Louisville Slated for SMU Rematch

Tuesday, February 17

Dallas, Texas

7 p.m.

University of Louisville

SMU

February 16, 2026 | Men's Basketball

Louisville Game Notes Pat Kelsey Press Conference

The Cardinals stayed on the road to play in Moody Coliseum against the Mustangs Tuesday night

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball returns to league action to play SMU for the second time this season. The Cardinals face the Mustangs inside Moody Coliseum in Dallas on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. ET. The game can be found on ESPN2.

UofL took a brief break from ACC play to take on Baylor in a neutral site, non-conference matchup on Saturday afternoon. The Cards left Dickies Arena with an 82-71 victory and are currently on a five-game winning streak for the first time since November. SMU has won two of its last three, but fell at Syracuse Saturday.

Louisville leads the all-time series between the two teams 10-2, holding a 4-1 advantage when playing in Dallas. The Cardinals won the first faceoff of the year 88-74 on January 31.

GAME 26
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rodgers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch: ESPN2 (Wes Durham, pxp | Debbie Antonelli, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. tied Louisville's single-game scoring record with 45 points against NC State on Feb. 9. He tied the legendary Wes Unseld who was the lone owner of the record since Dec. 1, 1967. Brown also broke the ACC freshman single game scoring record, previously set by Cooper Flagg at 42 points.
Louisville had two 30-point scorers in one game for the first time in program history as Mikel Brown Jr. scored 45 and Ryan Conwell scored 31 against NC State on Feb. 9. UofL is just the second team in DI this season to have a game with two 31+ point scorers. The duo became the first pair of ACC players to drop 30+ each against another ACC team since Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson of UNC did it at Florida State on Jan. 4, 2016.
Freshman Mikel Brown Jr. was named ACC Player and Rookie of the Week on Feb. 16 in addition to Naismith Trophy Player of the Week.
According to OptaSTATS, Mikel Brown Jr. and Ryan Conwell are the only DI teammate duo in the last 30 seasons to combine for 75+ points, 15+ rebounds and 15+ threes made in a game. Only one NBA duo has ever done it: Damian Lillard and Nassir Little during Lillard's 71-point game on Feb. 26, 2023. Mikel Brown Jr. is the only DI player since at least 2010-11 to record 45 points, nine rebounds, two assists and three steals in 34 minutes or less in a single game. He did so against NC State on Feb. 9.
As of Feb. 15, there are 23 players in DI shooting 41.5% or above from 3-point range in their career. No one in that group has made or attempted more 3-pointers than senior guard Isaac McKneely, who has made 302 on 728 attempts. He is 81 makes and 211 attempts ahead of the next closest player, Milan Momcilovic of Iowa State.
Louisville is one of three DI teams with at least six victories of 40 points or more this season, joining Michigan (7) and High Point (6). The six 40+ point wins are the most UofL has ever had in a single season.
Mikel Brown Jr. is one of seven players in DI this season to score 45 points, and one of five to do it in a regulation length game. He joins Dennis Parker Jr. of Radford (53), Dominique Daniels Jr. of California Baptist (47, OT), Javontae Campbell of Bowling Green (47, OT), Paul McNeil Jr. of NC State (47), Keaton Wagler of Illinois (46) and Dontae Horne of Prairie View A&M (46)/
Louisville is one of four programs that has logged at least three games of 18+ made 3's, joining Cornell (4 games), Charleston Southern (3) and VMI (3).
Louisville has had five 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 one of 13 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 15 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists. Louisville has had 10 games of 20+ assists, also one of 18 teams in the nation to do so.