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University of Louisville
4-0
ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN
1-3
Cardinals Dominate in 85-41 Win over St. Francis
November 24, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Damion Lee leads the team with 21 points
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Damion Lee scored 21 points as Louisville again blistered an early-season opponent in beating St. Francis Brooklyn 85-41 Tuesday night.
Lee finished 8 of 12 from the floor and scored 15 in the first half. He also added eight rebounds.The Cardinals (4-0) used their size to dominate inside, scoring 28 of their first 30 points in the paint. St. Francis managed only four points in the post in the first half. Louisville shot 19 of 31 (61 percent) en route to 43-24 halftime lead with 32 points coming in the paint.
 Glen Sanabria and Tyreek Jewell each scored 11 points for St. Francis (1-3).
Louisville played five players 6-9 or taller while the Terriers' tallest starter, 6-7 Amdy Fall, fouled out without scoring. The Cardinals finished with a 56-12 advantage on points in the paint.
Louisville's 6-foot-10 freshman Ray Spalding followed up his breakout performance against North Florida, when he scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds, with 12 points, eight coming in the first half.
St. Francis took its only lead of the game at 4-3 following a Sanabria 3-pointer less than two minutes in before Louisville took control. The Cardinals clicked off an 11-0 run in 1:46 with Lee scoring seven points to put Louisville up 14-4 after four minutes.
It was more of the same to start the year for both teams as Louisville continued its streak of impressive defensive performances while the Terriers again had a rough shooting night. St. Francis dipped below its 39 percent average in hitting just 14 of 47 shots (30 percent). Louisville had averaged a 35-point winning margin in its first three outings, extending it with the 44-point victory.
Tuesday's game was part of the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational, a five-team round robin event played at campus and neutral sites.
St. Francis Brooklyn: The game marked a Kentucky homecoming for two Terriers, freshman Keon Williams and sophomore Jagos Lasic. Williams finished fourth on the all-time scoring list at John Hardin High School while Lasic averaged 21 points and 15 rebounds as a senior at Morgan County High School. Lasic finished with two points.
Louisville: Lee entered averaging 19 points a game. The graduate transfer from Drexel is the Cardinals' leading scorer. . Freshman forward Deng Adel missed Saturday's game against North Florida and is expected to be out 3-6 weeks with a sprained left knee.
UP NEXT
St. Francis Brooklyn: Plays North Florida in West Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday
Louisville: Plays Saint Louis on Saturday in Brooklyn, New York.
