Eastern Illinois visits Roberts and No. 23 Louisville

By Canadian Press on November 27, 2025.

Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-5) at Louisville Cardinals (4-2, 1-0 ACC)

Louisville, Kentucky; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 23 Louisville faces Eastern Illinois after Tajianna Roberts scored 22 points in Louisville’s 72-62 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats.

The Cardinals are 3-1 on their home court. Louisville scores 75.3 points while outscoring opponents by 11.5 points per game.

The Panthers are 0-4 on the road. Eastern Illinois ranks ninth in the OVC with 21.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Abbie Boutilier averaging 5.2.

Louisville is shooting 44.4% from the field this season, 2.2 percentage points lower than the 46.6% Eastern Illinois allows to opponents. Eastern Illinois averages 61.6 points per game, 2.2 fewer than the 63.8 Louisville allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Roberts is scoring 15.3 points per game with 1.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Cardinals. Laura Ziegler is averaging 14.7 points and 9.7 rebounds while shooting 43.3%.

Ava Stoller is averaging 14 points and 3.4 assists for the Panthers. Nyah Hardy is averaging 7.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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