by TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Myisha Hines-Allen scored 19 points, leading No. 3 seed Louisville to an 86-53 victory over BYU in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Jude Schimmel added 13 points for the Cardinals (26-6), and Shawnta’ Dyer and Bria Smith had 11 apiece.
Next up for Louisville is the winner of Saturday’s second game in Tampa between South Florida and LSU.
Morgan Bailey had 15 points and Lexi Eaton scored 14 for 14th-seeded BYU (23-10), which committed 30 turnovers. Bailey played most of the second half with four fouls.
Louisville extended a 14-point halftime lead to 48-26 on Hines-Allen’s layup with 15 1/2 minutes to play.
Bailey’s three-point play trimmed Louisville’s lead to 54-38 with 12 minutes remaining, but BYU was unable to catch the Cardinals.
Allen had nine points as Louisville grabbed a 38-24 lead at the break. The Cardinals got 20 points off 17 BYU turnovers in the first half.
Louisville went ahead 24-12 with nine minutes left in the first half after turning consecutive takeaways into quick baskets by Smith and Schimmel.
The Cardinals’ lead grew to 38-20 3 minutes before halftime when Mariya Moore got her first points on a pair of 3s. The forward, who entered averaging 13.8 points, finished with eight.
TIP-INS
Louisville: The Cardinals are in the NCAA tourney for the 18th time, including each of the past five years. … Coach Jeff Walz is 19-6 in NCAA Tournament games. … It’s the third time Louisville has been a third seed. The Cardinals in 2009 reached the Final Four and the Elite Eight last year as a No. 3 seed. … Moore was given a flagrant foul early in the second half.
