National Basketball Association
Louisville 82, Florida International 57
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 5, 2014
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Jerry Heater, # Tim Kelly, # Mike Stuart
Attendance:
20541
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No. 5 Louisville 82, Florida International 57: Montrezl Harrell scored 13 points with 12 rebounds to lead a balanced attack as the host Cardinals pulled away with an 18-0 first-half run.
Anton Gill added a career-high 15 points off the bench for Louisville (7-0), which held the Panthers (5-4) scoreless for 7:14 in the first half. Wayne Blackshear and Terry Rozier each scored 12 points while Chris Jones added 11 points for the Cardinals, who shot a season-high 57.1 percent from the field.
Dennis Mavin scored 15 points to lead Florida International, which shot 37 percent from the field and committed a season-high 25 turnovers. Marco Porcher Jimenez added 13 points off the bench, going 4-of-6 from 3-point range.
Mavin’s layup gave the Panthers a 10-6 lead with 12:27 remaining in the first half, but FIU did not score again until Mavin’s layup with 5:13 to play in the half. Chinanu Onuaku’s tip-in tied the game at 10-10, Rozier’s free throw with 9:03 to go put the Cardinals ahead to stay and Gill’s 3-pointer with just under six minutes left gave Louisville a 24-10 advantage.
Blackshear’s 3-pointer just before the first-half buzzer gave the Cardinals a 36-23 advantage at intermission. Louisville opened the second half with a 17-4 surge, Blackshear’s 3-pointer with 14:47 to play staking the Cardinals to a 53-27 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cardinals improved to 42-2 at home against non-conference competition over the past five seasons. … Onuaku finished with seven points, a career-high five assists and three blocked shots. … Louisville recorded a season-best 21 assists, offsetting a season-high 20 turnovers.
Top Game Performances
Florida International |
|
Louisville |
Dennis Mavin 15 |
Scoring |
Anton Gill 15 |
Tashwan Desir 7 |
Assists |
Chinanu Onuaku 5 |
Adrian Diaz 5 |
Rebounds |
Montrezl Harrell 12 |
Dominique Williams 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Jones 3 |
Adrian Diaz 3 |
Steals |
Wayne Blackshear 4 |
Jason Boswell 1 |
Blocks |
Chinanu Onuaku 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Florida International
|
57 |
37.0 |
5-15 |
12-18 |
11 |
26 |
1 |
12 |
25 |
Louisville
|
82 |
57.1 |
8-20 |
10-15 |
21 |
34 |
9 |
14 |
20 |