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University of Louisville
15-3,4-1
FLORIDA STATE
12-6,2-4
No. 17 Louisville Runs Away from Florida State, 84-65
January 20, 2016 | Men's Basketball
AP Sports Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Quentin Snider scored 20 points, Damion Lee added 14, and No. 17 Louisville had no problem with Florida State in an 84-65 victory on Wednesday night.Freshman guard Donovan Mitchell added 13 points for the Cardinals, including a monstrous one-handed dunk in the first half that charged a crowd of 21,349 in the late-evening game. Leading 22-15 at that point, Louisville never looked back in building a lead that reached 32.
Malik Beasley scored 23 points and Devon Bookert had 18 in his first start of the season for Florida State (12-6, 2-4), which had its two-game winning streak stopped.
Snider made 8 of 12 from the field including 3 of 4 3-pointers to finish a point off his career high achieved two weeks ago against North Carolina State.
Dwayne Bacon had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Seminoles, who played without sophomore guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who did not play on the decision of coach Leonard Hamilton. His presence might not have made much of a difference against a Louisville squad that returned from a six-day layoff with an impressive effort.
Though Louisville was hard pressed to match the 29-percent field-goal defense that beat Pittsburgh last week, it held the long and athletic Seminoles to 42 percent shooting. The Seminoles also made just 9 of 21 free throws.
FSU was definitely no match on the glass against Louisville, which had a 10-3 advantage in offensive rebounds in the first half alone and finished with a 17-14 edge. Overall, the Cardinals owned the boards 24-14 in the first half and outscored FSU 11-0 in second-chance points to build a 41-27 halftime lead that kept growing.
TIP-INS
Florida State: Beasley scored 15 of the Seminoles' first 29 points, including 13 in the first half. ... FSU hasn't beaten Louisville since March 9, 1991, when both schools were members of the Metro Conference.
Florida State: Hosts Pittsburgh on Saturday.
Louisville: Visits Georgia Tech on Saturday.
ABOUT THAT DUNK
Louisville freshman guard Donovan Mitchell was behind the 3-point line when Damion Lee launched a 3 from the other side but was moving toward the basket in hopes of getting the rebound. He ended up making one of the season's most spectacular slam dunks, snatching the miss with one hand and putting it back through in one motion.
Louisville led 22-15 at the time, but the play brought the house down and injected energy into the Cardinals. Mitchell, a nifty ballhandler with scary moves, finished 5 of 13 from the field.
