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Louisville opens new season with 86-45 blowout of Samford

If, as many have predicted, scoring is going to be an issue for the Louisville basketball team in 2015-16, the Cards certainly showed no signs of it on opening night.

Four U of L players scored in double figures and the Cardinals shot 53.6 percent as a team in an 86-45 rout of Samford in the season opener for both teams.

After a handful of relatively uninspiring performances during the preseason, Donovan Mitchell kicked off his college career in style by knocking down all 4 of his field goal attempts on his way to scoring 14 points to go along with 3 steals and 3 rebounds.