National Basketball Association
Louisville 55, West Virginia 54
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Mike Roberts, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance:
21957
By SportsDirect Inc.
Peyton Siva’s layup with four seconds left lifted No. 19 Louisville to a 55-54 victory over West Virginia at the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday.
Chris Smith led the way with 15 points and Siva finished with 14 for the Cardinals (16-4, 5-2 Big East), who narrowly avoided back-to-back losses for the first time.
The Mountaineers would go nearly 14 minutes without a field goal before Dalton Pepper drained a 3-pointer to pull it within 53-52 with 1:39 left. Kevin Jones’ jumper 54 seconds later put West Virginia back on top, 54-53. After the Mountaineers missed, Louisville had one last chance and got it to Siva, who connected on the game-winner.
Joe Mazzulla led the West Virginia (13-6, 4-3) attack in the first half, scoring all 18 of his points on 8-of-10 shooting. The Cardinals led 14-7 after the first six minutes before the Mountaineers got going, ripping off a 17-2 burst behind nine points from Mazzulla to cruise into the break with a 37-26 edge.
Down 42-31 with 15 minutes left in the game, Russ Smith and Chris Smith knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers for Louisville to spark a 17-1 run over the next 10 minutes and give it the lead.
Top Game Performances
| West Virginia |
|
Louisville |
|
Joe Mazzulla 18 |
Scoring |
Chris Smith 15 |
|
Kevin Jones 4 |
Assists |
Preston Knowles 5 |
|
John Flowers 9 |
Rebounds |
Terrence Jennings 9 |
|
Darryl Bryant 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Peyton Siva 2 |
|
Darryl Bryant 2 |
Steals |
Elisha Justice 2 |
|
John Flowers 4 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| West Virginia
|
54 |
34.5 |
5-26 |
11-18 |
10 |
34 |
4 |
4 |
|
| Louisville
|
55 |
37.5 |
8-24 |
5-10 |
13 |
31 |
0 |
10 |
|