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January 17, 2010
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Cardinals Fall in OT to No. 16 Panthers, 82-77
Pittsburg,
PA (01-17-2010): The Cardinals squandered a
five-point lead with 54 seconds left in regulation and
fell to the Panthers 82-77 in overtime Saturday before
12,781 fans in the Petersen Events Center.
 It's
not a loss the Cards (12-6, 3-2 Big East Conference)
will easily shrug off. They controlled the game
throughout regulation their biggest deficit was just
two points and they trailed for only 3:06.
Samardo Samuels and Preston Knowles tried
to carry the Cards. With his teammates struggling from
the perimeter, Knowles made his first four shots en
route to 21 points. Samuels scored 25, shooting 12of20
and dominating Pitt big men Gary McGhee and
Dante Taylor.
We wanted to not give them a lot of threes,
Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. We kind of left
Dante and Gary on an island. Samardo Samuels is
as good as any post guy in the country.
When Samuels scored his final basket with 54 seconds
left in regulation, UofL held a seemingly comfortable
68-63 lead and had quieted the crowd. All that was left
was to make some free throws.
In the overtime we ignored Samardo and we tried to
go one-on-one and we did things that we didn't do the
whole game, Louisville's coach - Rick
Pitino said.
We've got to go where our bread
was buttered. We didn't in overtime, and it cost us.
caption: Louisville's Samardo Samuels,
left, scores in front of Pittsburgh's Gary McGhee in the
second half, Jan. 16, 2010.
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