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Louisville Basketball Beats Rutgers 78-66 [Sports] [2]

Posted On: 4 Feb 2012 - 8:22pm

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By Jeff Sainlar [3]

Louisville won its fourth straight Big East game to go to 18-5 overall and 6-4 in the Big East. Chane Behanan's career day led Louisville with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Eli Carter led Rutgers with 24 points.

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The Cardinal Bird pumps up the crowd during a timeout as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
The Cardinal Bird pumps up the crowd during a timeout as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Chane Behanan dunks two of his twenty three points as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Chane Behanan dunks two of his twenty three points as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

The Louisville bench celebrates as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
The Louisville bench celebrates as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Peyton Siva tries to find some room to move past Austin Johnson as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Peyton Siva tries to find some room to move past Austin Johnson as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Chris Smith slams down a dunk as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Chris Smith slams down a dunk as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Chris Smith and Gorgui Dieng celebrate after Smith's dunk as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Chris Smith and Gorgui Dieng celebrate after Smith's dunk as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Louisville head coach gets fired up after a call as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Louisville head coach gets fired up after a call as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Kyle Kuric follows through on a thee-point attempt over Myles Mack as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Kyle Kuric follows through on a thee-point attempt over Myles Mack as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Myles Mack is upset after a foul was called on him as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Myles Mack is upset after a foul was called on him as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

The Lady Birds dance during a media timeout as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
The Lady Birds dance during a media timeout as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Peyton Siva goes for a layup as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Peyton Siva goes for a layup as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Louisville's Chris Smith goes for a shot over Gilvydas Biruta as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Louisville's Chris Smith goes for a shot over Gilvydas Biruta as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

The Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
The Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Gorgui Dieng blocks Jerome Seagears shot attenmpt as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Gorgui Dieng blocks Jerome Seagears shot attenmpt as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Eli Carter drives in to Chris Smith as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Eli Carter drives in to Chris Smith as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Louisville's Zach Price(12) and Gilvydas Biruta both try to not touch the ball as it goes out of bounds when the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Louisville's Zach Price(12) and Gilvydas Biruta both try to not touch the ball as it goes out of bounds when the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Fans cheer as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Fans cheer as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Rutgers' head coach Mike Rice(center) is furious after a call as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Rice received a technical and then was ejected. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Rutgers' head coach Mike Rice(center) is furious after a call as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Rice received a technical and then was ejected. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Louisville's Gorui Djieng goes up for a shot in front of Gilvydas Biruta as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Louisville's Gorui Djieng goes up for a shot in front of Gilvydas Biruta as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

Gorgui Dieng grimaces in pain after an injury in the second half as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar
Gorgui Dieng grimaces in pain after an injury in the second half as the Louisville men's basketball team defeated Rutgers 78-66 Saturday February 4, 2012 at the KFC Yum! Center. Photo by Jeff Sainlar

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