Cardinals Return Home to Host NC State on Saturday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After securing its first true road win in more than two calendar years, Louisville men's basketball hosts NC State at 12 p.m. ET Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on The CW.

The Cards knocked off Miami 80-71 on the road Wednesday, finishing the game on a 9-0 run and holding the Hurricanes scoreless for the final 3:30 of play. NC State had a four-game winning streak snapped Wednesday with a 67-54 home loss to top-10 North Carolina.

Louisville is 14-12 all-time against the Wolfpack, including 7-3 at home. NC State, led by former UofL assistant Kevin Keatts, has won two straight in the series after losing six of the previous seven.

GAME 16

NC State (11-4, 3-1 ACC) at Louisville (6-9, 1-3 ACC)
January 13, 2024 | 12 p.m. CT
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

MEDIA INFO

Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship); Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)

Watch: The CW (Evan Lepler, pxp | Mike Gminski, analysis)

Live Stats: Louisville Stats

TICKETS

Single-Game Tickets | Season Tickets

TOP STORYLINES

• Louisville's 80-71 win at Miami on Wednesday was the program's first true road win in its last 23 tries, and the first since winning at Georgia Tech on Jan. 2, 2022. Miami was 25-1 in its previous 26 home games coming into the contest.

• Louisville's next four games are against the current top four teams in the ACC standings (combined 13-3 in league play).

• Over the last two games, the Cardinals are 20-for-44 (45.5%) from 3-point range. They're shooting 31% from deep on the season. Louisville is also averaging 14.6 assists per game over its last five outings.

• In the last two games, redshirt sophomore Mike James is averaging 24.5 points per game, while shooting 66.7% from the field (16 of 24), 76.9% from 3-point range (10 of 13) and 87.5% from the free-throw line (7-8). He scored a career-high 26 points at Miami, including 16 points and four 3-pointers in the game's first seven minutes.

• Over the last six games, junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 15.0 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 65% from the field (31 of 48) and 77% from the free-throw line (27-35). He was the first Cardinal to register three straight double-doubles since Dwayne Sutton did it from Jan. 9-16 in 2019.

• Freshman guard/forward Curtis Williams is averaging 11.8 points off the bench over the last five games while making 13 of 32 3-pointers (40.6%). After not reaching double figures in the first 10 games of his career, Williams has scored at least 11 points in four of the last five. He had a career-high five assists at Miami after entering the game with seven total.

HISTORY VS. NC STATE (UofL leads 14-12)

Last Meeting: NC State 76, Louisville 64
Dec. 22, 2022 | Raleigh, N.C.

Louisville men's basketball battled with NC State, but a 17-0 run by the Wolfpack in the second half busted open a tied game and sent the Cardinals to a 76-64 defeat.

Senior guard El Ellis tied the game at 33 with two free throws two minutes into the second half. NC State scored the next 17 points as the Cardinals went more than seven minutes without a field goal.

Casey Morsell's 3-pointer ended the run with the Wolfpack up 50-33.

Louisville got off to a fast start with an early 9-0 run and later led 21-16 after a basket by senior forward Sydney Curry at the 8:05 mark.

Curry led UofL with 16 points, while Ellis added 15 points and five rebounds. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield tallied a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

The Cardinals shot 51.1% from the field overall, but committed 17 turnovers against just four turnovers and got 17 less shots than the Wolfpack.

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Players Mentioned

Sydney Curry

El Ellis

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

Mike James

Curtis Williams

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