MAUI INVITATIONAL Louisville knocks off Stanford



The Texas Longhorns coasted past Tennessee in the second game.
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LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Taquan Dean scored 30 points and No. 12 Louisville beat Stanford 82-67 Wednesday in the fifth-place game of the Maui Invitational, the Cardinals' first win this season over a Division I team.
Dean, a junior guard, was one point shy of his career high, set last season against VMI. He had 10 of Louisville's 13 points when the Cardinals (3-1) broke the game open midway through the second half.
Rob Little had a career-high 19 points for Stanford (2-2).
Dean was 4-for-9 from 3-point range, including two in a run that gave the Cardinals a 68-56 lead with 6:13 left. He later came up with two big rebounds when teammates missed the front end of 1-and-1s in the final minute. He went 6-for-6 from the free throw line, all in the final 1:16.
Francisco Garcia had 16 points and Ellis Myles added eight points and 13 rebounds for Louisville, which shot 49.1 percent for the game, including 11-for-20 from 3-point range. The Cardinals made six 3s in an 8-minute stretch of the second half when they pulled away.
Little, a senior forward, was 6-for-6 from the field in the first half as Louisville took a 36-34 lead. He finished 9-for-11 and had six rebounds. His career high was 18 points against Florida as a sophomore.
Matt Haryasz had 18 points and eight rebounds for Stanford.
No. 15 Texas 95, Tennessee 70
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Freshman guard Daniel Gibson scored 19 points and started Texas' run of second-half 3-pointers in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational.
The Longhorns missed 10 of their first 12 shots from beyond the arc against Tennessee (1-2), but Gibson made the first two of six straight for Texas.
Sydmill Harris hit the third and Kenny Taylor made the last three as Texas opened a 66-51 lead with 13:39 to play.
The Longhorns, who finished 10-for-25 from beyond the arc, went up 80-59 with 8:04 to play on a 3 by Kenton Paulino.
Six Texas players finished in double figures. Jason Klotz had 10 points and 11 rebounds in leading the Longhorns' 44-27 advantage on the boards. Texas, which shot 52 percent overall for the game (33-for-63), outscored Tennessee 44-22 in the paint.
Taylor was 4-for-8 on 3s, while Harris made all three he took and Gibson, who had six assists, was 2-for-8.
C.J. Watson had 19 points for Tennessee. Scooter McFadgon scored 13 points.