Louisville Basketball: 10 Encouraging Takeaways From Georgia Tech Win
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at ten different things you should be encouraged about in Louisville basketball’s big ACC win over Georgia Tech.
The Louisville basketball team was finally able to pick up their first conference win of the season over Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon. The Cards came into the game, already having lost to Virginia and Notre Dame, but a win against the Yellow Jackets was definitely due.
The Cardinals came out of the gate fast and finished strong. Two things that we hope to say about Louisville twice per week.
With that being said, take a look at ten different things you should be encouraged about in Louisville basketball’s big ACC win over Georgia Tech:
10. Mathiang Had Seven Points And Six Rebounds
I have to be honest, I have been pretty concerned with how quiet Mangok Mathiang has been over the past few weeks. A fifth-year player should be able to start on the team and be able to contribute in a large number of ways.
With that being said, I thought Rick Pitino definitely did the right thing by keeping Mathiang out of the starting five over the past few games.
There wasn’t any panic in Pitino whenever the Cardinals lost to Notre Dame on Wednesday, which should give all of us confidence in Anas Mahmoud’s ability to holding down his starting job for the rest of this season and probably next year as well.
Until something changes, we should all be pleased with this type of production from Mathiang, especially coming off the bench.