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Louisville Basketball: 5 takeaways from the Cards’ win over Purdue

By Derek Snyder

Nov 30, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals guard Tony Hicks (1) dribbles against Purdue Boilermakers guard Carsen Edwards (3) during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals guard Tony Hicks (1) dribbles against Purdue Boilermakers guard Carsen Edwards (3) during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports /
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We take a look at five different takeaways from the Louisville basketball team’s win over the Purdue Boilermakers on Wednesday night.

The Louisville basketball team was able to get a big win over Purdue on Wednesday night to move to 6-1 on the 2016-2017 season. They dominated for about 35 minutes until Purdue made it close at the end. It was a great game and it sure feels good to get another victory in the win column.

With that being said, let’s take a look at the top five takeaways from the Cards’ win over Purdue.

Nov 30, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals forward Jaylen Johnson (10) battles Purdue Boilermakers forward Caleb Swanigan (50) for a rebound during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals forward Jaylen Johnson (10) battles Purdue Boilermakers forward Caleb Swanigan (50) for a rebound during the first half at KFC Yum! Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Jaylen Johnson had another unimpressive night

Hopefully this isn’t going to be a season-long trend because the Cardinals are going to need Johnson to step up again at some point. Fortunately for the Cards, they didn’t need him a lot in this game against Purdue because of Mahmoud and Spalding.

Again, this just cannot become a trend for the Junior.

Johnson finished the game with 6 points and only two rebounds. I think it goes without saying that it not a performance that Rick Pitino is going to be happy with.

Louisville has an easy stretch of games coming up before they play the team from the east (Kentucky). I’m sure Johnson will impose his will on these smaller teams in December.

The bigger question is what will he do once conference play comes?

Next: Number 4

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