National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisville 87, Hartford 52
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials: # Les Jones, # Gary Prager, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance: 18910
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials: # Les Jones, # Gary Prager, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance: 18910
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville remained unbeaten on the young season with an 87-52 win over Hartford Tuesday night at the KFC Yum! Center.
The Cardinals held Hartford (1-2), shooting 41.9 percent on 3-point attempt in its first two games this season -- to just 3-for-17 shooting from distance.
Guard Damion Lee, a graduate transfer who scored 1,538 points for Drexel and was fourth nationally last season with 21.4 points per game, had a team-leading 18 points despite missing the final 16:38 of the first half with foul trouble.
Center Chianu Onuaku also scored 18 for the Cardinals, who shot 50 percent from the field and went 6-for-18 on 3-point attempts.
Junior guard Pancake Thomas scored 20 points to lead the Hawks, who hit 31 percent of their shots and were 3-for-17 from beyond the arc.
Top Game Performances
| Hartford | Louisville | |
| Cleveland Thomas 20 | Scoring | Damion Lee 18 |
| Evan Cooper 2 | Assists | Quentin Snider 6 |
| Dougal Weir 5 | Rebounds | Chinanu Onuaku 9 |
| Justin Graham 4 | Free Throws Made | Damion Lee 6 |
| Jack Hobbs 1 | Steals | Damion Lee 2 |
| Jack Hobbs 1 | Blocks | Chinanu Onuaku 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Hartford | 52 | 32.6 | 3-17 | 21-27 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Louisville | 87 | 50.8 | 7-19 | 14-24 | 15 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 7 |