Seniors Jayda Curry and Olivia Cochran led the Louisville Cardinals to a strong win over Miami at the KFC Yum! Center on Thursday night, decisively closing out the Hurricanes, 74-56.
Curry thrilled the home crowd with a season-best 21 points, shooting 6-for-12 from the field, including 4-for-9 from 3. She and freshman guard Tajianna Roberts, who continued to prove she’ll soon be one of the most exciting athletes on the court, put on a show in the first quarter. The pair each scored six points in the period, propelling the team to a 23-14 lead at the quarter’s end.
Roberts then rocked the stadium in the second quarter when she landed her second 3 of the night, entered into double figures and pushed the team’s lead to 13 points. The Cards held the Hurricanes scoreless for the final three-and-a-half minutes of the second and went into halftime with a 43-27 lead. Roberts again delighted the crowd with her first steal of the night at the top of the third. Cochran then nabbed another steal that ended in a layup.
Curry roared to life in the third, scoring 12 of her 21 points as the Cardinals continued to lead 65-40. “It felt good,” she told Swish Appeal after the game. “One thing I emphasized to the team the other day was having a team where when we are hot, we feed…
