National Basketball Association
Louisville 97, South Alabama 70
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 4, 2010
Where: KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Tim Higgins, # Brian O'Connell, #0 Sean Corbin
Attendance:
21048
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Mike Marra scored 23 points and Louisville had its way inside in a 97-70 rout of South Alabama on Saturday in a non-conference matchup.
Marra made five of Louisville’s six 3-pointers, but the Cardinals (6-0) did most of their damage closer to the rim.
Louisville shot 51 percent (36-of-70) from the field, with most of its attempts of the high-percentage variety. The Cardinals scored 52 points in the paint and had 14 offensive rebounds that led to 19 second-chance points.
Peyton Siva scored 15 points and Rakeem Buckles added 12 and 14 rebounds for Louisville, which missed 11-of-30 free throws.
South Alabama (2-5) by contrast scored only 14 points in the paint and shot 35 percent (20-of-57).
Martino Brock scored 24 points and Augustine Rubit added 15 and 14 rebounds for the Jaguars, who have lost four straight.
Top Game Performances
| South Alabama |
|
Louisville |
|
Martino Brock 24 |
Scoring |
Mike Marra 23 |
|
Martino Brock 4 |
Assists |
Elisha Justice 4 |
|
Augustine Rubit 14 |
Rebounds |
Rakeem Buckles 14 |
|
Augustine Rubit 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Peyton Siva 5 |
|
Tim Williams 2 |
Steals |
Peyton Siva 3 |
|
Augustine Rubit 2 |
Blocks |
Terrence Jennings 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Alabama
|
70 |
35.1 |
5-16 |
25-29 |
14 |
35 |
3 |
3 |
|
| Louisville
|
97 |
51.4 |
6-22 |
19-30 |
20 |
43 |
5 |
9 |
|