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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The scoreboard showed No. 8 Louisville put on an offensive show. Defense got everything started Friday night.Asia Durr scored 20 points and the Cardinals routed the College of Charleston 86-58.The sophomore guard scored 14 points in the first half for the Cardinals (10-2). Myisha Hines-Allen added 14 points and 12 rebounds, with all but two of the rebounds coming in the first half.The junior forward said that even with the Cardinals offensive output -- Louisville broke the 80-point plateau for the sixth time this season -- thats not what will lead this team to its goals.Once we start getting to ACC play, and further into NCAA tournament play, defense is going to start to win us games, Hines-Allen said. If we start now and focus on possibly holding teams to 10 points, and under 10 points each quarter starting now, it is going to help us in the long run.The Cardinals held the Cougars (2-6) to 23.3 percent shooting, forced 18 turnovers and outrebounded them 32-19 in the first half. The hosts worked their way to a 49-19 halftime lead despite shooting just 39.5 percent.Louisville is ranked as high as they are for a reason, Charleston coach Candice Jackson said. Their first five, six, seven players, they can do it all.Brianna Boyd led the Cougars with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and 10 rebounds. Darien Huff added 11 on 4-of-7 shooting.Mariya Moore added 12 points for Louisville, and freshman reserve Bionca Dunham had a career-high 10.I thought we did a really nice job the first 24 minutes, said Louisville coach Jeff Walz, whose team led 62-22 with 6:26 left in the third period. I was really proud of the effort. I thought we followed the game plan.BIG PICTURECharleston: In losing for the fifth time in their last six games, the Cougars once again found it difficult to find their stroke. Louisville held the Cougars to just 29.6 percent shooting, the fourth time this season Charleston failed to shoot better than 30 percent. On the bright side, the Cougars committed just four turnovers in the second halfLouisville: Once again, the Cardinals got a chance to get its bench players significant amounts of playing time as Durr was the only player to get 20 minutes on the floor. Walz emptied his bench, with 13 players scoring.STAT OF THE NIGHT9:58 -- The Cardinals got off to a hot start Friday, jumping out to a 7-0 run. Charleston did not score until Dajah Logan hit a three-pointer with 7:38 remaining in the first quarter. That meant the Cardinals were two seconds away from holding opponents without a field goal for the equivalent of a college quarter. In Louisvilles 83-30 win over South Dakota State Wednesday, the Cardinals forced the Jackrabbits to miss their final nine shots over the last 7:36.POLL IMPLICATIONSLouisville won its fourth straight. If Louisville takes care of business this weekend, the Cardinals should stay right where they are in the rankings.UP NEXTCharleston will stay in the Bluegrass State as it travels to Western Kentucky on Sunday.Louisville will host Evansville on Sunday to end a six-game homestand. Conor Sheary Jersey . The Dutchmans tenure got off to a poor start when referee Guido Winkmann awarded a penalty within two minutes for Niklas Starks clumsy challenge on Alexandru Maxim. Cheap Penguins Jerseys For Sale . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. http://www.wholesalepenguinsjerseys.com/ .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. Evgeni Malkin Jersey . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Larry Murphy Jersey . -- Derrick Rose shook off poor shooting early to hit clutch shots late and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 104-95 preseason victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley has been activated from the disabled list and will be batting second for the Philadelphia Phillies against the New York Mets on Friday night. Utley had been sidelined since May 23 because of an oblique strain..dddddddddddd. Hes batting .272 with seven homers and 25 RBIs. Martinez was 0 for 4. With Utleys return, manager Charlie Manuel has his regular starting eight in the lineup together for just the fourth time this season. ' ' '