No. 11 Louisville rode 12 first-half 3-pointers, together with 4 from Adrian Wooley, to a simple 99-73 win over visiting Memphis Saturday afternoon.
The Cardinals positioned three scorers into double digits by intermission after capturing 60.7% from the ground (17 of 28) and 54.5% from 3-point vary (12 of twenty-two).
Louisville (9-1) was paced by Ryan Conwell, who had 17 factors, together with three 3-pointers. Mikel Brown Jr. added 16 factors that includes 8-for-9 free-throw capturing, whereas Wooley tied a season-high with 15 factors on 5-for-8 3-point capturing.
Fellow reserve Kasean Pryor (who had beforehand scored 13 factors all season) scored 11 factors, together with 3-for-3 3-point capturing. Ahead Sananda Fru added 11 factors on 5-for-5 capturing and 6 rebounds, and Khani Rooths chipped in 10 factors and eight rebounds.
Memphis (4-5) was led by Hasan Abdul Hakim, who tallied 18 factors on 7-for-13 capturing in solely his third sport performed this season for the Tigers after battling a quadriceps damage. The season’s main scorer, Dug McDaniel, added 16 factors, with a dozen factors coming within the second half. Reserve Honest Parker tallied 12 factors.
Memphis hung round early, trailing simply 17-13 after a three-point play from Abdul Hakim with 10:52 left within the first half. However Louisville made 9 3-pointers in simply over seven minutes to open a 50-30 benefit on a Brown trey with 3:18 remaining. Louisville led 57-37 on the half.
After Zach Davis scored the primary basket of the second half for Memphis, the Cardinals pushed the sting to 71-43 on a Conwell 3-pointer with 15:46 remaining. Memphis by no means pulled nearer than 20 factors after that.
The Cardinals made 18 of 35 (51.4%) 3-pointers and threatened their season-best 20 3-pointers, set in a 104-47 win over NJIT on Nov. twenty sixth. This system’s single-game file stays 22 3-pointers in opposition to Hartford in November 2007.
Conversely, Memphis was 3-for-11 from 3-point vary (27.3%) and 41.2% total (28 of 68).
–Area Degree Media
