No. 4 Duke gets on run to stop Louisville, 76-65

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University of Louisville men’s basketball team led for nearly 30 minutes of the game, but a second half run by No. 4 Duke gave the Blue Devils the 76-65 victory over U of L on Sunday evening in the KFC Yum! Center.

This is the start of a very important week for the Cardinals, who will face No. 5 Kentucky on Saturday at Rupp Arena. Tipoff is 4:15 p.m. CT in Lexington.

Louisville is 5-4 overall, 0-1 in the ACC after losing to Duke.

“Give Duke a lot of credit,” Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey said. “They’re a very, very good team. Coach Scheyer is doing an unbelievable job with them. They’re very talented, they’re very well-schooled. They have a very difficult system to guard with really, really good players. Have a lot of respect for their program and for Jon and his staff.

“You know, we got our butts kicked the other night against Ole Miss and really challenged our guys the last several days. We focus on, harp on and emphasize the daily process, the next thing being the most important thing and clean some stuff up from the Ole Miss game. We had a couple really good days of preparation.”

The Cardinals opened the game on a 10-3 run to take a quick seven-point lead. Louisville then used a 12-2 run to take a 24-12 edge by the 10:43 mark. The 12-point run was four 3-pointers scored by four different Cards: Chucky Hepburn, Khani Rooths, Terrence Edwards Jr. and Reyne Smith.

Both teams went stale toward the end of the first half, going a combined 0-for-11 from the floor in the last three minutes. Duke ultimately scored the final six points of the half between 3:53 and 3:21 to cut the Louisville advantage to just 37-33 at halftime.

The Cardinals led the second half until Duke went on an unstoppable 18-2 run. The run spanned 4:30 and split the game wide open, going from a 55-50 Louisville lead to a 68-57 Blue Devil edge with just under six minutes to go.

Duke made nine straight shots over a 5-plus minute span that doomed the Cardinals.

“I was proud of our guys’…

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Author : Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.

Publish date : 2024-12-10 10:16:00

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