No. 13 Louisville pulls away from Miami 74-58
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville looked like it would 巡航する past Miami but ended up having to work hard in the の近くにing minutes.
The end result was good enough for the 13th-階級d 枢機けい／主要なs.
Jordan Nwora 得点する／非難する／２０d 19 points 含むing a 批判的な layup with 5:21 remaining, and Darius Perry and Ryan McMahon followed with 重要な baskets 負かす／撃墜する the stretch to help Louisville pull away from Miami 74-58 on Tuesday night.
Louisville (12-3, 3-1 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会) bounced 支援する from 連続した losses to 階級d 敵s, at Kentucky and at home to Florida 明言する／公表する.
"It feels really good to 支援する in the 勝利，勝つ column, for sure," Perry said.
But only after things nearly blew up.
Louisville guard Lamarr Kimble (0) shoots between Miami guard Chris Lykes (0) and 今後 Sam Waardenburg (21) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
The 枢機けい／主要なs led by 20 中途の through the first half before the ハリケーンs got within 11 at the break. Miami 結局 whittled it 負かす／撃墜する to 57-52 on Kameron McGusty's two 解放する／自由な throws with 5:37 left before Nwora's layup 供給するd a seven-point 辛勝する／優位.
Perry 挟むd a three-point play and a layup around McMahon's 3 to make it 65-54. Nwora 追加するd two 解放する／自由な throws and Malik Williams 追加するd a three-point play with 42 s econds left to 調印（する） the 勝利，勝つ for the 枢機けい／主要なs. Nwora also grabbed 12 回復するs and had four 補助装置s, an all-around 業績／成果 に引き続いて his 32-point 成果／努力 in the loss to FSU.
Steven Enoch had 12 points and 10 boards and Perry and Williams finished with 10 points each. Dwayne Sutton had 13 boards and nine points.
Louisville coach Chris Mack was happy Nwora had help.
"We need we need our older players, guys that are very experienced, we need them stepping up offensively," Mack said. "If we're playing together, if we're 押し進めるing the ball, if we're moving the ball hard to half-法廷，裁判所 審査 for one another and the ball gets 逆転するd from 味方する to 味方する, we'll get some good stuff.
"I think we did that in the first 15 minutes and maybe the last five. But we've got to be more 一貫した."
McGusty and Chris Lykes had 18 points apiece for Miami (9-5, 1-3), which dropped its second in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動. The ハリケーンs 発射 28%, 含むing 26% from long 範囲, and were outrebounded 48-37.
"We got ourselves in a 急ぐ and didn't make any passes," Miami coach Jim Larranaga said of the 狙撃. "（機の）カム 負かす／撃墜する the 床に打ち倒す and 発射 quickly. I'm guessing we might have taken 12 to 15 発射s like that. When we didn't, we 発射 a good 百分率.
"But when you go like 0-for-15 or 1-for-15 on 発射s and don't make any passes, then it's a problem."
INJURY REPORT
Before the game, Miami 発表するd that 上級の 今後 Keith 石／投石する will be out 無期限に／不明確に with a left 膝 傷害. The 6-foot-8, 244-続けざまに猛撃する 石／投石する played in the past six contests and 普通の／平均（する）d 5.5 points and 3.8 回復するs in 18 minutes.
KEEPING PERSPECTIVE
Jordan has 49 points the past two games, a big turnaround from his eight-point 成果／努力 at Kentucky. He said he got 負かす／撃墜する on himself after that game. The social マスコミ reaction was 猛烈な／残忍な and 含むd a 脅し on his life.
"There were some people telling me they loved me (one) day, but now I should be dead," Jordan said. "I had somebody message me to say, like, they want ed to kill me over a 15-dollar bet. If that's what you're worried about, you got more 問題／発行するs than worrying about me."
BIG PICTURE
Miami: The ハリケーンs appeared 長，率いるd to another blowout before perimeter 狙撃 got them 支援する into the game. They played at the same pace with Louisville for stretches but frequently 行方不明になるd 発射s that could have gotten them closer. They made eight 3s on 31 試みる／企てるs.
Louisville: Though the 枢機けい／主要なs won most 統計に基づく areas - 特に the paint (42-12) - it wasn't until Perry's three-point play that they took 支配（する）／統制する. They even broke 40% 狙撃 this time, hitting 45% from the field.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Louisville needed this 勝利，勝つ to 避ける 落ちるing その上の in the 最高位のs since 存在 No. 1 just over a month ago. There's still work ahead this week at Notre Dame.
UP NEXT
Miami hosts Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Louisville visits Notre Dame on Saturday.
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Miami 今後 Sam Waardenburg (21) 作品 between Louisville defenders, 含むing 今後 Dwayne Sutton (24), during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Miami guard Kameron McGusty (23) is defended by Louisville 今後 Jordan Nwora (33) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Miami guard Kameron McGusty (23) shoots as Louisville 今後 Dwayne Sutton (24) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Louisville 中心 Steven Enoch (23) shoots over Miami 中心 Rodney Miller Jr. (14) during the second half of an N CAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Louisville 今後 Jordan Nwora (33) 運動s around Miami guard Kameron McGusty during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Miami guard Kameron McGusty (23) shoots over Louisville 今後 Dwayne Sutton (24) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Louisville coach Chris Mack 反応するs to the team's play during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Miami in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Miami coach Jeff Larranaga shouts 指示／教授／教育s to his team during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Lousville in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Louisville guard Darius Perry (2) is defended by Miami guard Chris Lykes (0) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Louisville won 74-58. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
