Louisville Basketball Falters in Second Half

0:00On March 1st, Louisville's men's basketball team dropped an 80-75 decision at Clemson on Saturday, marking their third loss in the last four games. The Cardinals sit at 0-8 against Top Quad 1-8. Opponents this season, but they're a strong 20-1 against everyone else. The games stayed close at halftime, with Louisville trailing 38-35, but they struggled right out of the break for the second, straight outing. Clemson jumped ahead with a 10-4 run, and the Tigers built the lead as large as 15 points late. Defensive issues inside plagued the Cardinals again, as Clemson shot well on two-point tries and got to the free-throw line 24 times, making. Most of them, that foul trouble and rim protection problems echoed losses to seven Methodists in North Carolina. Louisville's three-point shooting started hot with four makes in their first six attempts, but then went cold, hitting just six of 26 after. That for a final 10-36 from deep. Coach Pat Kelsey admitted the team needs to solve these slow second half starts, and defensive lapses to compete with the best, but he sees promise in.

1:06Their dominance over lesser foes, as the season pushes on.