National Basketball Association
Louisville 63, Long Beach St. 48
When: 4:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Jeff Clark, # Gary Prager, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance:
18248
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No. 6 Louisville 63, Long Beach
State 48: Terry Rozier scored 23 points as the Cardinals bounced back
from their first loss of the season to rout the visiting 49ers.
Rozier also had seven rebounds,
six steals and three assists for Louisville (12-1), which lost to No.
1 Kentucky on Saturday. Montrezl Harrell added 16 points and Wayne
Blackshear had 12 points and seven boards for the Cardinals.
Branford Jones led Long Beach
State (5-10) with 13 points while Mike Caffey added 11. David
Samuels chipped in 10 points but had six of the 49ers' 19 turnovers.
Neither team could establish much
of an advantage early on with the Cardinals leading by just one with
6:52 to play before going on a 14-0 run to close the first half, powered by
seven from Blackshear. The 49ers were 0-of-9 from the field during
that stretch.
Long Beach State scored the first
four points of the second half before Louisville scored 11 straight
to up its advantage to 22 on Harrell's jumper with 14:34 to go. The
49ers again fought back, cutting the lead to 10 with 5:47 to play,
but the Cardinals would no't allow them any closer than nine points the rest of the way.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: The Cardinals came into the game fifth in the country in
rebounding (43.8 per game) but were matched on the boards by the 49ers, each team finishing with 28. …
After shooting just 25.9 percent in the loss to Kentucky, Louisville
hit 51.2 percent from the field in this one. … Long Beach State
shot 36 percent from the field, including 5-of-20 from 3-point range.
Top Game Performances
| Long Beach St. |
|
Louisville |
|
Branford Jones 13 |
Scoring |
Terry Rozier 23 |
|
Mike Caffey 2 |
Assists |
Terry Rozier 3 |
|
Eric McKnight 7 |
Rebounds |
Wayne Blackshear 7 |
|
Branford Jones 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Terry Rozier 6 |
|
Mike Caffey 1 |
Steals |
Terry Rozier 6 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Wayne Blackshear 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Long Beach St.
|
48 |
36.0 |
5-20 |
7-8 |
10 |
27 |
0 |
5 |
19 |
| Louisville
|
63 |
51.2 |
6-15 |
15-21 |
12 |
28 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
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