Defensive specialist Mykasa Robinson saved the day for the Louisville Cardinals Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky with a 4-0 individual run that extended the Cards’ lead to eight and put the game out of reach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets with 23 seconds to play.
It was Robinson’s type of 4-0 run — done with grit and being in the right place at the right time — and while that version might not be glamorous, Louisville fans have come to appreciate it just as much as the more flashy style of individual runs you might see from a player like Hailey Van Lith.
With the Yellow Jackets (9-6, 0-4 ACC) trailing by just four with 1:34 to play, Louisville (12-5, 3-1 ACC) needed a clutch score to gain some breathing room so Van Lith put up a three. Georgia Tech had played great defense on the possession, but failed to put a body on Robinson after the shot. Robinson rebounded the ball and was all alone under the basket for a layup, which she made to push her team’s lead to 59-53.
The job wasn’t done yet though, and Robinson kept up her gritty play until the end, drawing an overly-aggressive box-out foul on Cameron Swartz after another Louisville miss with 23 seconds to go. Robinson made both her free throws after the call to make it 61-53…
