{"id":425805,"date":"2024-11-28T13:19:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T13:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425805"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Louisville-wallops-No-14-Indiana-to-advance-in-Paradise-Jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Louisville-wallops-No-14-Indiana-to-advance-in-Paradise-Jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville wallops No. 14 Indiana to advance in Paradise Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chucky Hepburn posted his first career double-double to lead Louisville to its biggest victory in years on Wednesday as it demolished No. 14 Indiana 89-61 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis at Paradise Island, Bahamas. The senior guard, who transferred from Wisconsin, scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and added career highs of 10 assists and seven steals. He was one of four to score in double figures for the Cardinals (4-1). Despite fielding the smaller lineup, Louisville dominated the Hoosiers (4-1) throughout. The Cardinals held the Hoosiers to just 31 percent shooting, including 2-for-10 on layups, in the first half. On the other end of the court, they shot 41.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, which allowed the Cardinals&#8217; lead to balloon to 10 points three times in the half. The second half started nearly the same way. Louisville used an 11-0 run to take a 48-31 lead just three minutes in and did not take its foot off the pedal. The lead grew to 78-40 with 7:08 remaining as the Cardinals shot 66.7 percent in the half, eschewing 3-pointers to take advantage of open spaces in the lane. The Cardinals scored their first victory over a ranked team since beating then-No. 19 Virginia Tech at home on Jan. 6, 2021, a winless streak of 16 games. The last win over a ranked team away from Louisville took place on Jan. 18, 2020, at No. 3 Duke. By getting their fourth win in his fifth game as Louisville&#8217;s coach, Pat Kelsey matched Kenny Payne&#8217;s win total in his first campaign, 2022-23, when the Cardinals finished 4-28. Noah Waterman also scored 16 points in the win as he hit 4 of 8 3-pointers. Kasean Pryor added 14 points and seven rebounds, and Reyne Smith finished with 12. Malik Reneau led the Hoosiers with 21 points. However, Indiana&#8217;s two leading scorers struggled. Mackenzie Mgbako had just eight points on 2-of-7 shooting, and Myles Rice made only 1 of 11 from the field to finish with three. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/c39768e4b5c30d8eee482bebf2d27625.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Louisville Cardinals guard Reyne Smith (6) shoots during the first half against the Indiana Hoosiers at the Atlantis Resort. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chucky Hepburn posted his first career double-double to lead Louisville to its biggest victory in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}