Women’s Basketball Loses on the Road to No. 22 Louisville

Wednesday, December 10

Louisville, KY

9 pm

Ball State University

8-3,0-0MAC

University of Louisville

9-3,1-0ACC

Ball St.

Louisville

Photo by: Samantha Blankenship/Ball State University

Women’s Basketball Loses on the Road to No. 22 Louisville

December 10, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

LOUISVILLE, KY. - The Ball State women's basketball team suffered an 93-62 loss to No. 22 Louisville Wednesday night at the KFC Yum! Center.

With the loss, the Cardinals fall to 8-3 overall, while Louisville improved to 9-3 on the season.

For the first time in 11 games the Cardinals struggled from the floor. The Louisville Cardinals shot 47 percent, while Ball State was held to 36 percent shooting.

Ball State held its own in the opening minutes of the contest going toe-for-toe with Louisville. The game was tied 2-2 after Zhen Verburgt scored BSU's first basket with a driving layup. After that, Louisville went on a 19-10 run that would give UofL the nine-point (21-12) advantage at the end of the first quarter of play.

BSU turned up its defense to start the second period to keep Louisville at bay but by the 3:13 mark UofL had built a 28-point cushion (45-17) that the Ball State Cardinals couldn't overcome. Despite Ball State's efforts, Louisville would end the first half up 50-25.

After the break, Louisville remained hot from the floor in the second half, eventually building its largest lead of the contest, a 35-point cushion (78-43) with 8:39 remaining in the game.

The Cardinals just couldn't find their way back into the ball game struggling on both offense and defense over the 40-minute duration of the contest which ultimately led to Louisville's win over BSU tonight.

For the game, Bree Salenbien led the Cardinals with 13 points while Karsyn Norman finished the game with 11 points and Tessa Towers tallied 10 points.

The Ball State women's basketball team will end its three-game road trip when it travels to South Dakota State Sunday for a 3 pm ET tipoff in First Bank & Trust Arena.