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University of Louisville
DePaul
Louisville Downs DePaul, 71-62
February 14, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2001
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Marques Maybin and Rashad Brooks scored 17 points each and Louisville earned a tough road win, beating DePaul 71-62 Wednesday night.
The Cardinals (10-15, 6-6) survived despite the loss in the final minute of Maybin, who had been shredding the DePaul defense before fouling out.
Louisville has beaten DePaul 10 straight times.
Bobby Simmons scored nine of the Blue Demons' first 18 points as DePaul took a 12-point lead midway through the half over the cold-shooting Cardinals.
But Louisville went on a 11-0 run and got within 18-17 on Luke Whitehead's jumper with seven minutes left in the half.
The Blue Demons countered with a 9-2 run of their own and built the lead up to 31-25 at the half. The Cardinals shot only 32 percent, including 0 for 5 from 3-point range, before the break.
Maybin then took over, beating the Blue Demons for 10 quick points as the Cardinals stormed back to take a 41-39 lead with 13 minutes left.
The Blue Demons took a 58-52 lead after Lance Williams scored a layup on a broken play, but the Cardinals surged again and took a 59-58 lead on Maybin's layup with 3:06 left.
Maybin fouled out with 1:49 left trying to get a rebound, but Reece Gaines, who scored 14, contributed a tip-in to put the Cardinals up 63-59 with 1:04 left.
After being off in the first half, the Cardinals shot 60 percent from the field in the second.
DePaul (11-13, 3-8) got 17 points from Simmons and 12 from Imari Sawyer.
