Louisville basketball: What we learned about Cards in loss to Kentucky
The Cards need to stop shooting as many threes and attack the basket
This has become a consistent theme early on in the season. The Louisville Cardinals rely on the three-point basket way too often, and that recipe can often lead to disastrous offensive performances as well as lengthy in-game offensive droughts.
Think about this, Louisville has shot 21 or more three-pointers in more than half of their games this season. They’ve played 13 games. They shot 7 for 27 from three-point range against Kentucky and continued a trend of poor play when they’re not hitting threes. While they have some really talented three-point shooters, they really do shoot too many threes and they need to attack the basket more.
Typically consistent three-point shooters like Ryan McMahon and Jordan Nwora combined to shoot 2 for 11 from beyond the arc against Kentucky. To make matters worse, Nwora heaved up a really bad contested three in the final minutes of overtime when the Cards easily could’ve gotten a better opportunity.
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Down by 2 with less than 30 seconds to play, Louisville had a chance to tie it but instead saw McMahon pull up for a quick fadeaway three that wasn’t close to the type of shot that Chris Mack wanted his team to settle for. That final shot ended up costing the Cards a shot at winning the game.