Final
South Alabama (2-1) at No. 3 Louisville (1-0) 4:00 pm EST
Nov 23, 2008 - 2:04 PM LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Ticker) -- Third-ranked Louisville looks to make it a clean sweep over the weekend when it hosts South Alabama in the Billy Minardi Classic on Sunday.The last ranked team to make its season debut, the Cardinals posted a 79-41 victory over Morehead State on Saturday.
Freshman Samardo Samuels scored 18 points in his collegiate debut and Earl Clark added 13 for Louisville (1-0), which outscored Morehead State, 50-21, in the the second half.
Jerry Smith chipped in 12 points for the Cardinals, who are coming off an appearance in the regional finals. Louisville is expected to contend for the Big East Conference championship with Connecticut, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame.
Last season's Sun Belt Conference regular-season champions, South Alabama bounced back from its first loss with a 93-64 triumph over Florida A&M on Saturday.
Domonic Tilford scored 17 points to lead the Jaguars (2-1), who shot 54 percent (36-of-67).
- BILLY MINARDI CLASSIC
NCAA BB BILLY MINARDI CLASSIC
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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SOUTH ALABAMA 27 27 54
LOUISVILLE (3) 39 42 81 FINAL
Nov 23 6:03 PM - BILLY MINARDI CLASSIC
NCAA BB SOUTH ALABAMA 27
(3) LOUISVILLE 39 HALFTIME
Nov 23 4:56 PM
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