By Sam Draut–
The season didn’t start how coach Jeff Walz would have liked for the preseason eighth-ranked team in the country, but Louisville played to its potential on Thursday with an 85-78 victory over nineteenth-ranked Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan.
Louisville (2-4) led for the entire game and extended their lead to 17 points in the third quarter before Michigan State narrowed the deficit to one point at the 8:49 mark in the fourth quarter before the Cardinals went on a 9-2 run to close out the game.
After missing three consecutive games, freshman Asia Durr scored 20 points on six of 11 shooting in 23 minutes of play.