Cardinals Continue Homestand Tuesday Against Virginia Tech

Tuesday, March 5

LOUISVILLE, KY

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

Virginia Tech

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Cardinals Continue Homestand Tuesday Against Virginia Tech

March 04, 2024 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Virginia Tech Game Notes

By: Zach Greenwell

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men's basketball continues its homestand to wrap up the regular season against Virginia Tech at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on ESPNU.

The Cardinals lost their fifth straight Saturday with an 82-76 home loss to Syracuse. Virginia Tech snapped a two-game slide with an 87-76 victory over Wake Forest at home Saturday.

Louisville is 36-11 all-time against the Hokies, although Virginia Tech has won three in a row. The Cardinals had won 17 in a row and 28 of the last 30 before that stretch. UofL head coach Kenny Payne is 0-2 in his career against Virginia Tech.

GAME 30

Virginia Tech (16-13, 8-10 ACC) at Louisville (8-21, 3-15 ACC)
March 5, 2024 | 7 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: ESPNU (Mike Monaco, pxp | Randolph Childress, analysis)

Live Stats: Louisville Stats

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TOP STORYLINES

• This is the first time Louisville has finished the regular season with at least three straight home games since 1992-93. The Cardinals haven't had two straight home games to end the regular season since 2014-15.

• Over the last eight games, junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield is averaging 17.1 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 58.4% from the field (52 of 89). He has eight double-doubles this season after recording just two double-doubles in the first 68 games of his career.

• Guard Ty-Laur Johnson's 104 assists are tied for the fourth-most ever by a Louisville freshman. He's tied with current team Video Coordinator Reece Gaines (1999-00) and trails only LaBradford Smith (156, 1987-88), Jason Osborne (141, 1993-94) – the father of senior forward JJ Traynor – and DeJuan Wheat (109, 1993-94). Over the last eight games, he's averaging 11.3 points, 5.7 assists and 2.0 steals per outing.

• Freshman forward Kaleb Glenn is averaging 9.7 points and 5.0 rebounds over the last six games, with three outings of at least 15 points in that span. Glenn has scored 58 total points over the last six games after scoring 53 points across the season's first 23 games.

• UofL was 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 – Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (29), Tre White (29), Skyy Clark (29), Ty-Laur Johnson (27) and Mike James (26).

HISTORY VS. VIRGINIA TECH (UofL leads 36-11)

Last Meeting: Virginia Tech 75, Louisville 68
Dec. 3, 2023 | Blacksburg, Va.

Virginia Tech shot 48% in the second half and made 19 of 23 free throws after halftime, as Louisville men's basketball fell 75-68 on the road in its ACC opener.

The Cardinals led by as much as eight in the first half and by one at halftime, but a 16-2 run by the Hokies spanning both halves – including an 8-0 spurt to open the second half – turned the tide.

Freshman guard Ty-Laur Johnson reclaimed the lead for the Cards with a four-point play on a 3-pointer and the foul, and he later gave them their final lead at 48-47 with 10:49 remaining following back-to-back baskets.

The Hokies kept the advantage in the final minutes by exploiting the free-throw line. Junior forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield brought Louisville back within one at 67-66 with two free throws at the 1:58 mark, but the Cardinals never got back on top.

Five Louisville players scored in double figures, led by sophomore guard Skyy Clark's 16 points and three assists.

Huntley-Hatfield had 14 points and nine rebounds, while redshirt sophomore guard/forward Mike James added 10 points, nine boards and four assists. Johnson and sophomore guard Tre White also both had 10 points each.