North Carolina got their revenge with a 79-69 win over Louisville Saturday afternoon at the Yum Center. The Tar Heels took a 16 point lead into halftime and never looked back. Louisville just could not get things going today at home against 9th ranked North Carolina. The Cards were out-rebounded 50-32 and 19-7 on the…
Author: Mitch Motley
University of Louisville student, Diehard Cards fan, Basketball Coach of the Louisville Spartans and St. Patrick Celtics
The Louisville Cardinals (16-5,7-1) host the North Carolina Tar Heels (16-4,6-1) for a top 15 matchup inside the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday afternoon. Louisville is tied for the ACC lead at 7-1. Only one of those wins so far has come by fewer than 10 points. UNC is right behind the Cards at…
The Louisville Cardinals had no problems on the road at Wake Forest tonight. Louisville controlled from start to finish en route to an 82-54 victory. Louisville was led by Jordan Nwora’s continued stellar play. He finished with 20 points and 6 rebounds. Dwayne Sutton had another good night, finishing with another double-double of 17 points…
The Louisville Cardinals (15-5,6-1) travel to Winston Salem for a Wednesday night matchup with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (8-11,1-6). Louisville enters the game on a 5 game winning streak. The Cards are currently tied for first in the ACC at 6-1, its best start in league play since joining the conference. Wake Forest has lost…
Louisville trailed at halftime but took control in the second half to get to 6-1 in the ACC with a convincing 66-51 win against Pittsburgh Saturday. Louisville is now 15-5 on the year and remains tied for first place in the ACC. Jordan Nwora led the Cards with 17 points. Steven Enoch notched his…
The Louisville Cardinals (14-5,5-1) host the Pitt Panthers (12-7,2-4) Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season. Pitt handed Louisville its only league loss on January 9th in an 89-86 overtime victory at home. Pittsburgh led by as many as 16 in the second half…
Louisville improved to 5-1 in the ACC as the Cardinals held on to outlast NC State 84-77 at home Thursday night. Christen Cunningham led the Cards with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Five Cardinals scored in double figures. For NC State, Braxton Beverly led the way with 19 points on 5 threes, and…
The Louisville Cardinals (13-5,4-1) host the North Carolina State Wolfpack (15-3,3-2) at home Thursday night. Torin Dorn leads the Wolfpack in both scoring (14.3) and rebounding (7.1). NC State most recently beat Notre Dame on Saturday by 4 points to improve to 3-2 in ACC play. They are coached by Kevin Keatts, who served as an assistant at Louisville from…
The Louisville Cardinals improved to 4-1 in the ACC and 13-5 overall today with a 79-51 thumping of Georgia Tech on the road. Louisville jumped out to an early lead and never took their foot off the gas. The Cardinals held the Yellow Jackets to 16 first half points and cruised the rest of the…
The Louisville Cardinals (12-5, 3-1) go on the road for a weekend matchup with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10-7, 2-2) on Saturday. Georgia Tech sits at 2-2 in conference play, most recently losing to Clemson on the road Wednesday night. The Jackets will be without three players today, including its leading scorer Jose Alvarado (13.7)….
Despite trailing early in the first half, the Cardinals quickly came alive and controlled the remainder of the game. Louisville led by as many as 23 points in the 2nd half, en route to a 10-point victory over Boston College. As mentioned above, Louisville led by 23 points with about 9 minutes to go. The…
The Louisville Cardinals (11-5, 2-1) are back home Wednesday night against the Boston College Eagles (9-6,0-3). Louisville comes off a surprising 21-point win at North Carolina. Boston College is currently on a 4-game losing streak, including 3 straight losses to start ACC play. Boston College is led by Ky Bowman, who’s averages 20.3 points and…
Louisville improved to 11-5 and 2-1 in the ACC with a big 83-62 win at 12th ranked North Carolina on Saturday. Louisville was led by Dwayne Sutton, who had 17 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals. Jordan Nwora and Steven Enoch each finished with 17 points as well. 🎥 Rewind the highlights from…
The Louisville Cardinals (10-5) travel to Chapel Hill to take on the No. 12 North Carolina Tar Heels (12-3) today at 12. The Tar Heels are currently 11.5-point favorites. The game can be seen on ESPN. The Tar Heels are led by a pair of seniors in Cameron Johnson and Luke Maye. The pair average…
The Louisville Cardinals travel to Pittsburgh for their first road ACC game tonight against the Panthers. The game tips off at 8pm and can be watched on the Wave 3 or the ACC Network. Louisville is currently a 3.5-point favorite. Pittsburgh (10-4) is led by a pair of freshman guards, Xavier Johnson and Trey McGowens….
Louisville overcame an early deficit and eventually rolled past Miami Sunday night, improving to 10-4 overall and 1-0 in the ACC. Miami led by as many as 15 points in the first half, but Louisville rallied to cut the deficit to only 1 at the break. The Cards controlled the game from there, outscoring Miami…
The Louisville Cardinals host the Miami (FL) Hurricanes at the KFC Yum! Center Sunday night. Louisville enters the game 9-4, a week removed from a 71-58 loss at home to Kentucky. Miami is 8-5 and 0-1 in ACC play. This is Louisville’s conference opener. Miami has five players scoring in double figures, including 17.5 from…
Louisville fell at home today to rival Kentucky by a final score of 71-58. Kentucky jumped out to a 14-point lead in the first half and aside from an early second half run, Kentucky’s lead was never in real jeopardy. Louisville was led by Christen Cunningham’s 20 points and Jordan Nwora’s 17 points. The next…
The Louisville Cardinals (9-3) host archrival No. 16 Kentucky (9-2) today at 2pm inside the Yum! Center. The game will be televised on ESPN2. The Wildcats are currently 3 point favorites. Kentucky is led freshman guard Keldon Johnson. Johnson is averaging 16.9 points per game and rebounds well from the guard spot with 5.4 per…
The Louisville Cardinals used a second half push to defeat the Robert Morris Colonials 73-59 Friday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville trailed 32-29 at halftime before going on a 20-2 run in the second half to take control of the game. Jordan Nwora led the Cards again with 19 points and 13 rebounds….