Louisville faces upset-minded Miami with one game separating ACC foes

Rana L. Cash
Courier Journal

In the latest USA Today Women's Basketball Coaches Poll, the team making the biggest leap was Miami, jumping up five spots to 20th.

In other words, things could get tricky for the Cardinals at the KFC Yum Center on Sunday. Louisville is on a nine-game winning streak, but catch a conference opponent in Miami well-positioned to pull off a potential upset.

"We have a fine line between success and failure and we know that," Louisville coach Jeff Walz said this week. "We're not able to walk out and win a basketball game by showing up, our league is just too good." 

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Miami (21-5, 9-2 ACC), which just beat Notre Dame, ranks third in the conference in field goal percentage (45.1) and second in field goal percentage defense (36.0) and are just one game behind Louisville in the league standings.

Louisville has the wind at its back with just five regular-season games remaining, but that stretch not only includes Miami, but also 11th-ranked North Carolina State.

Guard Asia Durr is coming off a season-high 34 points against Virginia Tech, while center Sam Fuehring recorded her fourth double-double of the season in that 72-63 win.