National Basketball Association
Louisville 90, Indiana - Purdue 60
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Doug Shows, # Earl Walton, # Tony Chiazza
Attendance:
20604
By SportsDirect Inc.
Gorgui Dieng scored 18 points on 8-of-8 shooting and added 12 rebounds as No. 4 Louisville coasted past visiting Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 90-60 on Wednesday.
Chris Smith scored a team-high 19 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists and Russ Smith added 12 points off the bench for the Cardinals (8-0), who shot 55.6 percent (35-of-63) from the floor.
Louisville let the Jaguars (2-8) hang around in the first half, going into the break with a 40-35 edge. But after allowing IUPUI to shoot 52.1 percent (12-for-23) in the first half, the Cardinals limited the overmatched Summit League foe to 26.3 percent (10-of-38) in the second.
Louisville used a 15-0 run midway through the period to go up 65-45 and stretched it out to a 22-2 burst before letting up.
The Cardinals face Fairleigh Dickinson over the weekend in a final tuneup before their biggest test of the non-conference slate - a date with No. 20 Memphis on Dec. 17.
Stephen Thomas scored 14 points off the bench for the Jaguars.
Top Game Performances
Indiana - Purdue |
|
Louisville |
Stephen Thomas 14 |
Scoring |
Chris Smith 19 |
Stephen Thomas 6 |
Assists |
Peyton Siva 8 |
Christian Siakam 7 |
Rebounds |
Gorgui Dieng 12 |
Marcellus Barksdale 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Peyton Siva 6 |
Alex Young 3 |
Steals |
Peyton Siva 3 |
Alex Young 1 |
Blocks |
Chane Behanan 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Indiana - Purdue
|
60 |
36.1 |
9-23 |
7-10 |
14 |
32 |
1 |
8 |
17 |
Louisville
|
90 |
55.6 |
3-11 |
17-22 |
17 |
38 |
2 |
12 |
12 |