Cards top St. John's, stay unbeaten in Big East
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 9, 2010 4:28 PM EST
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PrintIt certainly wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing contest, but Louisville answered the bell when they needed to and topped St. John's to move to 3-0 in the Big East.
Jared Swopshire continued his rapid evolution by posting a career-high 15 points, Big East Jerry Smith continued to play like Big East Jerry Smith and scored a team-high 16 points, and Preston Knowles was Preston Knowles.
The Cards have essentially held serve to opn conference play, emerging victorious in a trio of games most people expected them to win. It's a good thing, since U of L's next six games include trips to Pitt, Seton Hall and West Virginia and home dates against Cincinnati, Connecticut and Villanova.
It's about to get fun.
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Way to go, Preston!
The kid lights up the court when he’s out there. Swop is coming along very nicely, and Samardo played well today too. I think it’s going to be a very good season.
we'll see...
we’ve won 3 games we were supposed to win. this next week should really answer the question of how good this team is.
What's up with Siva?
He can’t be sick anymore. His decision making and execution have been abismal.
by Zandaar on Jan 9, 2010 6:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Sick
Probably a case of freshman-itis. I think he’ll be fine, but he’s not going to turn it over as we face better teams this year.
it was weird seeing him lose the handle on the ball twice with no defender near him. dont get me wrong, i still think he’ll be great.
Siva
Seems to me like maybe he’s overthinking. He’ll be fine methinks.
by SpeedStudent on Jan 10, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
Preston PRESTON!
Welcome back Jerry.
by Chris Redman is my hero on Jan 9, 2010 7:23 PM EST reply actions
cold water
I hate to throw cold water onto this discussion but shooting remains a real weakness on this team. Check the season stats. If we can’t hit the O board with the success we have been enjoying lately it’s going to be tough to score on the set end and we certainly aren’t scoring in transition. Our fast break points total is not good. I fear what will happen against teams like UConn, WVU, Nova and the like.
And I hope I am really, really wrong.
This teams is still very raw when it comes to running plays.
The talent is there, the experience isn’t. Hopefully we will continue to get better. If so, by season’s end we should be a lot more fluid.
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