Final
No. 3 Louisville beats Houston to make semis
Mar 9, 2014 - 4:22 AM Uncasville, CT (SportsNetwork.com) - Shoni Schimmel had 15 points and Antonita Slaughter scored 14 as No. 3 Louisville rolled to an 88-43 win over Houston to make the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament.Sara Hammond added 11 points and Bria Smith scored 10 as Louisville (29-3) bounced back from Monday's loss to Connecticut.
The second-seeded Cardinals moved on to face third-seeded South Florida in Sunday's semifinals. South Florida easily beat Temple 72-44 on Saturday.
Jessieka Palmer had 13 points to pace the 10th-seeded Cougars (6-25), who had knocked off seventh-seeded Memphis on Friday to snap a six-game losing streak. They were just 1-17 in conference play in the regular season.
Louisville never trailed in the game and led by as many as 48 points late in the second half.
- HOUSTON: 43
LOUISVILLE: 88
Final
Mar 8 7:50 PM - HOUSTON: 19
LOUISVILLE: 46
Halftime
Mar 8 6:49 PM - HOUSTON: 0
LOUISVILLE: 0
1st Half - 20:00
Mar 8 6:06 PM
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