No. 19 Louisville Tops Morehead St. 104-40
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Posted 5:23AM on Tuesday 28th December 2004 ( 20 years ago )
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Francisco Garcia scored 18 of his career-high 29 points in the first half as No. 19 Louisville beat Morehead State 104-40 on Monday night.<br>
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Louisville (9-2) scored the game's first 19 points, including eight from Garcia. The Cardinals made seven of their first 10 shots, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, during the spurt.<br>
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Garcia finished 11-of-17 from the field, including 4-of-8 from long range, as Louisville made a season high 14 of 30 shots from behind the arc. Garcia's previous scoring high was 28 points against Cincinnati on March 11 during the Conference USA tournament.<br>
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Taquan Dean added 16 points and Larry O'Bannon had 14 for Louisville. Ellis Myles had 11 points and 11 rebounds. <br>
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Chad McKnight led the Eagles with 11 points and Jonathan True added 10.<br>
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Morehead (6-4) finished just 15-of-50 from the field and made a season-high 30 turnovers.<br>
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The Eagles missed their first five shots and made five turnovers before McKnight finally made two free throws with 15:22 left in the first half. McKnight's layup with 14:39 left was Morehead's first field goal, cutting the lead to 21-5.<br>
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The Cardinals then outscored Morehead 10-3 over the next 2 1/2 minutes to lead 31-8 with 11:05 left in the half.<br>
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Louisville shot 51 percent from the field in the first half and led 51-26 at the break.
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