University of Louisville
9-1
WESTERN KENTUCKY
6-5
No. 19 Louisville Tops Western Kentucky 78-56
December 19, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) --Â Quentin Snider scored 16 points and No. 19 Louisville beat Western Kentucky 78-56 on Saturday.
Trey Lewis scored 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Damion Lee also had 15 points for the Cardinals (9-1).
Chinanu Onuaku had his first double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Fredrick Edmond led WKU (6-5) with 14 points and eight rebounds.
The Hilltoppers entered the game shooting 40 percent from behind the arc, but missed their first 13 3s and scored a season-low 16 points in the first half. WKU had averaged nine 3-pointers a game, but finished just 2 of 18 (11 percent).
WKU scored more points in the first five minutes of the second half than it did in the first. The Hilltoppers trailed 34-16 at halftime before their 19-8 run cut Louisville's lead to seven with 14:34 to play.
WKU's Aaron Cosby missed an open 3 in transition that would have cut the lead to eight with 13:15 left.
Lee responded eight seconds later with a 3 to give Louisville a 50-36 lead. WKU then had a nearly 4 1/2-minute scoreless drought. Two acrobatic layups from Lewis during an 8-0 run made it 58-38 with 9:23 left.
TIP-INS:
Western Kentucky: The Hilltoppers entered Saturday having won three of their past four. ... Chris Harrison-Docks continued WKU's streak of at least one 3-pointer in 883 consecutive games with his shot with 6:43 to play. The streak goes back to March 15, 1987. ... The Hilltoppers added transfer Jabari McGhee from Tennessee this week. He is the second former Volunteer to join the program this year, joining fellow forward Willie Carmichael.
Louisville: Forwards Anas Mahmoud and Deng Adel missed the game with injuries. Mahmoud sat his second game with a sprained ankle while Adel has not played since spraining his left knee on Nov. 20.
UP NEXT:
Western Kentucky hosts Detroit on Tuesday.
Louisville hosts UMKC on Tuesday.
