leading scorer at 20.3 points per game, picked up her fourth foul with 6:17 remaining in the third quarter and finished with just six points. The Panthers had three players with four personal fouls with nine minutes remaining in the fourth.
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