Louisville lost their opening game in Puerto Rico 89-81 to the Puerto Rican National team. Louisville was led by Damion Lee's 36 points in the loss.
What can Louisville and their fans take away from the game? Should there be concern over the loss? Read more below.
1. MEET DAMION LEE. The transfer from Drexel was the No. 4 scorer in college basketball last season. In his first exhibition game as a Cardinal, you can see why. Lee has good size, at 6-6, and an extremely quick release. Not only was he the best scorer for the Cards, but he was the most efficient scorer. He finished with 36 points on 11 of 18 shooting, 5-10 from three-point range and 9-of-9 from the free-throw line.
“I think you all see what I mean about Damion Lee,” Pitino said. “I think this young man has a chance of greatness. This is only one exhibition game, but he’s got a great mentality to score without being selfish. So that was a big positive.”
Lee said his focus is less on scoring than on fitting into the team.
“Really, how well Trey and I have fit in, isn’t just a testament to me and Trey, but to everyone on the team,” he said. “Our focus has just been to buy into what the coaches want us to do, and that’s the focus of everyone right now.”
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The headlines that you are going to see stemming from the start of Louisville’s trip through the Caribbean is that the Cardinals lost both ends of a double-header in their opener against Puerto Rico’s national teams.
What they won’t tell you, however, is that neither of those losses should be all that concerning.
