No. 21 Louisville beats Wake Forest 72-59 for its 10th straight victory
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 18 points as No. 21 Louisville cruised to a 72-59 win over Wake Forest on Tuesday.
A 12-0 run midway through the first half gave the Cardinals (16-5, 9-1 ACC) a 26-11 lead with 8:26 left and they led by 29 in the second half.
Reyne Smith added 16 points, and Chucky Hepburn finished with 14 points and eight assists as Louisville extended its winning streak to 10 games.
Hunter Salis, who came in third in the ACC with 18.9 points per game, scored 13 for Wake Forest (15-6, 7-3) before he was ejected with 14:47 remaining after picking up his second technical foul.
Wake Forest: Just two days after holding No. 2 Duke to a season-low 63 points in a narrow loss, the Demon Deacons trailed Louisville 67-41 with 7:45 left. Wake came in allowing just 65.6 per game.
Louisville: A week after dismantling SMU on the road, the Cardinals came back home and easily handled another potential NCAA Tournament team from the ACC.
After Wake Forest ended Louisville’s run on a three-point play from Tre’Von Spillers with 8:09 left in the first half, Ty-Laur Johnson came up with a steal and went up for a dunk. But Johnson, who played for the Cardinals’ 8-24 squad last season, lost the ball and a chance for the Demon Deacons to build momentum.
Edwards entered Tuesday shooting just 26.2% from beyond the arc for the season and 15.4% (6 for 39) in his previous seven games. He went 4 for 11 (36.4%) on Tuesday.
Wake Forest returns home to face Pittsburgh on Saturday. Louisville travels to play Georgia Tech on Saturday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | Efton Reid III vs. James Scott (Demon Deacons gains possession) | Â | |
19:36 | Â | Hunter Sallis turnover (lost ball) (Terrence Edwards Jr. steals) | Â | |
19:29 | +2 | J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 0-2 | |
19:10 | +2 | Efton Reid III makes two point jump shot (Hunter Sallis assists) | 2-2 | |
18:53 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:51 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound | Â | |
18:34 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers blocks Terrence Edwards Jr.'s two point layup | Â | |
18:32 | Â | Cameron Hildreth defensive rebound | Â | |
18:20 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:18 | Â | James Scott defensive rebound | Â | |
17:58 | +2 | James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 2-4 | |
17:42 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Chucky Hepburn steals) | Â | |
17:37 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley misses two point layup | Â | |
17:35 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
17:30 | +3 | Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot | 5-4 | |
16:58 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:56 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
16:53 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
16:39 | +2 | James Scott makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 5-6 | |
16:39 | Â | Efton Reid III shooting foul (James Scott draws the foul) | Â | |
16:39 | Â | James Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
16:39 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
16:31 | Â | Cameron Hildreth turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
16:07 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:05 | Â | Hunter Sallis defensive rebound | Â | |
15:55 | Â | Hunter Sallis turnover (traveling) | Â | |
15:55 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
15:41 | Â | Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
15:30 | Â | Cameron Hildreth misses two point jump shot | Â | |
15:28 | Â | Reyne Smith defensive rebound | Â | |
15:05 | Â | Juke Harris shooting foul (Khani Rooths draws the foul) | Â | |
15:05 | Â | Khani Rooths misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
15:05 | Â | Khani Rooths misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
15:05 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson defensive rebound | Â | |
14:45 | Â | Cameron Hildreth misses two point jump shot | Â | |
14:43 | Â | Khani Rooths defensive rebound | Â | |
14:18 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
14:16 | Â | Hunter Sallis defensive rebound | Â | |
13:58 | Â | Khani Rooths blocks Juke Harris's three point jump shot | Â | |
13:56 | Â | Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound | Â | |
13:49 | +3 | Khani Rooths makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists) | 5-9 | |
13:47 | Â | Demon Deacons 30 second timeout | Â | |
13:32 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson misses two point layup | Â | |
13:30 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound | Â | |
13:26 | Â | Hunter Sallis blocks J'Vonne Hadley's two point layup | Â | |
13:24 | Â | Khani Rooths offensive rebound | Â | |
13:22 | +2 | J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 5-11 | |
13:08 | +3 | Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot | 8-11 | |
12:40 | +3 | Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot (Reyne Smith assists) | 8-14 | |
12:25 | Â | Chucky Hepburn personal foul | Â | |
12:09 | Â | Aboubacar Traore blocks Cameron Hildreth's two point layup | Â | |
12:07 | Â | Demon Deacons offensive rebound | Â | |
12:05 | +3 | Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot | 11-14 | |
11:51 | Â | Juke Harris personal foul | Â | |
11:51 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
11:35 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers blocks Aboubacar Traore's two point layup | Â | |
11:33 | Â | Hunter Sallis defensive rebound | Â | |
11:26 | Â | James Scott blocks Hunter Sallis's two point layup | Â | |
11:24 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers offensive rebound | Â | |
11:20 | Â | Parker Friedrichsen misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:18 | Â | James Scott defensive rebound | Â | |
11:15 | +2 | Aboubacar Traore makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 11-16 | |
10:50 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:48 | Â | James Scott defensive rebound | Â | |
10:39 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:37 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers defensive rebound | Â | |
10:24 | Â | Cameron Hildreth misses two point layup | Â | |
10:22 | Â | Aboubacar Traore defensive rebound | Â | |
10:10 | +3 | Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 11-19 | |
9:51 | Â | Hunter Sallis misses two point jump shot | Â | |
9:49 | Â | Reyne Smith defensive rebound | Â | |
9:42 | Â | Parker Friedrichsen personal foul | Â | |
9:32 | +3 | Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists) | 11-22 | |
9:03 | Â | Parker Friedrichsen turnover (bad pass) (J'Vonne Hadley steals) | Â | |
8:49 | +3 | Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists) | 11-25 | |
8:47 | Â | Demon Deacons 30 second timeout | Â | |
8:33 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson misses two point jump shot | Â | |
8:31 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound | Â | |
8:26 | Â | Tre'Von Spillers shooting foul (Aboubacar Traore draws the foul) | Â | |
8:26 | Â | Aboubacar Traore misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
8:26 | +1 | Aboubacar Traore makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 11-26 | |
8:09 | +2 | Tre'Von Spillers makes two point layup (Efton Reid III assists) | 13-26 | |
8:09 | Â | Reyne Smith shooting foul (Tre'Von Spillers draws the foul) | Â | |
8:09 | +1 | Tre'Von Spillers makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 14-26 | |
8:00 | Â | Reyne Smith turnover (lost ball) (Ty-Laur Johnson steals) | Â | |
7:57 | Â | Ty-Laur Johnson turnover (lost ball) | Â | |
7:57 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
7:30 | +3 | Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot | 14-29 | |
7:08 | +2 | Efton Reid III makes two point layup (Cameron Hildreth assists) | 16-29 | |
6:46 | +2 | Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup | 16-31 | |
6:28 | Â | Davin Cosby misses three point jump shot | Â | |
6:26 | Â | Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound | Â | |
6:18 | Â | Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot | Â | |
6:16 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
6:09 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. personal foul | Â | |
5:59 | +2 | Cameron Hildreth makes two point layup | 18-31 | |
5:44 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:42 | Â | James Scott offensive rebound | Â | |
5:34 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:32 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
5:22 | Â | Hunter Sallis misses two point jump shot | Â | |
5:20 | Â | Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
5:14 | Â | Cameron Hildreth personal foul | Â | |
5:06 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:04 | Â | Davin Cosby defensive rebound | Â | |
4:49 | Â | Davin Cosby misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:47 | Â | Reyne Smith defensive rebound | Â | |
4:33 | +2 | James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists) | 18-33 | |
4:20 | Â | Davin Cosby turnover (out of bounds) | Â | |
4:09 | Â | Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot | Â | |
4:07 | Â | Reyne Smith offensive rebound | Â | |
3:59 | +2 | Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point jump shot | 18-35 | |
3:46 | Â | Cameron Hildreth turnover (lost ball) (J'Vonne Hadley steals) | Â | |
3:35 | +3 | Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists) | 18-38 | |
3:13 | +2 | Efton Reid III makes two point layup | 20-38 | |
2:53 | Â | Efton Reid III blocks Aboubacar Traore's two point jump shot | Â | |
2:51 | Â | Cardinals offensive rebound | Â | |
2:51 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
2:48 | +2 | Aboubacar Traore makes two point dunk (Reyne Smith assists) | 20-40 | |
2:22 | Â | Aboubacar Traore shooting foul (Efton Reid III draws the foul) | Â | |
2:22 | Â | Efton Reid III misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
2:22 | +1 | Efton Reid III makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 21-40 | |
2:07 | Â | Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot | Â | |
2:05 | Â | James Scott offensive rebound | Â | |
2:00 | Â | Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:58 | Â | Hunter Sallis defensive rebound | Â | |
1:46 | Â | Davin Cosby misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:44 | Â | Efton Reid III offensive rebound | Â | |
1:40 | Â | Efton Reid III misses two point layup | Â | |
1:38 | Â | Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound | Â | |
1:32 | Â | J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:31 | Â | Efton Reid III defensive rebound | Â | |
1:31 | Â | James Scott personal foul | Â | |
1:20 | Â | Hunter Sallis misses two point jump shot | Â | |
1:18 | Â | Khani Rooths defensive rebound | Â | |
1:18 | Â | Hunter Sallis technical foul | Â | |
1:18 | +1 | Chucky Hepburn makes technical free throw 1 of 2 | 21-41 | |
1:18 | +1 | Chucky Hepburn makes technical free throw 2 of 2 | 21-42 | |
0:53 | Â | Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
0:34 | Â | Frank Anselem-Ibe personal foul (Hunter Sallis draws the foul) | Â | |
0:20 | Â | Cameron Hildreth misses two point jump shot | Â | |
0:18 | Â | Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound | Â | |
0:11 | Â | Cardinals 30 second timeout | Â | |
0:00 | +3 | Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot | 21-45 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |