University of Louisville
COPPIN STATE
Men's Hoops Rolls Over Coppin State, 75-49
December 12, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Dec 12, 2001
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By CHRIS DUNCAN
AP Sports Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Reece Gaines scored 20 points and Louisville scored 36 points off 26 Coppin State turnovers in a 75-49 win over the Eagles on Wednesday night.
Bryant Northern added 12 points for the Cardinals (5-1), who continue their best start since 1996-97, when they won 10 of their first 11 games and finished 26-9.
Jimmy Boykin scored 18 to lead Coppin State (2-6), which has lost five straight.
Louisville went 30-of-64 from the floor (47 percent), but went just 11-of-37 from 3-point range (30 percent) and 4-of-14 from the free-throw line (29 percent).
Louisville opened the game with a 10-2 run, and could've led by much more, but missed seven of their first eight shots from 3-point range.
The Eagles cut the lead to seven, but Bryant Northern hit a 3-pointer from the wing with 11:23 left in the first half to start a 12-2 Louisville run.
The Cardinals extended the first-half lead to 26, scoring 24 points off 20 first-half turnovers by the sloppy Eagles.
Louisville has outscored its five home opponents 212-116 in the first half this season.
The only drama in the second half came when sophomore forward Luke Whitehead, Louisville's second-leading scorer, fell over Coppin State's Larry Tucker and hit the floor hard after converting an alley-oop pass from Gaines 50 seconds after halftime.
Louisville sports information director Kenny Klein said Whitehead sprained his back. He walked to the Louisville locker room with the help of two student assistants and was taken to Jewish Hospital.
