LOUISVILLE, K.Y. – The Florida State women’s basketball team (9-17, 4-10 ACC) fell to No. 9/9 Louisville (24-4, 14-1 ACC) by a final score of 88-65 at the KFC Yum! Center on Sunday night. 
 
Graduate guard Allie Kubek earned her first double-double of the season, posting season-highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 7-of-10 from the floor, including two three-pointers, and recorded a pair of blocks. The double-double is her 13th of her collegiate career. 
 
Junior guard Sole Williams would lead the Seminoles in scoring for the second game in a row, putting up 19 points as well as pulling down five rebounds and earning a team-leading four assists.  She finished the game 6-of-11 from the floor and was 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
 
Williams would put up the first five points on the board with a three-pointer and subsequent fast break layup just 24 seconds apart. Senior guard Sydney Bowles would add a mid-range jumper with two minutes to go, and Kubek would push the Seminoles into double digits with a layup just seconds later. Florida State trailed 19-10 after the first quarter. 
 
Kubek opened the second quarter strong with back-to-back layups. A structured zone defense by the Seminoles forced the Cardinals into perimeter shooting, keeping the contest close while causing four giveaways from the Louisville offense throughout the frame. A three would fall for Tatum Greene to put her on the board at 4:29 while Bowles would chip in another two minutes later. Louisville added last minute points to lead 34-20 going into the locker room. 
 
Bowles and Kubek led the scoring with six points, with Kubek also earning four rebounds as well as the team’s lone block of the half. 
 
Kubek spearheaded the offensive effort out of the break with a layup in the first minutes followed by a three-pointer just 30 seconds later. After a hefty scoring run by the Cardinals, Treadwell put up a second-chance tip-in to end the drought, and Shavers would become the fourth Seminole to drop a three a possession later. 
 
Freshman guard Mari Gerton drove the paint to secure her first points at 4:07. She would add a sideline three with under two minutes to go, rounding out the third quarter scoring as Louisville maintained the lead, 61-39.  She finished the game with five points and tied her career high in steals with three.
 
Second-chance baskets from Greene and junior center Pania Davis as well as consecutive three-pointers from Williams would see 10 points for the Seminoles in the first three minutes of the final frame. Williams successfully converted two visits to the free-throw line in the same minute, while Kubek would sink a pair of the free throws of her own not even a minute afterward.
 
Triples fell for Shavers and Kubek in the final two minutes, pushing Kubek to a new season high in points. Her 10th rebound would come as the clock ran out, and Florida State fell to Louisville 88-65. Florida State hit 10 three-pointers for the seventh time this season.
 
Florida State returns to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center to host two ACC opponents in Cal on Thursday, Feb. 19 followed by Stanford on Sunday, Feb. 22. Thursday’s game will stream on the ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) at 6 p.m. while Sunday’s game will air on the ACC Network at 2 p.m.
 
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