Cardinals Visit Pitt on Saturday Evening

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Louisville men's basketball continues its road swing this weekend at Pitt at 6:30 p.m. ET Saturday. The game will air on ACC Network.

The Cardinals most recently fell 89-77 at Boston College on Tuesday after losing an eight-point halftime lead. Pitt is surging of late with six wins in its last seven tries, including four straight and a 74-63 win at ranked Virginia on Tuesday.

Louisville leads the all-time series 21-10 following an 83-70 loss at home on Jan. 6, its third straight loss in the series. The Cardinals are 9-4 on the road against Pitt, and head coach Kenny Payne is 0-3 in his career against the Panthers.

GAME 26

Louisville (8-17, 3-11 ACC) at Pitt (16-8, 7-6 ACC)
February 17, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. CT
Petersen Events Center | Pittsburgh, Pa.

MEDIA INFO

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

Watch: ACC Network (Doug Sherman, pxp | Josh Pastner, analysis)

Live Stats: Pitt Stats

TOP STORYLINES

• After getting outrebounded in eight straight games by a total of 53 boards, Louisville has won the rebounding battle in five of the last six games and has outrebounded its opponents by a combined 52 over those six outings.

• With guard Skyy Clark (rib) and forward Danilo Jovanovich (lower leg) sidelined Tuesday at Boston College, the Cardinals had nine total players available, including seven on scholarship.

• Louisville had six players reach double figures scoring against Georgia Tech on Feb. 10. It was the first time the Cardinals have accomplished the feat since Feb. 5, 2020, against Wake Forest.

• Over the last 16 games, Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 15.4 points and 8.8 rebounds while shooting 60.3% from the field (94 of 156) with six double-doubles. He had two double-doubles in the first 68 games of his career.

• Guard Ty-Laur Johnson is one of four Louisville freshmen since 1992 to record at least 90 assists in a season, joining current team Video Coordinator Reece Gaines (1999-00), DeJuan Wheat (1993-94) and Jason Osborne (1993-94), the father of senior forward JJ Traynor. Over the last four outings, Johnson is averaging 15.0 points, 7.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game.

• UofL is one of two teams in the nation, along with New Mexico, with five different players who have scored at least 26 points in a game this season – Huntley-Hatfield (29), Tre White (29), Clark (29), Johnson (27) and Mike James (26).

HISTORY VS. PITT (UofL leads 21-10)

Last Meeting: Pitt 83, Louisville 70
Jan. 6, 2024 | Louisville, Ky.

Pitt took advantage of turnovers and made a living at the free-throw line and behind the arc, as Louisville men's basketball fell 83-70 at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Cardinals outshot the Panthers from the field (51%) and the 3-point line (48%), but Pitt scored 28 points off UofL's 18 turnovers, knocked down 12 3s and went 19-for-21 from the stripe.

Pitt scored the first five points of the second half and got its lead to 14 before UofL redshirt sophomore guard/forward Mike James caught fire.

James knocked down three straight 3-pointers to make it a 57-50 game with 11:40 to play, but the Panthers answered with a 10-0 run to put the game out of reach.

James scored a game-high 23 points, including a 5-for-7 clip from deep. Sophomore guard Skyy Clark and freshman wing Curtis Williams each had 11 points, and freshman forward Kaleb Glenn finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Skyy Clark

Kaleb Glenn

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

Mike James

Ty-Laur Johnson

Danilo Jovanovich

JJ Traynor

Tre White

Curtis Williams

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