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Louisville-Notre Dame Postgame Notes
March 10, 2012 | Men's Basketball
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- Louisville advances to the BIG EAST Championship final for the third time - all in the past four years.
- Louisville is 1-1 all-time in BIG EAST Championship finals. The Cardinals won the title in 2009 and took second in 2011.
- Gorgui Dieng finished the game with an impressive 8-for-8 shooting performance. It is the third best performance in a BIG EAST Tournament game after Craig Smith (Boston College vs. West Virginia; March 10, 2005) and Ricky Wright (Villanova vs. Boston College; March 8, 2001) both went 9-for-9 from the field.
- Along with 13 points and eight rebounds, Peyton Siva earned nine assists in the win. The total puts him at 413 for his career, just six shy of tying Rick Wilson (1974-78) for ninth all-time with 419.
- Louisville closed the first half with a 26-4 run in which it held Notre Dame without a field goal for the final 12:42.
- Louisville shot 56.0 percent from the field - its best mark in a BIG EAST Tournament game.
- Tonight's game snapped a streak of four straight Louisville-Notre Dame meetings that were decided in overtime.
- Louisville improved to 3-1 in the semifinal round of the BIG EAST Championship.
- Louisville has won five of its last six games, and eight of its last 10, in the BIG EAST Championship.
- Louisville has held six of its last seven opponents to 60 points or fewer.
- Louisville had 20 assists on 28 field goals.
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