The Louisville Cardinals (8-3) take on the Robert Morris Colonials (4-7) tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. Robert Morris enters tonight on a four game losing streak and has only beaten three Division 1 teams all season. Josh Williams leads the Colonials with 17.4 points per game. He’s the only real individual threat on the…
Author: Mitch Motley
University of Louisville student, Diehard Cards fan, Basketball Coach of the Louisville Spartans and St. Patrick Celtics
Louisville improved to 8-3 with a 83-70 win over Kent State (8-2) at home on Saturday. Christen Cunningham led the Cards with 17 points (12 in the first half), the most he’s scored in a Louisville uniform. Jordan Nwora had another strong game with 13 points and 10 boards. Altogether, four Cardinals scored in double…
The Louisville Cardinals (7-3) host the Kent State Golden Flashes (8-1) at the KFC Yum! Center Saturday afternoon at 4:00. Kent State are led by Senior guard Jaylin Walker, who averages 24.5 and 5.5 rebounds through nine games. The Golden Flashes have four players averaging 11 or more points per game. Despite its hot start,…
In a ‘grind-it-out’ for a full 40 minutes game, Louisville prevailed over Lipscomb tonight. The Bisons battled the Cards the entire night. Any time Louisville would extend its lead, Lipscomb quickly and methodically climbed back in. Ultimately, Louisville closed this one out to a final score of 72-68.
Looking to bounce back from the loss in Bloomington, the Louisville Cardinals (6-3) host the Lipscomb Bisons (7-2) tonight at 7pm in the Yum! Center. The game will be televised on Fox Sports South and can be streamed on ESPN. Lipscomb is led by two seniors, Garrison Matthews and Rob Marberry. Marberry leads the team…
Louisville fell to 6-3 after a 67-68 loss at Indiana (8-2) Saturday afternoon. The Cards were led by Jordan Nwora, who had 24 points and 14 rebounds. Christen Cunningham added 16 points as well. Indiana got 21 points from Romeo Langford and 15 from Juwan Morgan. Louisville held a lead for the first 31 minutes…
The Louisville Cardinals (6-2) head up to Bloomington today for a matchup with the Indiana Hoosiers (7-2) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana leads the all time series 10-9, but Louisville has won the last 4 games in the series, including a 71-62 victory over the Hoosiers at the KFC Yum! Center last season. Louisville…
The Louisville Cardinals took care of business tonight and put another W in the win column against visiting Central Arkansas. Louisville never had trouble with the Bears and improved to 6-2. The final score was 86-61.
The Louisville Cardinals (5-2) play host to Central Arkansas (3-4) in a non-conference matchup tonight at 7pm inside the Yum! Center. The game can be seen on the ACC Network. Louisville currently sits as 20-point favorites.
The Louisville Cardinals used a late rally to improve to 5-2 with a 70-65 victory on the road at Seton Hall. Myles Powell led the Pirates with 23 points, but was held to 2-12 shooting from three. Louisville held Seton Hall to only 3-19 shooting as a team from begin the arc.
The Louisville Cardinals improved to 4-2 tonight after a hard fought 82-78 over the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans in overtime at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards were led by a career high 24-point performance from Ryan McMahon. Louisville led by as many as 12 in the first half, but Michigan State cut it…
The Louisville Cardinals host the Michigan State Spartans tonight at the KFC Yum! Center as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Louisville is 2-2 in the challenge since joining the ACC in 2014, including a 71-67 loss at Michigan State in 2015. Michigan State (5-1) is coming off a Las Vegas Invitational championship, where the…
The Louisville Cardinals were snubbed in Brooklyn tonight. Several missed calls, a 3 that was called a 2, and an offensive foul (deemed flagrant by the commentators) removed and changed to a no-call culminated in a Louisville loss to Marquette. The final score was 77-74 in overtime. Louisville played 10 players and all of them…
The Louisville Cardinals take on the Marquette Golden Eagles tonight at 7pm in Brooklyn to close out the NIT Season Tip-Off for both teams. The game can be seen on ESPN2. Marquette currently sits as 3.5-point favorites. Marquette lost their first game of the event to No. 2 Kansas 77-68. The Golden Eagles (3-2) are…
In the first game of the NIT Season Tip-Off the Louisville Cardinals were beaten by the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers 92-81. Louisville put up a fight and played with the Vols for the most the game. The turning point was when Louisville was down 7 and a questionable (putting it lightly) over the back call…
Louisville (3-0) will battle the Tennessee Volunteers (3-0) Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to open the 2018 NIT Season Tip Off. The Cards enter tonight’s matchup unbeaten after a close but controlling 8-point win over Vermont at the Yum Center Friday night. Tennessee will be Louisville’s toughest opponent so far in the…
The Louisville Cardinals took care of business at home tonight against a dangerous mid-major in Vermont. Vermont had previously played with Kansas for a full 40 minutes, but the Cards handled business tonight with a final score of 86-78. 🎥: Friday night highlights Rewind the top plays from the 86-78 win over Vermont. pic.twitter.com/ZzFW5WCj8a —…
With the high school basketball season in full swing for us out at Holy Cross, I needed some help covering the basketball team this year. Without further adieu, here is the debut article from my good friend and aspiring professional writer, Ben Gumbel. -Mitch Louisville (2-0) hosts Vermont (2-1) tonight at the KFC Yum!…
The Louisville Cardinals topped visiting Southern tonight with the final scoring reading: 104-54. Overall, the game was a foul fest. 39 personal fouls were called on Southern and another 26 personal fouls were credited to Louisville. On top of the 65 total personal fouls, each team received 2 technical fouls. I’m sure I speak for…
The Louisville Cardinals (1-0) host Southern (0-2) tonight inside the Yum! Center at 7pm in a campus game to open the NIT Tip-Off. Louisville currently sits as 25.5 point favorites. Southern is led in scoring by senior guard Eddie Reese with 17 points per game on 61.5% shooting. Fellow senior guard, Aaron Ray leads Southern…