Jayda Curry, Merissah Russell’s injury updates: final decision about status against Clemson in the ACC tournament made

The Louisville The women’s basketball team received some bad news before their ACC tournament Matchup against the Clemson Tigers on Thursday. star Jayda Curry And according to ACC Network, Merissah Russell was officially excluded the game for the cardinals. Curry was seen on the floor before the game, but not dressed. The same applies to Russell.

Shortly after a tip, the ACC Network show revealed why Curry was no longer on Thursday evening. “Louisville has to do it without her leading goal scorer Jayda Curry, the first team All-Conference. Injured her shoulder at the regular season finale on the last Sunday against Notre Dame. Merissah Russell, who has a back problems, are two players below, ”said the show.

Both players are currently listed as daily. Curry is one of the most complete players in the conference and fills the statistics sheet with 13.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. It also combined with 39.1% of its field gates this season. She poured 19 points in the game against Notre Dame on Sunday.

Merissah Russell, another senior for the cards, scored an average of 4.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, while he was looking at 39.1%. It is also associated with 27.7% of its shots from beyond the arch this year.

As a junior, Curry played all 34 games and took five starts for the cardinals. With 45 three-point pointers, she took second place in the team and became one of six players up to seven points or more per game (9.0 points per game). Against No. 4, Notre Dame, Curry broke out by 26 points and led the team with three templates.

Thursday evening is the second time in seven days that Louisville and Clemson played. Louisville achieved a victory against Clemson against Clemson in her regular seasonal house final last Thursday. The tigers only beat the cardinals three times, while Uofl won 13 games in a row about Clemson. The Tigers put their tickets into the second round of the ACC tournament by defeating No. 11 Saatgut Stanford, 63-46 on Wednesday.