When Kemba Walker needs 23 shots to get 16 points from the field, Connecticut will struggle to win ball games, especially against a balanced team like Louisville. 

UConn had a nine-point lead with less than seven minutes remaining, but scored just seven points the rest of the way to allow the Cardinals to send the game to overtime.

After a first overtime without a winner, Louisville took a 75-69 lead behind two three-pointers. Jeremy Lamb eventually kept it close with buckets on consecutive possessions, but two Peyton Siva layups was enough for Louisville to preserve a 79-78 win.

Two missed free throws by Chris Smith did allow Walker a chance from 30-feet to win it at the buzzer, but he was unable to redeem the rest of his outing. He should have been more aggressive with the dribble to get a better shot than the desperation heave.

Louisville was +10.7% on field goal differential, but UConn's 14 offensive boards helped immensely. The Huskies scored seven total points on Alex Oriakhi's seven offensive boards.

Ever since UConn's first loss of the season at Pittsburgh, Walker has largely been inefficient with his scoring. He needed 38 shots to score 31 in that game, compared to his 24 shots for 34 points from the floor against Vermont and 17 shots for 23 against Kentucky.

Over the previous three games, the Huskies survived Villanova (18 shots for 15 points from the floor), Tennessee (17 shots for 13 points from the floor) and Marquette (16 shots for 11 points) despite inefficient scoring outputs from Walker. In Saturday's loss, Walker's primary problem was from the perimeter, where he shot 2-for-10 from distance. He shot a still poor, but not absoltuely dreadful 38.5% in his two-point attempts.

But Connecticut simply doesn't have enough scoring punch to also have Walker struggle in this area, at least not against quality Big East opponents.