First indication that things weren’t going to go well for the University of Louisville women’s basketball team was that Asia Durr wasn’t on the floor for the tipoff.
Absence of leadership from the start in an embarrassing fifth straight loss to Kentucky.
The UK women badly wanted this one, wanted it more than the Louisville women. Getting all the loose balls, all the bounces around the rim, all the three’s they could ever want. The UofL women playing in slow motion, lacking any fire, as if they were clueless about the rivalry and the repercussions.
UK never seriously challenged, smiling and high-fiving at the end with a lopsided 72-54 romp over the Cardinal wannabes.