Top news Turnovers foul trouble doom Duke men's basketball at Louisville...

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No. 7 Duke had built a 19-12 lead at No. 14 Louisville, taking a raucous KFC Yum! Center crowd out of the game with more disciplined interior defense and patient offense predicated on driving the ball to the rim.



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By Juan Bermudez / The Chronicle

Louisville center Anas Mahmoud had his way in the post with a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds with Blue Devil forward Amile Jefferson sidelined.



But the Cardinals gave the Blue Devils a dose of their own medicine by attacking the rim at will to close the period, forcing Duke to relive its nightmare from just four days ago at No. 9 Florida State.



Louisville used a 20-5 spurt to break out of a miserable shooting slump and get its pressure defense going in a 78-69 win against the Blue Devils. Although Duke cut the lead to four at halftime and even re-took the lead early in the second half, a season-high 18 Blue Devil turnovers and more crippling foul trouble proved too much for Duke to overcome.



After the Blue Devils took a 37-36 lead with 17:50 left in the game, Louisville ripped off seven quick points fueled by back-to-back turnovers from Luke Kennard and Grayson Allen to take the lead for good. Although Kennard and Allen were effective scoring, combining for 40 points, the tandem struggled to create open looks for its teammates against Louisville’s pressure.



Duke had just eight assists as a team and is now worse than .500 in ACC play through five or more games for the first time since 2006-07. Allen had another strong game at Louisville after pouring in 29 a year ago, finishing with 23 points and nine rebounds—including six points in a row midway through the second half—in a losing effort.



“We didn’t have the poise necessary to beat a good team in their court,” Duke interim head coach Jeff Capel said. “I thought we were able to run stuff when we had poise. The thing they do, they keep coming after you and at times when you don’t have poise, they speed you up and I thought that’s what happened to us today. At times, their defense sped us up and we have to do a better job of that.”  cristianoronaldo cristiano ronaldo FIFA pes World Cup soccer fans #Football #sport #Footballgame #Footballseason #Footballplayer #Footballer #Soccer #Soccergame #Soccerball #Soccerlife #Soccerplayer #Soccerislife #Soccerteam #Training #Sports #Exercise #Instasoccer #Footballtime #Footballmatch #Footballers #Footballfan #sports #sport #active #fit #fitness #football #soccer #basketball #exercise #ball #gametime #workout #game #games #training