Derrio Green’s 20 points leads hot-shooting Charlotte past No. 20 Louisville 87-65
By Will Graves, APSaturday, December 5, 2009
Charlotte crushes No. 20 Louisville 87-65
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Derrio Green had a career-high 20 points to lead Charlotte past No. 20 Louisville 87-65 on Saturday night, the Cardinals’ worst home loss under coach Rick Pitino.
Freshman forward Chris Braswell added 21 points and 14 rebounds while Shamarr Bowden had 17 points for 49ers (6-1).
Samardo Samuels led Louisville (5-2) with 14 points and Mike Marra scored 11, but the Cardinals struggled to keep up with the hot-shooting 49ers while playing without injured guards Jerry Smith, Peyton Siva and Preston Knowles.
Charlotte made 10 of 24 3-pointers, outrebounded Louisville 49-35 and had little trouble holding off a pair of mild second-half surges by the Cardinals.
The win was Charlotte’s first over a ranked team since knocking off Xavier last season and Louisville’s worst home defeat since losing to the 49ers by 34 in February, 2001, back when both teams were in Conference USA.
