Cardinals Take on Regional Rival in Notre Dame

Sunday, February 16

South Bend, Ind.

8 p.m.

University of Louisville

Notre Dame

February 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes

Louisville travels to South Bend for Sunday night matchup against the Fighting Irish

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball plays its second to last road ACC game of the year on Sunday evening, taking on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 8 p.m. ET in South Bend, Ind. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.

The Cardinals have won 13 of their last 14, besting NC State 91-66 on Wednesday night in Raleigh. Notre Dame won in double overtime at Boston College on the same night, snapping a three-game skid.

Louisville holds a 26-19 advantage in the all-time series with the Fighting Irish, but Notre Dame leads the series 11-6 when playing in South Bend. The Cardinals have not won the matchup since Feb. 23, 2021, losing the last four meetings.

GAME 26
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch: ACC Network (Noah Reed, pxp | Debbie Antonelli, analysis)
Live Stats: Notre Dame Live Stats

CARDINAL NOTES

For the first time in the 111 years of program history, Louisville has earned five road wins with a margin of victory of 20 points or more: at Virginia (20), at Syracuse (24), at SMU (25), at Boston College (26) and at NC State (25).
Louisville's average margin of victory in its ACC wins is 16.5 points.
Louisville's game at NC State on Feb. 12 was the first time in program history that the team has hit marks of 60% FG, 50% 3FG and 90% from the free throw line in the same game.
Starting point guard Chucky Hepburn was named to the Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year Midseason Team.
Pat Kelsey's Cardinals are one of the most improved teams from the end of 2023-24 to now, accounting for the NET and number of wins.
As of Feb. 13, Louisville is eighth in the country in 3-point attempts per game (30.2).
As of Feb. 13, Chucky Hepburn is 15th in the country in assists per game (6.2) and 17th total assists (149). He's also 15th in total steals (56) and steals per game (2.33). Reyne Smith is second in the country in 3's per game (3.84) and second in total 3-pointers (96). He's third in total 3-point attempts (240).
Sophomore forward James Scott is second in the country in dunks as of Feb. 13 with 55 makes on the year, according to Bart Torvik. He leads the ACC in that category and is now fifth on Louisville's dunks in a single season list.
Louisville's 10-game winning streak was the longest winning streak since the Cardinals won 10 in a row between Jan. 7 and Feb. 8, 2020.
Four of Louisville's six losses have all come to teams now ranked in the AP Top 25: No. 3 Duke (21-3), No. 5 Tennessee (20-5), No. 15 Kentucky (17-7), and No. 19 Ole Miss (19-6). As of Feb. 13, those teams, along with Oklahoma (16-8) are a combined 93-29.
At SMU on Jan. 21, Chucky Hepburn broke the UofL single game assists record with 16. Reyne Smith broke the program's single game made 3's record with 10. Louisville became the only DI team this century to have a player with 10+ 3's and 15+ assists in the same game. The Last NBA team to do it was the Warriors with Klay Thompson (10 3PM) and Steph Curry (15 AST) on Nov. 20, 2022.
Fifth-year senior guard/forward Terrence Edwards Jr. earned ACC Player of the Week on Monday and became the third Cardinal to earn the weekly honor this season