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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisville 67, Cincinnati 51
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, March 4, 2013
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Ed Corbett, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance: 22739


No. 6 Louisville 67, Cincinnati 51: Russ Smith scored 18 points as the host Cardinals pulled away in the second half to defeat the Bearcats and win their sixth straight game.

Peyton Siva bounced back from a scoreless game on Saturday with 11 points while Gorgui Dieng added 11 points and nine rebounds for Louisville (25-5, 13-4 Big East), which is a half-game behind conference-leading Georgetown. The Cardinals close out the regular season at home Saturday against No. 24 Notre Dame.

Cashmere Wright broke out of a long shooting slump with 15 points – shooting 6-for-11 from the field, including three 3-pointers – for Cincinnati (20-10, 8-9). Over the previous 10 games, Wright was connecting on 22.9 percent of his field-goal attempts, including only 19.7 percent beyond the arc.

Cincinnati trailed 35-31 at the break despite 12 first-half turnovers thanks mostly to six 3-pointers. But once the outside shots stopped falling, the mistake-prone Bearcats quickly fell behind after knotting the game at 37 with 15:58 remaining.

Louisville, which scored 23 points off a season-high Cincinnati 21 turnovers, limited the Bearcats to three free throws and two dunks from Cheikh Mbodj over the next 10:38, getting five straight points from Luke Hancock to ignite a 25-7 run that put the game away and gave Cardinals coach Rick Pitino his 300th victory at the school.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Louisville outscored Cincinnati 42-16 inside the paint. … Cincinnati’s Sean Kilpatrick – the fourth-leading scorer in the conference – scored 12 points, but shot 3-for-15 from the field, including 1-for-9 beyond the arc. … The Cardinals held their 19th opponent to less than 40 percent shooting (the Bearcats shot 35.3 percent) and 19th opponent to fewer than 60 points.

Top Game Performances
 
Cincinnati   Louisville
Cashmere Wright 15 Scoring Russ Smith 18
Titus Rubles 4 Assists Peyton Siva 4
Titus Rubles 9 Rebounds Gorgui Dieng 9
Sean Kilpatrick 5 Free Throws Made Russ Smith 6
Ge'Lawn Guyn 2 Steals Chane Behanan 4
Cheikh Mbodj 5 Blocks Gorgui Dieng 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Cincinnati 51 35.3 6-21 9-13 9 34 6 4 21
Louisville 67 48.3 3-9 8-11 10 31 3 12 9