LOUISVILLE. Ky. (AP) – Chrislyn Carr scored 17 points to lead No. 10 Louisville in a 100-37 rout of Longwood on Friday.
The Cardinals (5-2) were without Hailey Van Lith, who did not play because of an unspecified injury. The star junior guard, whose 21.2 scoring average was tied for 24th nationally entering Friday, was not needed against the Lancers (1-4) as her teammates jumped out to an 18-2 lead in the first 4:04.
Nine Louisville players scored in the first quarter, when the Cardinals shot 63.2% and led 35-10. The 35-point period was the Cardinals’ most productive since notching that many in the fourth quarter of a 100-64 victory at Syracuse on Feb. 6. That’s also the last time Louisville broke triple digits in a game.
Louisville outrebounded Longwood 57-23, and that was a point of emphasis for coach Jeff Walz as the Cardinals came back from a disappointing sixth-place finish in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas.
”For the past eight or nine years, we’ve had physicality. We’ve had shooting. We’ve had ballhandling, and now we don’t have all of that yet,” Walz said. ”We’re still trying to get there. We’re trying to get the physicality part, which then in turn will help with the rebounding.”
Carr, a graduate transfer from Syracuse, scored nine points in the first quarter. She made 5 of 8 shots, including 5 of 7 3-pointers, and finished with a season-best seven rebounds…
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