Michigan
2-1
Louisville
4-0
Flaherty Sets Scoring Record in Setback at No. 5 Louisville
11/16/2017 9:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
» Katelynn Flaherty scored 23 points, becoming Michigan's career scoring leader with 2,091 points. Flaherty passed Diane Dietz (1978-82), whose record of 2,076 stood for 35 years.
» Michigan held a 37-32 halftime lead but was outscored 19-4 in the third quarter.
» Michigan completes its time in the Preseason WNIT with a 2-1 mark. It was the second time that Michigan reached the semifinals of the event.
Site: Louisville, Ky. (KFC Yum! Center)
Event: Preseason WNIT (Semifinals)
Score: #5 Louisville 74, #24 Michigan 49
Records: U-M (2-1), UL (4-0)
Next U-M Event: Wednesday, Nov. 22 -- vs. Oakland (Crisler Center), 7 p.m.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Senior Katelynn Flaherty scored 23 points to become the University of Michigan women's basketball program's leading scorer, but No. 5-ranked Louisville opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run to take control and knock off the No. 24-ranked Wolverines, 74-49, in the Preseason WNIT semifinals Thursday (Nov. 16) at the KFC Yum! Center.
Flaherty upped her career total to 2,091, passing the mark of 2,076 that Diane Dietz (1978-82) held since 1982.
Flaherty paced the Wolverines on offense, with freshman Hailey Brown joining her in double figures with 10 points. Junior Hallie Thome turned in six points before fouling out in 24 minutes of play. Senior Jillian Dunston led the way on the glass, grabbing a game-high 13 boards in 38 minutes.
Michigan held a 37-32 halftime lead, but the Cardinals scored the first nine points of the second half before Flaherty scored on a backdoor layup at the 4:06 mark to bring the Wolverines back within a bucket, 41-39. U-M had eight turnovers in the third quarter as UL outscored the Maize and Blue, 19-4, to take a 51-41 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Cardinals did not let up the rest of the way, leading by as many as 25 points in the game.
It was all Michigan in the first 20 minutes of the contest. Flaherty hit three triples in the opening three minutes to pass the scoring mark and keep the Wolverines in control.
Junior Nicole Munger hit a left-corner triple to give Michigan a four-point lead with 30 seconds remaining in the first quarter, but Louisville nailed one as time expired and U-M headed to the second quarter with a one-point lead, 22-21.
Michigan opened the second quarter on a 7-0 run, capped by Flaherty's fifth triple of the first half, to force a Louisville timeout at the 8:06 mark. The Wolverines went several minutes without scoring, allowing the Cardinals to pull within a basket, but freshman Deja Church scored in transition at the 3:06 mark to nudge Michigan's lead back to three points.
U-M hit the halftime break with a 37-32 lead behind 17 points from Flaherty, eight from Brown and five from Church. Michigan shot 61.5 percent (15-for-23) from the floor in the first 20 minutes and managed a 66.7 percent (6-for-9) clip from three-point range.
Michigan will return to action Wednesday (Nov. 22), hosting Oakland at 7 p.m. inside Crisler Center.
