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University of Louisville
TENNESSEE TECH
Cardinals Down Eagles 70-66 For Sixth Straight Win
December 17, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Dec 17, 2001
By CHRIS DUNCAN
AP Sports Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Reece Gaines matched a career-high with six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead Louisville to a 70-66 win over Tennessee Tech on Monday night.
Freshman Carlos Hurt scored 12 points and Ellis Myles added nine points and 15 rebounds for Louisville (7-1), which has won six straight.
Sophomore Cameron Crisp scored a career-high 22 to lead Tennessee Tech (5-3).
The Eagles led by as many as seven in the first half, but settled for a 37-36 halftime lead. Tennessee Tech outrebounded Louisville 19-18 in the first half, but Gaines scored eight of his 10 points in the final 9:38 before halftime to keep the Cardinals close.
The Cardinals pushed the lead to six, but the Eagles fought to a 60-60 tie. Myles muscled in a basket with 2:44 left to give Louisville a 62-60 lead, but Leigh Gayden rattled in a 3-pointer with 2:01 remaining to put Tennessee Tech back on top.
Bryant Northern missed a free throw, but Larry O'Bannon tipped it in with 1:30 left to restore Louisville's one-point lead.
Northern made a free throw with 1:02 left, but Damine Kinloch sank one with 51 seconds left to keep Tennessee Tech within one.
On Louisville's next possession, Gaines shed Joey Westmoreland at the top of the key and sank his last 3-pointer with 17 seconds left.
Erik Brown was called for goaltending on a Crisp shot with 6.7 seconds left to cut the lead to 68-66, but Brown hit two free throws with 5.7 seconds left to seal the win.
