Sad Story from Louisville

 Name one sentence you never thought you'd say....how about...

"Bellarmine sure has our number."

Good choice.

The Knights have won 6 DI games since the beginning of last season, and two of them are double-digit wins over the Falcons.

We are off to a rough start.  It's a lot of guys to put together.  I'd hoped that the European trip might have helped but right now it's looking rough.

BG led early, but Bellarmine took the lead 7 minutes in and did not trail again.  They led by 5 at the half, had the lead in single digits 2 minutes into the 2nd half.  BG made a 9-0 run to get the lead to 4 with about 15 to play, and it was still 4 with 9 to play.  An 8-0 Bellarmine run put the lead back to 12 with 7 to play.  The teams traded 3FGs for a minute, but the lead was up to 16 with 4 to play and that was all there was to talk about.  Final was 80-68.

The game was played at 68 possessions, which is slow for how BG plays but not really slow. The key point is the Falcons allowed 1.18 points per possession, which is comparable to the MSU and Davidson losses and scored 1 point per possession, which is not winnable.  We won one game at 1 point per possession or lower....Southern Indiana last year (54-52).

BG took a season high 47% of their shots from 3FG, making 38%, which isn't bad.  The 44% they made on 2FGs was not helpful, however, and it equalled out to an average shooting night. Turnovers were not bad, but the offensive rebounding was terrible and BG did not get to the line very much either, making 12 of 16.

Bellarmine had a 58% EFG, the best against BG this year. They made 46% on 2FG and 40% on 3FG.  Tough to beat a team that shoots like that. Their turnovers were good, they also did not do well on the offensive boards and they made 20 of 22 at the FT line.

BG had two players with 20 points. Campbell had 21, 7 of 9 2FG shooting and 2 of 3 3FG.  He did have 4 turnovers. Derrick Barnes also had 21 of 3 of 5 and 5 of 9 shooting and 4 rebounds.  Yo-Yo had 11 on 2 of 4 and 1 of 2 shooting. Marcus Johnson was held to 9 and a team high 6 rebounds. Took only 7 shots.  Trey Thomas had 4 assists and 0 turnovers but was 1-7 from 3FG and was blocked 3 times.

At 2-4, 1-4 in MAC games, BG has a few days off.  They will play Weber State on Friday in Tempe.