Louisville Welcomes Georgia Tech on Saturday Night

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men's basketball brings a high-powered offense back home Saturday to host Georgia Tech at 6:30 p.m. ET. The game will air on ACC Network, and UofL will be celebrating Kids Day.

The Cardinals most recently fell 94-92 at Syracuse on a goaltending call with 3.8 seconds left, but they did break the 90-point mark in consecutive games for the first time since March 2014. Georgia Tech has lost two in a row, including an 80-51 defeat against Wake Forest on Tuesday.

Louisville is 25-15 all-time against the Yellow Jackets, including 14-4 at home. UofL has won 13 of the last 15 in the series.

GAME 24

Georgia Tech (10-13, 3-9 ACC) at Louisville (7-16, 2-10 ACC)
February 10, 2024 | 6:30 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 | Jody Demling, analysis)

Watch: ACC Network (Anish Shroff, pxp | Paul Biancardi, analysis)

Live Stats: Louisville Stats

TICKETS

Single-Game Tickets | Season Tickets

TOP STORYLINES

• After getting outrebounded in eight straight games by a total of 53 boards, Louisville has won the rebounding battle in three of the last four games and has outrebounded its opponents by a combined 40 over those four outings.

• UofL's Kenny Payne and Georgia Tech's Damon Stoudamire are two of 30 Division I head coaches in the country who were NBA Draft picks. Payne was selected 19th by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1989, while Stoudamire was the seventh overall pick to the Toronto Raptors in 1995.

• Freshman guard Ty-Laur Johnson was named ACC Rookie of the Week on Monday after posting career highs with 27 points, 11 assists and six rebounds against Florida State on Feb. 3. He's the first Cardinal to have at least 20 points, 10 assists and five rebounds in a game in program history, and he's the only player in the country to achieve his stats against a Division I opponent this year – as well as just the fourth player in the last eight seasons to do so against a Power 5 foe. His 27 points were also the most by an ACC freshman this season.

• Over the last 14 games, Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 15.2 points and 8.7 rebounds while shooting 59.9% from the field (82 of 137). After registering two double-doubles in the first 68 games of his career, he has six in his last 14 games. He also made a career-high three 3-pointers at Syracuse on Wednesday, tying his season total coming in.

• 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), Skyy Clark (29), Johnson (27) and Mike James (26).

HISTORY VS. GEORGIA TECH (UofL leads 25-15)

Last Meeting: Georgia Tech 83, Louisville 67
Feb. 25, 2024 | Atlanta, Ga.

Louisville men's basketball struggled offensively Saturday and couldn't contain Georgia Tech from 3-point range in an 83-67 road loss.

The Cardinals shot 44% for the game and made just 4 of 17 3-pointers, while the Yellow Jackets made 12 long-range shots on their senior night.

Louisville took the lead in the first half with a 7-0 run to make it 17-14 after a basket by redshirt freshman guard/forward Mike James at the 12:17 mark.

After redshirt junior forward Jae'Lyn Withers' 3-pointer made it 24-22 UofL with 7:40 to go, Georgia Tech went on a 10-0 spurt to open a 32-24 advantage.

The Yellow Jackets led 45-32 at the break after making eight 3-pointers in the first half and shooting 53% from the floor. Louisville had nine turnovers in the first half that became nine Georgia Tech points.

Georgia Tech had a 7-0 run early in the second half to take their largest lead at 52-34 at the 17:44 mark, but Louisville clawed back within five with 4:57 to go. Junior forward JJ Traynor's lob dunk from senior guard El Ellis made it 66-61.

The Yellow Jackets got a three-point play from Kyle Sturdivant and a putback by Jalon Moore to end the threat. Ja'Von Franklin paced Georgia Tech with 21 points and 13 rebounds.

Ellis and freshman forward Kamari Lands led Louisville with 15 points each.

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Players Mentioned

Skyy Clark

El Ellis

Brandon Huntley-Hatfield

Mike James

Ty-Laur Johnson

Kamari Lands

JJ Traynor

Tre White

Jae'Lyn Withers

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