Donovan Mitchell scored 15 points, Quentin Snider added 13 and No. 11 Louisville used a 20-0 run to close the first half and dominate Eastern Kentucky 87-56 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory.

QUICK HITS

>Sophomore Donovan Mitchell led the Cardinals in scoring for the third time this season after registering his 19th career double-figure scoring performance with Saturday's 15-point performance. Mitchell added seven rebounds, one shy of his career-best effort on the glass.

>Junior Quentin Snider finished with 13 points (all in the first half) for his sixth double-figure scoring outing of the season and the 26th of his career. • Snider dished out a season-high six assists against EKU, one better than his previous high this season.

>Louisville finished with 14 blocked shots on Saturday, the most in a game since swatting 14 shots against Gardner-Webb on Dec. 18, 2010.

>Graduate Tony Hicks scored a season-high 10 points, made a season's best four shots from the field and connected for a season-high two three-point baskets.

>UofL finished with at least 40 points from its bench for the second straight game and the third time this season with Saturday's 42 points, one fewer than last Saturday's season-high of 42 against Texas Southern.

>Saturday's game marked the 15th edition of the Billy Minardi Classic, originated in 2002 to honor the memory of Billy Minardi, best friend and brother-in-law of Pitino. Minardi died in the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.