A year after kicking off the Kenny Payne era with the program’s first ever exhibition game loss to a college opponent, the Louisville men’s basketball team made certain that a repeat disaster scenario would be avoided in year two.
The Cardinals had little trouble with Tony Branch’s overmatched Simmons College Falcons, rolling to a 91-50 victory Wednesday night in front of a sparse crowd inside the KFC Yum Center.
It wasn’t always a thing of beauty.
Through the game’s opening 12 minutes, Louisville nearly had as many turnovers (12) as field goal attempts (13). The Cards settled down from that point forward, turning the ball over just once during a 24-1 run to close the half.