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Louisville forward Rakeem Buckles tore a ligament in his left knee during the Cardinals' loss at Marquette and will miss the rest of the season as well as all of
second straight season. But Russ Smith hit two free throws, then made a layup off a pass from Dieng in transition and Rakeem Buckles scored his first points of his season on a three-point play during a 15-0 run that included a steal and slam by
eight players missed at least one game. Two players are out for the year because of knee injuries - Mike Marra and Rakeem Buckles - and Stephen Van Treese (left knee) is out indefinitely. ''I haven't seen any difference in our team when
23rd-ranked Cardinals (14-5, 2-4 Big East) are hurting, the latest blow coming on Monday when junior forward Rakeem Buckles tore the ACL in his left knee in a loss at Marquette, ending his season early for the second straight year. The
Blackshear (shoulder) and sophomore Elisha Justice (broken nose) are expected to return in the coming weeks, while Rakeem Buckles (knee) and Russ Smith (neck) might be back on the floor Saturday. "It's been musical chairs," coach Rick
not a team that can do that.'' In the meantime, they're continuing to get healthier with the return of forward Rakeem Buckles . He hadn't played since tearing a ligament in his right knee in February and had a three-point play during a
team's last 18 shots. Overall, Louisville hit just 41.3 percent of its shots for the game. NOTES: Louisville's Rakeem Buckles left the game midway through the first half with a left knee injury after getting tangled up with a Marquette player
alley-oop slam from Doron Lamb made it 56-48 with 6:40 left. The battles kept going after the whistle with Davis and Rakeem Buckles tangled up on an out-of-bounds play and Davis pleading for a foul. On another one, Davis went flying into the
half, missing 8 of 9 from beyond the arc. The play that symbolized how bad things went for the Cardinals came when Rakeem Buckles missed a dunk with 39 seconds left. Pitino, in his 11th season with Louisville, received a mixed welcome for pregame
closer than 16 the rest of the way. Siva, Elisha Justice , Mike Marra , Stephan Van Treese , Wayne Blackshear and Rakeem Buckles have all missed at least one game this season because of injury. Buckles returned from right knee surgery after missing