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Robert Zeglinski

Lip readers guessed what Texas’ Sonya Morris told Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith in tense exchange

Monday night was a mostly elementary affair for Louisville women’s basketball.

Led by 21 points from All-American honorable mention Hailey Van Lith, the No. 4 seeded Cardinals dispatched the Texas Longhorns 73-51 with ease. Now in the Sweet 16, Louisville is just two victories away from a second consecutive Final Four appearance.

However, before Van Lith and Co. could start preparing for the next round, the point guard first contended with an uncomfortable moment in the postgame handshake line. As Van Lith came up to Texas’ Sonya Morris, the Longhorns’ guard appeared to be very unhappy and said something to that effect.

Van Lith would listen and nod for a moment before shrugging Morris off to the side:

Phew. The handshake line is supposed to be an ultimate moment of sportsmanship — where both teams offer each other respect regardless of what happened between the lines. But whatever occurred during the game seemed to irk Morris enough that she had to confront Van Lith right away.

For what it’s worth, Van Lith took the (somewhat) diplomatic high road after the game:

Lip-reading college basketball fans had lots of guesses as to what Morris told Van Lith in this uncomfortable exchange. (Warning: NSFW guesses/responses below.)

Also, be sure to check out other March Madness goodness from us:

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