Louisville won its fourth straight Big East game to go to 18-5 overall and 6-4 in the Big East. Chane Behanan's career day led Louisville with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Eli Carter led Rutgers with 24 points.
Following another win for the Wildcats at home, Head Coach John Calipari was in a jovial mood as he talked about his team, "We were really good defensively. This was a hard game".
(12-7) Iroquois went from ice cold to red hot in January. The Raiders started off with a three game losing streak, but they refocused and revitalized their offense, winning the remainder of their games last month. Iroquois is putting up 71 points a game in their current 4 game winning streak. It will be interesting to see how the raiders fare tonight in their first game in February against the talented (19-5) Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers.
After three straight wins, the axles on the UofL bandwagons are getting a workout as a steady stream of naysayers are jumping back aboard. During that late December/early January slide that saw the Cardinals lose 5 of 7 games, Louisville fans went from apoplectic to apathetic. Coach Rick Pitino’s fan base was eroding with the losses and his head scratch-inducing statements before and after games. Now, with three straight victories and 17 wins on the season, Cardinal fans are flocking back and here’s why they may not be in for heartbreak after all.
I bleed red like a hemophiliac when it comes to Cardinal basketball.
But I had never been to a women’s game.
Louisville.com Game of the Night:
(13-10) Male’s win streak extends to four games as they annihilated (16-7) Jeffersontown 73-56 last night at home. The Bulldogs were led by Zach Moran who was a man possessed inside, he compiled a double-double finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Louisville.com Game of the Night:
(16-6) Jeffersontown vs ( 12-10) Male
Male coach Larry Miller is hoping his Bulldogs will rise to the occasion and get a home victory over the surging Chargers. Both teams are catching fire in January. Male is on a three game win streak and are undefeated at home this season. The Chargers are also on a three game win streak and have won 8 out of their last 10.
The University of Louisville men's basketball team defeated the Villanova Wildcats 84-74 Wednesday at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville was led by center Gorgui Dieng with twelve points and thirteen rebounds. Villanova's James Bell led his team with fourteen points and thirteen rebounds. Louisville improved to 15-5 and 4-4 in the Big East.
