No. 3Louisville Cardinals

Regional 3 in Fort Worth · 2nd Round

YES!

Louisville Cardinals beat the Alabama Crimson Tide

Ranked #6 · 24-11 68 – 69

Ranked #3 · 29-7

Final · Mon, Mar 23

Game Details

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Highlights

Istanbulluoglu scores 18 points, No. 3 Louisville holds off No. 6 Alabama to reach women's Sweet 16

Elif Istanbulluoglu had 18 points and a key steal with 1:42 remaining that led to Reyna Scott's one-handed jumper as the shot clock expired, Imari Berry added two free throws with 8.2 seconds left and third-seeded Louisville held off No. 6 seed...

Recap via ESPN

0:20 Alabama and Louisville trade buckets to start the game

0:16 Ta'Mia Scott somehow gets this bucket to fall for Alabama

0:16 Tajianna Roberts sinks it from downtown

0:28 Ace Austin fired up after draining a flurry of 3s for Alabama

Clips play on ESPN

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ALA	14	21	14	19	68
LOU	15	19	20	15	69

Game Flow

ALA LOU

Q1Q2Q3Q4

6-0Biggest Run9-0

4Largest Lead7

18 lead changes · tied 8 times

Win Probability · Louisville Cardinals

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Game Leaders

Alabama Crimson Tide

Ace Austin · 17Points
Karly Weathers · 5Assists
Karly Weathers · 5Rebounds

Louisville Cardinals

Elif Istanbulluoglu · 18Points
Reyna Scott · 5Assists
Mackenly Randolph · 13Rebounds

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Carolina	-
Texas	2
Vanderbilt	2
LSU	3
Oklahoma	4
Kentucky	7
Georgia	7
Ole Miss	7
Tennessee	7
Alabama	8
Texas A&M	8
Mississippi State	10
Florida	10
Missouri	11
Auburn	12
Arkansas	14

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

Team	GB
Duke	-
Louisville	1
North Carolina	2
NC State	3
Syracuse	4
Virginia Tech	4
Notre Dame	4
Virginia	5
Clemson	5
California	7
Stanford	8
Miami	8
Georgia Tech	8
Florida State	11
Wake Forest	12
SMU	14
Pittsburgh	15
Boston College	15

Team Stats

Alabama Crimson TideLouisville Cardinals

Shooting

26-57, 46% Field Goals 27-60, 45%

12-26, 46% 3-Pointers 7-26, 27%

4-4, 100% Free Throws 8-16, 50%

Possessions

24 Rebounds 41

4 Offensive Rebounds 14

13 Assists 19

10 Steals 7

5 Blocks 4

13 Turnovers 15

21 Fouls 10

Scoring

24 Points in Paint 24

0 Fast Break Points 5

4 Largest Lead 7

Box Score

Alabama Crimson Tide ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
E. CodyF	8	3	1	28	3-7	0-1	2-2	1	0	1	1	2	3
D. CollinsG	14	4	2	26	5-8	4-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	3	4
T. ScottG	8	2	3	31	4-10	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	2	4
K. WeathersG	13	5	5	37	5-11	3-8	0-0	4	4	1	1	4	0
J. TimmonsG	8	4	0	37	3-10	0-3	2-2	3	3	0	0	4	4
Bench
N. JonesF	0	3	1	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	3	0
A. AustinG	17	1	1	25	6-10	5-8	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	5
W. JenningsG	0	1	0	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
J. EgbunaF	DNP: Did not play
L. Da Silva CostaF	DNP: Did not play
A. RamseyF	DNP: Did not play
T. ChambersG	DNP: Did not play
L. BrooksG	DNP: Did not play
E. LesterG	DNP: Did not play
R. DouglasG	DNP: Did not play
Team	68	24	13		26-57	12-26	4-4	13	10	5	4	20	21

Louisville Cardinals ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
A. HardyF	2	1	0	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1
M. RandolphF	9	13	2	37	3-6	0-2	3-4	3	1	1	7	6	2
E. IstanbulluogluF	18	11	3	38	7-11	3-6	1-4	0	0	0	3	8	2
L. ZieglerF	12	8	1	38	6-11	0-2	0-0	0	1	2	2	6	1
T. RobertsG	18	2	4	37	7-16	4-11	0-0	3	1	0	0	2	0
Bench
Y. PutraF	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
I. BerryG	5	2	4	24	1-7	0-3	3-4	6	3	0	0	2	2
R. ScottG	5	0	5	21	2-7	0-2	1-4	2	1	1	0	0	2
G. MbuguaF	DNP: Did not play
I. JuffermansF	DNP: Did not play
P. BradleyG	DNP: Did not play
R. BenderG	DNP: Did not play
R. GravesG	DNP: Did not play
S. JonesG	DNP: Did not play
Team	69	41	19		27-60	7-26	8-16	15	7	4	14	27	10

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