Sports | basketball Louisville Takes Down No. 16 Marquette Cardinals use stifling defense to soar past Golden Eagles By Doug Sweeney Posted Feb 5, 2008 1:29 AM CST Copied Marquette's Jerel McNeal, front, falls backwards as he tries to hold onto the rebound in front of Louisville's Earl Clark, center, in the second half of a basketball game Monday Feb. 4, 2008 Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck) (Associated Press) Louisville’s suffocating defense held No. 16 Marquette to a miserable 32 percent shooting as the Cardinals defeated the Golden Eagles 71-57. The loss snaps a 14-game home winning streak for Marquette, who lost their previous meeting with Louisville 71-51 while shooting only 30 percent. Edgar Sosa led the Cardinals with 18 points and Jerry Smith chipped in 12, reports the Associated Press. The win puts Louisville at 7-3 in conference play and in a tie for second with Notre Dame in the muddled Big East standings; Georgetown is on top with an 8-1 mark in the league. Marquette’s leading scorer and rebounder, Lazar Hayward, battled foul trouble all night as the Golden Eagles struggled to do anything offensively. Read These Next Online boo-bears go after the demo firm tearing White House apart. Trump reportedly wants a $230M payout from the DOJ. A well-known nutrition influencer died after a home birth. RFK Jr. offered his wife a fake separation. Report an error