Louisville Continues Homestand with Jackson State

Thursday, November 6

LOUISVILLE, KY

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

Jackson State

Tickets

November 05, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball continues its opening homestand with Jackson State on Thursday evening. The Cardinals take on the Tigers on ACCNX at 7 p.m. from the KFC Yum! Center.

UofL opened its season on Monday with a 104-45 victory over South Carolina State, the sixth-largest margin of victory in program history. Jackson State played Monday night as well and fell to Illinois 113-55.

Louisville is 3-0 all-time against Jackson State, but hasn't played the Tigers since 2010. Head coach Pat Kelsey has never faced Jackson State in his head coaching career.

GAME 2
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ACCNX (Kent Taylor, pxp | Larry O'Bannon, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast
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CARDINAL NOTES

A pair of Cardinals represent Louisville on the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List as well as the Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List; both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. were named to the esteemed lists.
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. was named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List while senior guard Ryan Conwell was named the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Preseason Watch List.
Louisville led 59-15 at halftime against South Carolina State on Nov. 3. The 44-point halftime lead was the largest in program history.
Head coach Pat Kelsey is the reigning ACC Coach of the Year - he is one of 10 active DI head coaches that have earned a Coach of the Year honor in three or more DI conferences.
Louisville landed two Cards on the ACC Preseason First Team. Both senior guard Ryan Conwell and freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr., earned the nod from the league. Louisville as a program was picked second in the league.
There are 14 players returning to DI this season that have made at least 175 3-pointers with a career 3-point field goal percentage of 38% or more; Ryan Conwell and Isaac McKneely are two of those 14.
The Cardinals were ranked No. 11 in the country in the Preseason AP Poll released on Oct. 13. It was the first time Louisville was ranked in the preseason poll since being No. 5 at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. That team went on to be ranked No. 1 for two weeks and finished the COVID-shortened year at No. 14.
Currently, six of Louisville's 2025-26 opponents were ranked in the AP Preseason Poll, with four more receiving votes.
Louisville has 10 newcomers on the 2025-26 roster including redshirt seniors Aly Khalifa and Kobe Rodgers who redshirted the entire 2024-25 season due to injury.
Louisville is 28-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play