Cards to Play Final Home Game of 2025 on Saturday

Saturday, December 20

LOUISVILLE, KY

12 p.m.

University of Louisville

Montana

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December 18, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes

Louisville returns to the KFC Yum! Center to host Montana on Saturday afternoon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball returns home for its final non-conference game inside the KFC Yum! Center this season. The Cardinals take on the Montana Grizzlies at noon on Saturday afternoon on ACCNX.

Both teams are looking for bounce back victories as Louisville recently fell at Tennessee on Tuesday night and Montana dropped a game against Montana Tech on Wednesday evening.

This is the first meeting ever between the Cardinals and Grizzlies, and the first time UofL head coach Pat Kelsey has ever faced Montana.

GAME 12
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ACCNX (Rich Hollenberg, pxp | Tom McKneely, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

Junior Bridgeman's #10 jersey is the sixth Louisville men's basketball jersey number retired by the program.
Against Memphis on Dec. 13, Louisville had four different players with at least 3FG apiece for the first time since Nov. 22, 2010 when the Cards played Chattanooga. It was the second time in program history that six different players made at least 2FG, the first time being at WKU on Dec. 22, 2010.
Senior guard Ryan Conwell is the only DI men's basketball player since at least 2010-11 to log at least 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists in 24 minutes or less, according to Sports Reference. He notched that stat line against NJIT on Nov. 26.
Louisville has had three games of at least 24 assists, the first time since 2010-11 that the program has had multiple games of 24+ assists; the Cardinals had five games of at 24+ assists that season.
Louisville is 36-0 under Kelsey when leading with five minutes to play.
With two 50-point victories on the season (104-45 vs. South Carolina State & 104-47 vs. NJIT), it marks the first time Louisville has had two 50-point victories in one season since 2004-05.
A pair of Cardinals represent Louisville on the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List, Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List and the Wooden Award Preseason Watch List; both Ryan Conwell and Mikel Brown Jr. were named to the esteemed lists. Conwell is also on the Lute Olsen Early Season List.
Louisville netted 20 3-pointers against NJIT on Nov. 26, the second-most made 3's in a single game in program history. It's just the second time ever the Cardinals have made at least 20 3's in a game. UofL was the third team in DI this season to make at least 20 3-pointers against another DI team.
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.
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. See more on Page 7.
There were 14 players returning to DI this season that had 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