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On a night where leading scorers Trey Lewis and Damion Lee were limited to a combined 13 points, Louisville found answers in the most unlikely of places to knock off Pitt for an 8th straight time and stay in the ACC title race with a 67-60 road victory.
David Levitch came off the bench to score eight huge points, including a 3-pointer in the game's final minutes that broke a 58-58 tie and put the Cardinals ahead for good. Deng Adel also turned in a second consecutive huge performance, carrying U of L offensively during the most critical stretch of the second half and finishing with 12 points to go along with seven rebounds.
He also did this:
It was pretty cool.
So was this:
Sweet pick and roll from Snider to Onuaku for a nasty dunk pic.twitter.com/zDKE5LAjMJ
— Steve Jones (@SteveJones_CJ) February 25, 2016
As fun, exciting and entertaining as this night was, the "man, this is brutal" come down is always waiting right there afterward.
That being the case, here's a list of things that I would do every day for the next year if it meant that Louisville would get to play in the NCAA Tournament.
--Watch three full episodes of Sex and the City
--Eat no candy flavor other than banana
--Run at least one mile
--Listen to no fewer than five songs by artists I've never heard of but who teenagers are very into
--Compliment Brendan Fraser's acting ability on the radio (obviously, only doable on days in which I'm on the radio)
--Not make any DePaul jokes
--Tweet something nice to Dan Dakich
--Wear a suit and tie every time I write a blog post
If that isn't enough for you, NCAA, then I don't know what to tell you. Let the kids play. Punish me.
Here's your final box score:
LOUISVILLE CARDINALS STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
STARTERS | M | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | TR | A | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
D. Lee, G | 40 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
C. Onuaku, F/C | 30 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
D. Adel, F | 29 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
J. Johnson, F | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
T. Lewis, G | 12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
BENCH | M | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | TR | A | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
Q. Snider, G | 34 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
D. Levitch, G | 16 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
D. Mitchell, G | 11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
M. Stockman, F/C | 9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
J. Henderson, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Mathiang, F/C | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
D. Avare, G | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
A. Mahmoud, F | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
R. McMahon, G | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
R. Spalding, F | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
TOTALS | 27-53 | 7-16 | 6-10 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 67 | |
50.9% | 43.8% | 60.0% |
PITTSBURGH PANTHERS STATISTICS | ||||||||||||
STARTERS | M | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | TR | A | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
J. Robinson, G | 38 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
J. Artis, F | 34 | 3-13 | 2-7 | 5-6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
M. Young, F | 33 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
C. Jones, G/F | 30 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
R. Maia, F | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
BENCH | M | FG | 3FG | FT | OR | TR | A | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
R. Luther, F | 28 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
S. Jeter, F | 11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
C. Johnson, G | 9 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
S. Smith, G | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Wilson, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Nelson-Ododa, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
M. Lecak, G | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
R. Nix, C | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
J. Milligan, G | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
R. Seelye, F | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
Z. Smith, G | Did Not Play | |||||||||||
TOTALS | 21-50 | 4-18 | 14-21 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 60 | |
42.0% | 22.2% | 66.7% |