Hailey Van Lith leads No. 3 Louisville in win over Wake Forest

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Hailey Van Lith scored 17 points for No. 3 Louisville in a 72-60 victory over Wake Forest on Sunday.

The Cardinals (16-2, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from Thursday’s loss to N.C. State with one of their best shooting performances of the season. Louisville shot 66.7% in the first half and 51% for the game despite missing their last 10 shots over the final 8:22 of the game.

That scoring drought allowed the Demon Deacons (12-8, 2-7) to chip away at what was a 34-point Louisville advantage with less than four minutes left in the third period.

Louisville’s defense was equally impressive, as the Cardinals ended the second quarter on a 23-1 to put the game away. Van Lith scored eight points during the decisive run, as did Liz Dixon.

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Wake Forest guard Kaia Harrison, center, tries to strip the ball from Louisville guard Hailey Van Lith (10) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

"For a lot of this ballgame today, I thought we looked really, really well," Louisville coach Jeff Walz said.

Emily Engstler added 15 points for Louisville, while Dixon came off the bench to score 12 and was perfect from the field on five shots.

Louisville got 19 assists on 26 field goals. Mykasa Robinson came off the bench to post a season-high seven, and Van Lith added a career-high six.

The Demon Deacons led 25-21 just 20 seconds into the second quarter after a 3-pointer by Olivia Summiel. They had made 9-of-17 shots at that point, but Wake Forest would not hit another basket until Elise Williams hit a trey with 2:17