NKU vs Louisville

[lilj]

Coming up Sunday, Louisville huge favorite, but has some injuries and

appears to be a little less than a great team. Not sure what to expect from NKU this year, but do they have any chance of competing against Louisville as well as they did a year ago? Looks like a Faulkner Justice rematch from their last state tournament game.

Worth going too?

[statmanhensley]

It should be worth going to in order to see what both teams have and to see the new arena. NKU just had its Halloween Hoopla tonight and the transfers we got in look to be very athletic...no scrimmaging but you could just see the athleticism. The Norse transfers are Bobby Shannon (from the College of southern Maryland but was originally going to go to Marshall), Josh Tabb (from Tennessee), Malcolm Eleby (from St. Bonaventure), and James Cotton (from Maryland-Eastern Shore).

 

Here are NKU's roster and schedule links as well.

[Flotsam]

I followed the hyperlink to NKU's roster and saw Mitch Shover (Cov. Cath.) in NKU gold and black. Best of luck to Mitch for a great career at NKU.

[MJAlltheWay24]

I don't know if they had a contract or how it all worked, but I do think it was a classy move to invite NKU down to open the Yum Center after Louisville helped open our Bank of Kentucky Center.

[lilj]

Louisville's run and gun style of play may just Keep NKU in this game

I think NKU can run with them and shoot with them

Jennings is the only Cards player that is a tough match up

Louisville is likely winner of this game

but-----

bet NKU hangs around until late

[Hoopsanddreams]

Will this game be on Insight cable?

[tcjkbt]

Will this game be on Insight cable?

 

In Louisville it's on WHAS-11.

[gold sunrise]

Supposed to be on Ch 639 on Direct TV.

[tcjkbt]

Louisville's run and gun style of play may just Keep NKU in this game

I think NKU can run with them and shoot with them

Jennings is the only Cards player that is a tough match up

Louisville is likely winner of this game

but-----

bet NKU hangs around until late

 

Pitino says that Preston Knowles and Kyle Kuric have practiced well and separated themselves from the rest of the team. I'm curious how Siva looks.

[gold sunrise]

It is half time. UofL dosn't look too bad. Saw some bright spots, Dieng shooting the 3.

Edited October 31, 2010 by gold sunrise

[bigblueinsanity]

Any update?

[HammerTime]

UL won but I don't know by how much.

[Theoldguy]

And NKU wonders why no one comes out from the community to watch the Norse play the round ball?

 

NKy.com had a brief comment online, but failed to mention pretty much anything about the NKU team!

 

link to the article

[gold sunrise]

Here is the stats for both teams:

 

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http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/20 10-2011/exhib01.html

 

 

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
21	SORRELL, Corey	f	2-7	0-3	1-1	1-3	4	2	5	1	1	0	2	24
24	KNIGHT, Chris	f	3-6	0-0	2-3	2-3	5	3	8	1	3	1	2	30
01	FAULKNER, Ethan	g	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-3	3	2	3	2	1	0	1	28
20	ELEBY, Malcolm	g	7-16	1-3	6-13	0-6	6	2	21	4	2	1	2	32
25	TABB, Josh	g	3-12	0-3	2-3	1-3	4	3	8	3	5	0	1	28
02	SHANNON, Bobby	-	2-6	2-2	0-0	1-1	2	3	6	0	3	0	3	12
10	RACK, Tony	-	0-3	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
23	COTTON, James	-	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
30	GAGAI, Dennis	-	1-4	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	11
33	VAN HOOSE, Jon	-	4-7	4-7	0-0	0-1	1	2	12	1	0	0	0	23
TM	TEAM	-	-	-	-	0-0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals..............	-	23-63	9-27	11-20	5-21	26	19	66	13	16	3	11	200
			36.5%	33.3%	55.0%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		8-33	2-17	7-10
			24.2%	11.8%	70.0%
	2nd Half:		15-30	7-10	4-10
			50.0%	70.0%	40.0%

LOUISVILLE 83

 

			Total	3-point		Rebounds
##	Player	p	fgm-fga	fgm-fga	ftm-fta	off-def	tot	pf	tp	a	to	blk	stl	min
04	BUCKLES, Rakeem	f	6-11	1-5	5-5	1-10	11	3	18	2	1	2	1	27
14	KURIC, Kyle	f	3-5	2-4	0-0	1-3	4	2	8	1	1	1	2	25
23	JENNINGS, Terrence	c	1-5	0-0	1-2	2-6	8	4	3	0	4	2	0	18
02	KNOWLES, Preston	g	4-11	1-5	2-2	0-4	4	2	11	3	4	0	0	26
03	SIVA, Peyton	g	1-5	1-3	1-2	1-3	4	3	4	5	4	0	0	23
00	GOODE, George	-	0-1	0-0	2-2	0-1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3
05	SMITH, Chris	-	3-3	0-0	0-1	0-3	3	1	6	2	1	0	0	19
10	DIENG, Gorgui	-	6-8	1-1	1-4	5-6	11	2	14	0	4	2	1	17
15	HENDERSON, Tim	-	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	JUSTICE, Elisha	-	0-1	0-1	1-2	0-1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	12
33	MARRA, Mike	-	3-8	3-7	1-1	1-1	2	1	10	4	2	0	1	18
44	VAN TREESE, Stephan	-	3-4	0-1	0-0	1-3	4	1	6	0	1	0	2	10
TM	TEAM	-	-	-	-	2-0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals..............	-	30-62	9-27	14-21	14-41	55	20	83	19	24	7	8	200
			48.4%	33.3%	66.7%
	Team summary:		FG	3FG	FT
	1st Half:		16-30	6-15	8-14
			53.3%	40.0%	57.1%
	2nd Half:		14-32	3-12	6-7
			43.8%	25.0%	85.7%

Score by Periods	1st	2nd	Total
NORTHERN KENTUCKY	25	41	66	Record: (0-0)
LOUISVILLE	46	37	83	Record: (0-0)

[Wireman]

This one could've been much closer if NKU shot at all from the outside. They were terrible in the first half, particularly.

 

Louisville has a ways to go. NKU cut the lead to 9 points with about 5 minutes remaining, but U of L hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put it out of reach.