National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Louisville 80, Marshall 66
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 27, 2010
Where: KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials: # Jim Burr, # Tony Greene, # Todd Williams
Attendance: 21262

Louisville is finding its new surroundings just yummy.

A thundering dunk by Stephan Van Treese almost two minutes into the second half sparked the Cardinals’ offense, and Louisville went on to an 80-66 victory over Marshall on Saturday in the fourth game at the KFC Yum Center.

Louisville (4-0) had trouble shaking Marshall in the first half. It held a 29-19 lead with seven minutes to go in the first half, but Marshall’s Dago Pena capped a 10-0 run over three minutes with a 3-pointer that tied the score at 29-29. Later, as the buzzer sounded, a tip-in by Marshall’s Tirrell Baines put the Herd (3-2) up 34-33 at halftime.

Van Treese’s dunk, coming with 18:09 to go, provided the jolt Louisville needed to jump-start its offense. Louisville never trailed following the basket.

In an evenly-balanced game, Peyton Siva, Mike Marra and Rakeem Buckles all scored 12 points for the Cardinals. Elisha Justice added 10 points.

DeAndre Kane scored 25 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Marshall, but he also committed six of the Herd’s 19 turnovers.




Top Game Performances
 
Marshall   Louisville
DeAndre Kane 25 Scoring Rakeem Buckles 12
Shaquille Johnson 3 Assists Mike Marra 5
Tirrell Baines 9 Rebounds Rakeem Buckles 7
DeAndre Kane 4 Free Throws Made Terrence Jennings 4
Shaquille Johnson 2 Steals Stephen Van Treese 3
Eladio Espinosa 1 Blocks Terrence Jennings 6
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Marshall 66 38.7 5-20 13-29 8 39 1 5
Louisville 80 46.9 6-21 14-20 13 37 11 11