Reading this was the most pleasant sports experience I've had in quite some time.

Jared Swopshire scored 28 points while Samardo Samuels added 26 and snagged 14 rebounds to lead the Red Team to a 103-94 victory in an intrasquad scrimmage Thursday night.

The White Team's Preston Knowles (PRESTON. KNOWLES.) hit 9-of-11 shots in the first half and finished with a game-high 32 points.

"I think offensively, we're way ahead of schedule, and defensively we're way behind schedule," said U of L Coach Rick Pitino. "Offensively, we shoot the ball terrific, we pass the ball terrific, and we're in great condition for this time of year. It's to be expected that we're behind defensively because we lost three great defensive players from last year. I'm a little surprised how well our freshman are in condition and able to get through it. I'm real happy with the guys. I'm having a lot of fun coaching them because of their incredible desire to work. They're all basketball junkies."

Jerry Smith missd the scrimmage to witness the birth of his first child.

STATS!!!

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VISITORS: RED
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
21 Swopshire, Jared.... f 10-15   3-6    5-5    1  3  4   5  28  3  5  0  2  26
15 Samuels, Samardo.... c  7-9    0-0   12-18   3 11 14   2  26  5  4  1  1  35
10 Sosa, Edgar......... g  3-6    2-4    2-2    0  1  1   6  10  8  7  0  1  40
12 Delk, Reginald...... g  5-8    3-6    0-0    2  4  6   5  13  4  2  0  4  34
33 Marra, Mike......... g  9-20   7-17   0-0    2  5  7   0  25  5  4  0  1  39
11 Brickley, Chris.....    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   7
44 Van Treese, Stephan.    0-1    0-0    1-2    0  1  1   2   1  2  1  0  1  19
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   34-60  15-34  20-27   8 26 34  20 103 27 23  1 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 21-36 58.3%   2nd Half: 13-24 54.2%   Game: 56.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0%   2nd Half:  3-9  33.3%   Game: 44.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-8  75.0%   2nd Half: 14-19 73.7%   Game: 74.1%    2

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HOME TEAM: WHITE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Buckles, Rakeem..... f  5-9    0-0    2-3    1  4  5   3  12  0  4  0  3  25
22 Goode, George....... c  5-8    0-2    0-0    3  4  7   3  10  2  2  0  1  27
02 Knowles, Preston.... g 11-20   3-8    7-10   2  3  5   3  32  2  3  0  2  32
03 Siva, Peyton........ g  4-14   2-8    0-1    0  3  3   4  10  9  8  0  2  39
14 Kuric, Kyle......... g  7-12   3-7    1-2    5  5 10   0  18  1  2  1  3  35
05 Smith, Chris........    1-2    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   1   2  2  2  0  0  15
23 Jennings, Terrence..    4-9    0-1    2-5    5  3  8   5  10  0  1  0  2  27
   TEAM................
   Totals..............   37-74   8-27  12-21  17 23 40  19  94 16 22  1 13 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 23-37 62.2%   2nd Half: 14-37 37.8%   Game: 50.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-13 30.8%   2nd Half:  4-14 28.6%   Game: 29.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  9-14 64.3%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 57.1%    3

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Officials:
Technical fouls: RED-None. WHITE-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
RED...........................   60   43  -  103
WHITE.........................   59   35  -   94
Points in the paint-RED 32,WHITE 50. Points off turnovers-RED 30,WHITE 33.
2nd chance points-RED 16,WHITE 21. Fast break points-RED 12,WHITE 6.
Bench points-RED 1,WHITE 12. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-8 times.
Last FG-RED 2nd-01:35, WHITE 2nd-00:36.
Largest lead-RED by 9 2nd-00:16, WHITE by 12 1st-09:49.

How can you tell it's been a long fall? You spend a solid five minutes analyzing the miscellaneous statistics at the bottom of a story on an intrasquad basketball scrimmage that was closed to the public.

BASKETBALL!

PRESTON!