LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kentucky's yearlong regular-season winning streak is over, and Louisville has started a streak of its own against the Wildcats.
The No.20 Cardinals limited No.2 Kentucky to one field goal during the final 5:47 in a 65-56 victory Saturday, snapping the Wildcats' 27-game winning streak.
Otis George had 13 points and eight rebounds for Louisville, which won at Rupp Arena for the first time since 1997-98. The Cardinals have won seven straight since a season-opening loss to Iowa.
Kentucky had not lost a regular-season game since Dec.28, 2002, when the Wildcats fell 81-63 at Louisville.
"Kentucky is a great basketball team that just happened to lose tonight," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. "We were very fortunate to win."
Pitino is 2-1 against Kentucky, which he coached for eight seasons and guided to the 1996 national title.
"This is just a great feeling," the Cardinals' Luke Whitehead said. "Coach Pitino already told us how much this game means to him. He said it meant a lot to us, him and the city and it just makes us so happy."
Louisville is 20-1 in December under Pitino the past three seasons, with the only loss coming to the Wildcats.
Larry O'Bannon and Whitehead each added 11 points, and leading scorer Francisco Garcia had all of his 10 points in the second half for Louisville, which went 15-of-16 from the free-throw line.
The Cardinals, who trailed by five at halftime, shot 54.2 percent in the second half. Kentucky shot 33.3 percent after halftime and 33.9 percent for the game after making nine of its first 18 shots.
Louisville players attributed the change to strong defense and rebounding. The Cardinals outrebounded the Wildcats 38-30.
NO.10 SAINT JOSEPH'S 73, PACIFIC 55: Delonte West scored 22 and Jameer Nelson added 15 for the host Hawks, who at 9-0 are off to their best start since they won their first 10 games in 1964-65. Saint Joseph's won its first seven games last season before being upset by the Tigers. Pacific almost did it again, trailing by five midway through the second half despite a sloppy game in which it committed 18 turnovers. Nelson hit two straight 3-pointers before dishing an assist to Dwayne Lee for another 3 and a 62-49 lead in the second half. A 3-pointer by Chet Stachitas stretched the lead to 14, and the Hawks never let the lead dip below double digits again.
MEMPHIS 61, NO.11 MISSOURI 59: Antonio Burks scored 17 and Sean Banks added 13 points and eight rebounds for host Memphis. Missouri, which has lost three of its past four, got within 60-59 on Rickey Paulding's 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining. Jimmy McKinney's running shot from just beyond the 3-point line as time ran out bounced off the rim, giving Memphis its third straight win. Arthur Johnson, who fouled out with 2:40 remaining, led Missouri with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
NO.14 CINCY 83, MIAMI (OHIO) 63: James White and Field Williams each scored 14 as the Bearcats extended their best start in four seasons. Cincinnati (8-0) pulled out to a 20-point lead in the first half but couldn't shake the RedHawks until midway through the second. The game was played at a downtown arena about a 15-minute drive from the Bearcats' campus. Tony Bobbitt added 11 points and Jason Maxiell had 10 for Cincinnati, which has won its past six games against Miami.
NO.16 PITT 52, N. HAMPSHIRE 38: Julius Page picked up the slack for injured guard Carl Krauser by scoring 19 as the Panthers (12-0) matched the best start in school history. Krauser, Pitt's leading scorer with a 15.6 average, did not play because of a groin injury. Page made five 3-pointers and scored 11 in the first half as the Panthers took a 28-13 lead. Pitt has won 32 consecutive home games, the longest active streak in Division I, and is 26-0 at the Petersen Events Center. The Wildcats were 5-of-26 from the field in the first half and opened the second by making one of their first 12 shots.
NO.19 WISC. 71, OHIO 48: Alando Tucker scored a season-high 22 and Zach Morley had a career-high 14 for the Badgers in the Rock-N-Roll Shootout in Cleveland. Tucker missed Wisconsin's first five games while recovering from a broken right foot. He hobbled off favoring his right foot in the final minute, but by then the Badgers were up by 23 and coasted to their fifth straight win.
NO.22 PURDUE 82, EVANSVILLE 62: Kenneth Lowe scored 17 to lead five players in double figures for the host Boilermakers. Kyle Anslinger led the Purple Aces with 16 points. Evansville shot 41.7 percent on 3-pointers in the first half and got within 39-35 on Lucious Wagner's running 3 at the halftime buzzer. The Boilermakers went on a 19-3 run during a 3:30 span in the second half to ensure their fourth straight win over the Purple Aces at Mackey Arena.
