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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisvilles frontcourt led the way over an outmatched opponent.Mangok Mathiang scored 15 points to help No. 11 Louisville to a 74-51 victory over Southern Illinois on Wednesday night.The 6-foot-10 senior got the Cardinals (8-1) off to a hot start as he scored the teams first seven points, and Louisville settled in from there, extending the lead 21-4 in the games first 8 minutes.Sophomore Deng Adel, who finished with his first career double-double, said the team came out focused at the start.I think it was just our ball movement, said the 6-7 forward, who finished with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, besting the seven he grabbed against Boston College last February. Guys were looking to run. A lot of it was easy points. We threw it into the bigs a lot. Mangok ignited that run got a couple day post-ups.In making six of nine shots, Mathiang finished two points shy of his career high in just 22 minutes.As Southern Illinois (5-4) came to the Yum! Center with no one taller than 6-9, Louisville used its size to its advantage. The Cardinals blocked nine shots and outrebounded the Salukis 43-31.Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson said he knew there would be a bit of a shock factor in play, and he thought his team got over that as they cut the Louisville lead to 37-26 at halftime, thanks to an 8-0 run over the final 1:32. However, in the first 4 minutes of the second half, Louisville built the lead back to 18 points.Their length, obviously, their size bothered us, specifically in the first half, Hinson said. Youve got to give credit to coach (Rick) Pitino. They went down at us. We knew they were going to.Jaylen Johnson, a 6-9 junior, finished with nine points, 10 rebounds and six blocks. Mathiang, Johnson, 7-footer Matz Stockman and 6-10 Ray Spalding combined to shoot 15 of 20, with all the baskets coming inside the paint.We have size, Pitino said. We throw to the low post. If theyre not doubling, then were going to get easy shots.Sean OBrien led the Salukis with 15 points and 11 rebounds while Mike Rodriguez added 15 points.BIG PICTURESouthern Illinois: For the third time this season, the Salukis fell to a Power Five foe on the road and all of the losses have been by double digits. Not only could the Salukis not deal with Louisvilles size, they also failed to stretch out the Cardinals defense as they made just 5 of 24 3-point shots.Louisville: For a team that has struggled at times on offense, the Cardinals looked strong in the first half. Even without Anas Mahmoud, their main big man who missed his second game because of a concussion, Louisvilles frontcourt more than held its own against the smaller Salukis. Four Cardinals who stand 6-9 or taller combined to go 8 of 10 from the field in the first half, helping the team shoot 55.2 percent in the first 20 minutes.HE SAID ITI dont think were great at anything. I think were good at a lot of things. I dont think were great at anything, but we hope to get there, though . in a hurry. Pitino, assessing his team in the post-game news conference. Two weeks from tonight, the Cardinals will host No. 6 Kentucky, starting a three-game, 10-day stretch against teams currently ranked 14th or higher.POLL IMPLICATIONSLouisville got out to a hot start, and while the shooting cooled to just 36.7 percent in the second half, the Cardinals still built the lead to as many as 25 points in the second half. The Cardinals did as most expected, enabling them to stay on the fringe of the Top 10, ready to re-enter should a higher ranked team fall this weekend.UP NEXTSouthern Illinois returns home to play Sam Houston State on Saturday.On Saturday afternoon, Louisville hosts Texas Southern, which lost 74-70 to the Salukis on Saturday.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. Shamorie Ponds Jersey . 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Qanbas Zhuojun Xiao Hai Zeng took home $30,000 after beating Evil Geniuses Yusuke Momochi Momochi at Brooklyn Beatdown, ESL Ones first-ever Street Fighter V tournament.After a bracket reset and a match that went down to the final around, Xiao Hai took over Momochis momentum, slipstreaming past him.ESPN caught up with Xiao Hai after his victory to get some insight on how he pulled off the impressive turnaround.Momochi is known for his very conservative and defensive play. Hes always fighting in the back. However, in this first set, he was very, very aggressive, and that was unexpected, Xiao Hai said.Momochi continued to put Xiao Hai in uncomfortable range, and baited him into throwing out moves. This would leave Xiao Hai open, allowing Momochi to rush in with a devastating combo. Coming from the losers side, Momochi was at a disadvantage. Not only did he have to win the first set in a best of five to reset the bracket, he had to win another set to take home the tournament. Alas, Momochi was able to reset the bracket, raising concerns about Xiao Hai being on tilt.So, actually, I wasnt nervous. I was actually too calm, Xiao Hai said. I was very, very relaxed, at least [in] my mind. However, the mind and body are separate, and so my hands werent able to keep up with what my strategy was, which was to be very patient.In reality, Xiao Hai knew he had a set to lose, and he used it as a way to condition Momochi. In a way, I used the first set to let Momochi think Momochis fight style was the correct method and then sort of used the second set against him, he said.Eaarly into set two, Momochi continued his aggressive assault, taking the first game.ddddddddddddBut in the second game, Xiao Hais patient strategy started seeing some returns. He began to counter Momochi and suddenly didnt look so off-kilter. He took the second set, making it 1-1. This is where Xiao Hai started to run away with the match, taking another round. But Momochi was not going to go down after a bracket reset in the grand finals. He turned up his aggression yet again, forcing Xiao Hai into the corner.After the reset, if I thought too much, that would lead me into trouble, so I didnt overthink it, Xiao Hai said. Rather, I refocused on my original strategy.Xiao Hai believes that his character Cammy has an advantage over Momochis character, Ken. His standing medium kick and his crouching medium kick can be hard for Cammy to deal with it, but if Xiao Hai was able to play a strong footsie or neutral ground game, it would force Momochi to rush in and take action. While Momochi was able to find much success through most of the grand finals with his aggressive play, Xiao Hai was able to develop a strategy on top of it.In China, Xiao Hai doesnt have many opportunities to play Street Fighter. There isnt a wide range of competition, and online play really isnt an option. Between now and the South East Asia Major in Singapore next week, Xiao Hai wants to prepare all he can for Decembers Capcom Cup championship in Anaheim, California. ' ' '