Boxscore
Louisville 80, Kentucky 77
Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:00 PM
Location -
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials -
John Cahill, Ed Corbett, Doug Shows
Attendance -
22810
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
No. 3 Louisville 80, No. 23 Kentucky 77: Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan added 20 as the host Cardinals won their seventh straight and snapped a four-game losing streak to their arch rivals.
Peyton Siva added 19 points before fouling out for Louisville, which led by as many as 17 before denying a furious Kentucky rally.
Louisville (12-1) held the Wildcats to 37 percent shooting in the first half and led 36-28 at the break. The Cardinals opened the second half on a 15-6 run capped by Smith’s steal and layup.
Taking advantage of Louisville’s foul trouble, the Wildcats closed within two on Ryan Harrow’s jumper with 5:25 left. Smith gathered his own miss and scored to push the lead back to five with 4:40 to go.
Kentucky (8-4) saw its four-game win streak end despite 22 points from Archie Goodwin and 17 from Harrow. Kentucky beat Louisville twice last season, including 69-61 in the Final Four on the Wildcats’ path to their eighth national title.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cardinals center Gorgui Dieng, who broke his left wrist Nov. 23 during the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, returned Saturday and had six points and seven rebounds. ... The Cardinals entered leading the nation in turnover margin (plus-8.6). They committed nine turnovers to Kentucky's 14. ... The Wildcats hit just 11 of 23 free throws.
Kentucky Wildcats
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Julius Mays
|
35:00 |
1-8 |
1-6 |
0-0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Ryan Harrow
|
39:00 |
6-15 |
1-1 |
4-6 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
Nerlens Noel
|
31:00 |
4-5 |
0-0 |
0-1 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
Archie Goodwin
|
36:00 |
8-15 |
3-5 |
3-4 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
22 |
|
Willie Cauley-Stein
|
23:00 |
3-4 |
0-0 |
0-4 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
Alex Poythress
|
15:00 |
2-4 |
1-2 |
2-6 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
|
Kyle Wiltjer
|
19:00 |
4-7 |
4-7 |
2-2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
14 |
|
Jarrod Polson
|
2:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
28-58 |
10-21 |
11-23 |
12 |
26 |
38 |
10 |
21 |
5 |
14 |
5 |
77 |
| |
48.3%
|
47.6%
|
47.8%
|
Team Rebs: 1 |
|
Total TO: 14 |
Louisville Cardinals
| |
REBOUNDS |
|
| PLAYER |
MIN |
FGM-A |
3GM-A |
FTM-A |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
A |
PF |
STL |
TO |
BLK |
PTS |
|
Peyton Siva
|
31:00 |
6-11 |
2-4 |
5-5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
19 |
|
Russ Smith
|
30:00 |
9-20 |
0-1 |
3-6 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
|
Chane Behanan
|
35:00 |
8-13 |
0-0 |
4-6 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
|
Wayne Blackshear
|
31:00 |
2-7 |
1-2 |
0-2 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Zach Price
|
2:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gorgui Dieng
|
20:00 |
3-4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Kevin Ware
|
14:00 |
1-4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Montrezl Harrell
|
23:00 |
1-3 |
0-0 |
5-6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
|
Luke Hancock
|
14:00 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
200 |
30-62 |
3-7 |
17-25 |
10 |
25 |
35 |
11 |
21 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
80 |
| |
48.4%
|
42.9%
|
68.0%
|
Team Rebs: 1 |
|
Total TO: 9 |