Louisville Basketball: 5 Extremely Encouraging Takeaways vs. Clemson

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Jan 14, 2017; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino reacts during the first half against the Duke Blue Devils at KFC Yum! Center. Louisville defeated Duke 78-69. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Rhodes-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Five Cardinals Ended The Night In Double Figures

The first 10 minutes of the game had every one of us very concerned with how this team was going to deal with Quentin Snider’s absence on the court. They looked sluggish, bad, and out of control on offense, but that didn’t last for long.

Louisville ended the game against Clemson with five different players scoring at least 12 points:

Donovan Mitchell: 18 points
Deng Adel: 18 points
VJ King: 14 Points
Jaylen Johnson: 12 Points
Mangok Mathiang: 12 points

Hopefully the Cardinals didn’t use up all of their shooting magic in one night because they were on fire from downtown. Louisville hit nine threes on Thursday night and shot over 50 percent from the field.

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This is exactly the type of performance the Cards are going to need whenever they square up against the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday.

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