Louisville Set for Trip to No. 10 Duke on Wednesday

DURHAM, N.C. — Louisville men's basketball returns to action after a bye weekend with a trip to No. 10 Duke at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday in Durham, N.C. The game will air on ACC Network.

Before having the weekend off, the Cardinals most recently fell 72-50 at home to Notre Dame. Duke had won five in a row before taking an 83-79 loss at Wake Forest on Saturday.

Louisville is 9-14 all-time against the Blue Devils and 3-4 inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The teams already met once this season, with Duke pulling out an 83-69 victory at the KFC Yum! Center. Kenny Payne is 0-2 in his career against Duke.

GAME 28

Louisville (8-19, 3-13 ACC) at #10 Duke (21-6, 12-4 ACC)
February 27, 2024 | 7 p.m. CT
Cameron Indoor Stadium | Durham, N.C.

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 | Randolph Childress, analysis)

Live Stats: Duke Stats

TOP STORYLINES

• Louisville's Kenny Payne and Duke's Jon Scheyer – both coaching their alma mater – are the only two Division I head coaches in the country who have won national championships as a player and as a coach (both as assistants).

• UofL assistant coach Nolan Smith, a former Duke star player and staffer, was a consensus first-team All-American and the 21st overall pick in the NBA Draft in 2011. He helped lead the Blue Devils to the 2010 national championship and three consecutive ACC titles (2009-11). He later spent six years on staff with the Blue Devils as they claimed the 2015 national title.

• Sophomore guard Skyy Clark has missed three of the last six games due to a hip pointer and most recently a broken rib. In the three games he's played during that span, he's averaged 17.3 points per game while shooting 57% from the field, 56% from 3-point range (9 of 16) and going 9-for-9 from the free-throw line.

• Over the last 18 games, junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 15.2 points and 8.3 rebounds while shooting 58.8% from the field (107 of 182) with six double-doubles. He had two double-doubles in the first 68 games of his career.

• Guard Ty-Laur Johnson's 96 assists are the eighth-most ever by a Louisville freshman. 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.

HISTORY VS. DUKE (UofL trails 9-14)

Last Meeting: #12 Duke 83, Louisville 69
Jan. 23, 2024 | Louisville, Ky.

Struggles on the boards cost Louisville men's basketball in an 83-69 home loss to No. 12 Duke at the KFC Yum! Center.

The Cardinals got outrebounded 43-28 while allowing 15 offensive rebounds, which turned into 21 second-chance points for the Blue Devils.

Louisville's last threat came after cutting it to five at 65-60 with 7:38 to go. Duke got a 3-pointer from Tyrese Proctor and a putback by Mark Mitchell to build a cushion.

Proctor had a game-high 24 points off the bench for Duke, while Mitchell had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Kyle Filipowski added 17 points and 15 boards.

Junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield paced Louisville with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Redshirt sophomore guard/forward Mike James (13 points), sophomore guard Skyy Clark (13) and freshman guard Ty-Laur Johnson (10) all reached double figures.

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Players Mentioned

Skyy Clark

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

Mike James

Ty-Laur Johnson

JJ Traynor

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