LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — No television. No radio. No problem. At least not for the Louisville men's basketball team.
Its only exhibition game on an abbreviated Bahamas trip arrived on the mainland one line of live statistics at a time Tuesday afternoon.
By the end, the numbers told a fairly uncomplicated story.
After taking most of a half to work out some kinks, Louisville overwhelmed Bahamas Raw Talent 101-52 at the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League, shooting better, defending harder and steadily turning a competitive opening stretch into the kind of score expected when a high-level college team faces an overmatched collection of local players.
The Cardinals led 46-30 at halftime, then outscored Bahamas 55-22 in the second half. They shot 51.5% after the break, made 9-of-17 three-pointers and forced 13 second-half turnovers while committing only five of their own.
How did they look? As they say, you had to be there.
Louisville’s first unofficial basket of the 2026-27 season belonged to Flory Bidunga, who opened the scoring with a dunk 30 seconds into the game. He remained the clearest individual story throughout the afternoon.
Bidunga finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, six blocked shots and a steal in 27 minutes. He made 7-of-9 shots and all four of his free throws before leaving for good with 5:20 remaining and Louisville comfortably ahead.
It was the kind of broad statistical impact Louisville hoped it had added when Bidunga transferred from Kansas. He scored around the basket, protected the rim and also helped create offense for teammates.
De’Shayne Montgomery led the Cardinals with 20 points. He made 5-of-8 shots, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, and added four assists with no turnovers. Álvaro Folgueiras scored 12 while making 3-of-4 threes, and Adrian Wooley added 12 points, three assists and two steals.
London Johnson finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Boyuan Zhang scored eight. Isaac Ellis had five points, three assists and a game-high five steals. Gabe Dynes contributed six points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots in 14 minutes.
Jackson Shelstad had the roughest shooting afternoon among Louisville’s regulars. He finished with seven points on 3-of-13 shooting and made only 1-of-9 three-point attempts. But Louisville had enough production elsewhere that his misses never became a significant issue.
The Cardinals shot only 37.8% in the first half and made 5-of-17 threes. The opening 10 minutes were particularly uneven. Bahamas Raw Talent tied the game seven times and briefly led twice, the last time at 14-13.
Dominick Bridgewater did most of the early damage for the Bahamas. He scored 17 first-half points and finished with 23, nearly half of his team’s total. No other Bahamas player reached double figures.
Louisville finally began separating late in the first half, even through a stretch of nearly four minutes without a made field goal. The Cardinals got to the free-throw line, defended and gradually expanded the margin before carrying a 16-point advantage into halftime.
The second half appeared considerably cleaner.
Louisville opened the half by making four of its first seven shots. Montgomery and Folgueiras hit threes. Bidunga continued controlling the lane. Wooley found his shooting touch after a slow start.
The lead reached 24 with fewer than four minutes gone in the half and never stopped growing.
Louisville scored 38 points off 25 Bahamas turnovers. It collected 16 steals and blocked 10 shots. The Cardinals also controlled the glass 49-34, including 19 offensive rebounds that produced 18 second-chance points.
The Cardinals finished with 20 assists against 11 turnovers and made 14-of-34 three-pointers. Their bench outscored the Bahamas reserves 31-12.
None of it should be treated as conclusive evidence about the season ahead. Bahamas Raw Talent was not the kind of opponent built to answer major questions about Louisville’s rotation, offensive execution or readiness for high-level competition.
But the Cardinals did what they were supposed to do.
They survived an uneven beginning, defended at a high level, shared the ball and turned the second half into a mismatch. Bahamas made only 6-of-24 shots after halftime and missed its final 12 attempts while Louisville closed the game on a 10-0 run.
The trip originally was supposed to include two games before Louisville reduced it to one because of limited roster availability. The Cardinals played without Karter Knox and freshman center Obinna Ekezie Jr.
What remained was one exhibition, one live-stats feed and one final score.
Louisville 101, Bahamas Raw Talent 52.
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