Louisville Heads to Clemson for Saturday Battle

Saturday, February 28

Clemson, S.C.

2 p.m.

University of Louisville

Clemson

February 27, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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Cardinals continue on the road with game at Clemson Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET

By: Dana Brown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball closes out February with another game on the road, this time at Clemson Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2.

The Cardinals dropped a road game on Big Monday at North Carolina and looks to get back in the win column Saturday. Clemson enters the matchup on a four-game skid.

Louisville holds an 11-6 edge over the Tigers in the all-time series but trails 1-6 at Clemson. The one and only victory Louisville has had at Clemson was Dec. 18, 1973 when the Cardinals walked away with a 74-70 victory. Head coach Pat Kelsey is 3-0 all-time in his career against the Tigers, defeating them once while at Winthrop, once at home last season and again in the 2025 ACC Tournament semifinals.

GAME 29
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Jody Demling, analysis)
Watch: ESPN2 (Kevin Brown, pxp | Randolph Childress, analysis)
Live Stats: Louisville Statbroadcast.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey is 176-69 (.718) all-time conference games as a head coach; he holds an 81-41 (.664) record in league road games.
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 one of three teams 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 and AP National 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.
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 nine players in DI this season to score 45 points, and one of six to do it in a regulation length game.
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 15 teams in 2025-26 as of Feb. 27 to have five games or more of at least 24 assists.
Louisville has had 10 games of 20+ assists, also one of 22 teams in the nation to do so.
Louisville shot 60% from the 3-point line against the Wolfpack on Feb. 9. It was the best the Cards have shot from the arc, since shooting 62.5% in an 82-74 victory over Florida State on March 8, 2018