2013–14 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their first and only year in the American Athletic Conference. The school joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in July 2014.

2013–14 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Preseason WNIT champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
Record	33–5 (16–2 The American)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Norman Sam Purcell Samantha Williams
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn†	18	–	0		1.000			40	–	0		1.000
No. 4 Louisville	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
South Florida	13	–	5		.722			23	–	13		.639
Rutgers	12	–	6		.667			28	–	9		.757
SMU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Temple	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Memphis	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
Cincinnati	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
UCF	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Houston	1	–	17		.056			6	–	25		.194
† American Tournament winner winner As of 8 April 2014 Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Roster

2013–14 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 00 Sara Hammond 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Rockcastle County Mount Vernon, Kentucky G 2 Monny Niamke 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) RS So Lindsey Wilson Rouen, France C 3 Sheronne Vails 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Arundel Odenton, Maryland G 4 Antonita Slaughter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Christian Academy Louisville, Kentucky G 10 Starr Breedlove 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So DePaul Catholic Trinity Valley CC Teaneck, New Jersey F 12 Shawnta' Dyer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Marion Harding Marion, Ohio F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Mary's Surprise, Arizona C 15 Megan Deines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Glendale Springfield, Missouri G 21 Bria Smith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Christ the King Massapequa, New York G 22 Jude Schimmel 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Franklin (Portland, OR) Mission, Oregon G 23 Shoni Schimmel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Franklin (Portland, OR) Mission, Oregon G 25 Tia Gibbs 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Butler Vanderbilt Louisville, Kentucky F 31 Asia Taylor 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Whetstone Columbus, Ohio F 32 Emmonnie Henderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Edwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois	Head coach Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Stephanie Norman (Arizona State) Sam Purcell (Auburn) Samantha Williams (Auburn) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2013-12-31

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2013* 11:00 am	No. 5	Pikeville	W 127–40	–	KFC Yum! Center (N/A) Louisville, KY
Regular Season
11/09/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Loyola–Chicago Preseason WNIT First Round	W 101–54	1–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,511) Louisville, KY
11/11/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Quinnipiac Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals	W 100–82	2–0	KFC Yum! Center (6,783) Louisville, KY
11/14/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 14 LSU Preseason WNIT semifinals	W 88–67	3–0	KFC Yum! Center (8,099) Louisville, KY
11/17/2013* 4:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 5	at No. 11 Oklahoma Preseason WNIT championship game	W 97–92 OT	4–0	Lloyd Noble Center (7,358) Norman, OK
11/21/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 4	Ohio	W 90–33	5–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,011) Louisville, KY
11/24/2013* 2:00 pm	No. 4	Florida State	W 69–59 OT	6–0	KFC Yum! Center (10,045) Louisville, KY
11/27/2013* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	at WKU	W 74–61	7–0	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,725) Bowling Green, KY
12/01/2013* 1:00 pm, FSSO	No. 4	at No. 7 Kentucky The Battle For The Bluegrass	L 69–74	7–1	Memorial Coliseum (7,963) Lexington, KY
12/03/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 7	Missouri State	W 91–49	8–1	KFC Yum! Center (6,833) Louisville, KY
12/07/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 7	Wright State	W 99–40	9–1	KFC Yum! Center (7,163) Louisville, KY
12/14/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 7	Austin Peay	W 108–53	10–1	KFC Yum! Center (7,534) Louisville, KY
12/17/2013* 7:00 pm	No. 7	at Ball State	W 105–67	11–1	John E. Worthen Arena (1,104) Muncie, IN
12/21/2013* 1:00 pm, WHAS	No. 7	No. 11 Colorado	W 69–62	12–1	KFC Yum! Center (9,812) Louisville, KY
12/29/2013 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	SMU	W 71–51	13–1 (1–0)	KFC Yum! Center (7,677) Louisville, KY
01/01/2014 4:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 7	at Temple	W 77–68	14–1 (2–0)	McGonigle Hall (906) Philadelphia, PA
01/04/2014 2:00 pm, WHAS	No. 7	Cincinnati	W 64–45	15–1 (3–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,370) Louisville, KY
01/12/2014 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	at South Florida	W 62–54	16–1 (4–0)	USF Sun Dome (2,379) Tampa, FL
01/15/2014 3:00 pm, WHAS	No. 5	Central Florida	W 75–56	17–1 (5–0)	KFC Yum! Center (7,067) Louisville, KY
01/19/2014 1:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	at SMU	W 81–66	18–1 (6–0)	Moody Coliseum (1,650) Dallas, TX
01/21/2014 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 5	at Houston	W 93–52	19–1 (7–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion (1,025) Houston, TX
01/26/2014 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	Memphis	W 88–61	20–1 (8–0)	KFC Yum! Center (10,345) Louisville, KY
01/28/2014 9:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 5	at Rutgers	W 80–71	21–1 (9–0)	The RAC (1,733) Piscataway, NJ
02/02/2014 2:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 5	South Florida	W 79–59	22–1 (10–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,280) Louisville, KY
02/04/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	at Central Florida	W 74–59	23–1 (11–0)	CFE Arena (708) Orlando, FL
02/09/2014 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 64–81	23–2 (11–1)	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
02/12/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	Temple	W 60–50	24–2 (12–1)	KFC Yum! Center (7,858) Louisville, KY
02/16/2014 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	at Memphis	W 82–66	25–2 (13–1)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,585) Memphis, TN
02/19/2014 7:00 pm, WHAS	No. 3	Houston	W 81–62	26–2 (14–1)	KFC Yum! Center (7,408) Louisville, KY
02/23/2014 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 3	Rutgers	W 73–58	27–2 (15–1)	KFC Yum! Center (14,327) Louisville, KY
03/01/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 3	at Cincinnati	W 75–51	28–2 (16–1)	Fifth Third Arena (1,008) Cincinnati, OH
03/03/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 3	No. 1 Connecticut Senior Night & Native American Appreciation Night	L 48–68	28–3 (16–2)	KFC Yum! Center (22,163) Louisville, KY
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/08/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 3	vs. Houston Quarterfinals	W 88–43	29–3	Mohegan Sun Arena (N/A) Uncasville, CT
03/09/2014 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 3	vs. South Florida Semifinals	W 60–56	30–3	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,635) Uncasville, CT
03/10/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 3	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game	L 52–72	30–4	Mohegan Sun Arena (8,034) Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2014* 5:30 pm, ESPN	No. 4	vs. Idaho First Round	W 88–42	31–4	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (N/A) Iowa City, IA
03/18/2014* 9:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 19 Iowa Second Round	W 83–53	32–4	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (4,320) Iowa City, IA
03/30/2014* 2:30 pm, ESPN	No. 4	LSU Sweet Sixteen	W 73–47	33–4	KFC Yum! Center (11,097) Louisville, KY
04/01/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	No. 11 Maryland Elite Eight	L 73–76	33–5	KFC Yum! Center (N/A) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:[3]

See also

2013–14 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
3. "2013-14 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved December 30, 2013.