Cardinals Visit Miami on Wednesday Night

MIAMI — Louisville men's basketball heads to the road again for a visit to Miami at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla. The game will air on ACC Network.

The Cardinals have dropped three games in a row following Saturday's 83-70 home loss to Pitt. Miami had a four-game winning streak snapped Saturday with an 86-82 overtime road loss to Wake Forest. The Hurricanes are 9-0 at home this season.

Louisville is 13-8 all-time against Miami, including a 6-6 mark on the road. The Hurricanes have won four straight in the series, and the Cardinals haven't won at Miami since 2019.

GAME 15

Louisville (5-9, 0-3 ACC) at Miami (11-3, 2-1 ACC)
January 10, 2024 | 7 p.m. CT
Watsco Center | Miami, Fla.

MEDIA INFO

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

Watch: ACC Network (Anish Shroff, pxp | Seth Greenberg, analysis)

Live Stats: Miami Stats

TOP STORYLINES

• Louisville's next five games are against the current top five teams in the ACC standings (combined 13-2 in league play).

• UofL announced Saturday that senior forward JJ Traynor re-injured his left shoulder on Friday and will miss the remainder of the season. He is expected to undergo surgery to repair the shoulder.

• Louisville sophomore forward Danilo Jovanovich, who has started the last two games, transferred to UofL from Miami. He played in one game as a true freshman last year as the Hurricanes advanced to the NCAA Final Four. Jovanovich has played 36 total minutes in the last two games after playing 41 total minutes over UofL's first 12 games.

• UofL's Kenny Payne and Miami's Jim Larrañaga are two of 29 Division I head coaches in the country who were NBA Draft picks. Payne was selected 19th by the 76ers in 1989, while Larrañaga was the Pistons' sixth-round pick in 1971.

• Over the last five games, junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 13.6 points and 8.4 rebounds while shooting 63% from the field (22 of 35) and 77% from the free-throw line (24-31). 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 11.5 points over the last four games while making 10 of 23 3-pointers (43.5%). After not reaching double figures in the first 10 games of his career, Williams has scored at least 11 points in three of the last four outings.

HISTORY VS. MIAMI (UofL leads 13-8)

Last Meeting: Miami 93, Louisville 85
Feb. 11, 2023 | Miami, Fla.

Louisville men's basketball went blow-for-blow with No. 19/20 Miami, but couldn't get over the hump in the second half of a 93-85 road loss.

The Cardinals led late in the first half and trimmed Miami's lead to four with 4:47 to play before the Hurricanes pulled away.

Miami outscored Louisville 20-4 on points off turnovers and 19-11 on second-chance points.

Louisville got a career-high 33 points from senior guard El Ellis, the most by a Cardinal since Jordan Nwora had 37 at Boston College on Jan. 29, 2020. Ellis made 12 of 20 shots from the field and all six of his free throws, while also handing out five assists.

Miami had three players score more than 20 points, and the Hurricanes went 23 of 27 from the free-throw line to maintain a comfortable margin. They racked up 20 assists on 31 made baskets.

Nijel Pack paced Miami with 22 points, while Isaiah Wong and Norchad Omier each had 21.

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Players Mentioned

El Ellis

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

Danilo Jovanovich

JJ Traynor

Curtis Williams

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