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03/06 18:15 CST Roberts scores 17, No. 12 Louisville women beat Syracuse in ACC
Tournament quarterfinals
Roberts scores 17, No. 12 Louisville women beat Syracuse in ACC Tournament
quarterfinals
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) --- Tajianna Roberts scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting,
Mackenly Randolph had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Louisville beat
Syracuse 87-61 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.
Second-seeded Louisville (26-6) plays the winner between No. 3 seed North
Carolina and sixth-seeded Virginia Tech in the semifinals Saturday.
Reyna Scott made 7 of 10 from the field and finished with 15 points, five
rebounds and five assists for the Cardinals. Skylar Jones scored 12 while Imari
Berry and Laura Ziegler each added 11 points.
Syracuse (23-8), the No. 7 seed, announced before the game that Dominique
Darius --- who averages 12.6 points and has a team-high 106 assists this season
--- would miss the rest of the tournament due to a hand injury suffered in the
Orange's 70-59 win over California in the second round.
Uche Izoje had 22 points, 16 in the first half, and nine rebounds for the
Orange. Sophie Burrows added 12 points and nine rebounds and Jasmyn Cooper
scored 11.
Roberts opened the scoring with a 3-point shot nearly three minutes into the
game that sparked a 17-3 run and Louisville led by at least eight points the
rest of the way.
The Cardinals made 36 of 68 (56%) from the field and limited Syracuse to 34%
(23 of 67) shooting, 4 of 25 (16%) from 3-point range.
Up next
Syracuse: Awaits a likely at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament.
Louisville: Plays Saturday in the semifinals.
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