The Cardinals took care of Villanova last night with a 69-55 win, putting the Cardinals in the BET final for the first time in school history.

Villanova had a 34-26 lead at the half, but gave up 43 points in the final 20 minutes.

Earl Clark scored double digits for the 28th time this season and had a game-high 17 points.

Jerry Smith went 6-of-9 from the field and finished with 16.

Dante Cunningham and sixth man Corey Fisher each dropped 14 points, but with 23 turnovers the Wildats had no shot at winning the game.

Villanova jumped out to a 26-16 lead with 6:33 remaining in the first half, but the Cardinals battled back and regained the lead less than 4 minutes into the second half.

The Wildcats tied the game at 50 with 8:15 to play before Louisville went on a 10-0 run.

The only troubling thing for the Cardinals was their 50 percent shooting average from the foul line.

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