UofL MBB: Cardinals Return to ACC Play at Home vs. Syracuse
Louisville is 19-11 all-time against the Orange, including 10-4 at home.
Contact: Zach Greenwell (zachg@gocards.com, 270-668-4716)
Date: Jan. 2, 2023
Louisville Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3ib2b68
Syracuse Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3Z6vPtW
Video: UofL assistant coach Nolan Smith previews Syracuse —
Video: Cardinals Jae’Lyn Withers and Hercy Miller preview Syracuse —
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men’s basketball returns to ACC action for the remainder of the season with two home games this week, starting against Syracuse at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on ESPNU.
The Cardinals concluded non-conference play Saturday with an 86-63 loss at rival Kentucky. Syracuse picked up a 79-65 home win over Boston College on Saturday.
Louisville is 19-11 all-time against the Orange but has lost three of the last four. The Cardinals are 10-4 all-time against Syracuse at home.
GAME 15
Syracuse (9-5, 2-1 ACC) at Louisville (2-12, 0-3 ACC)
January 3, 2023 | 7 p.m. ET
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
MEDIA INFO
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship); Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ESPNU (Dave O’Brien, pxp | Cory Alexander, analyst)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
PROMOTIONS/TICKETS
Single-Game Tickets
Hometown Heroes Night: Celebrating local healthcare workers and first responders with special recognitions and ticket discounts.
TOP STORYLINES
• Over the last five games, senior guard El Ellis has averaged 21.0 points, 5.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals while making 37 of 45 free throws (82.2%). He set career highs against Western Kentucky with 30 points and 10 assists. Ellis is the first Cardinal to hit those marks since current team video coordinator Reece Gaines did it against TCU on March 6, 2002. It’s the 22nd time nationally since 2018 that a player has reached those numbers, and Ellis is the first player in Division I to do so this season.
• After averaging 1.7 points and 3.6 rebounds across the first nine games, senior forward Sydney Curry is averaging 10.8 points and 7.8 rebounds over the last five games while shooting 68% overall. His career-high 19 rebounds against Florida A&M were the most by a Cardinal since Luke Whitehead grabbed 19 boards against Marquette on Jan. 31, 2004.
• Sophomore forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has made 10 of 14 total shots from the field (71.4%) in the last two games. He went 9 of 23 from the field (39.1%) combined in the previous four games.
• Junior forward JJ Traynor has made more 3-pointers in 11 games this season (10 of 26, .385) than he did in his first two full seasons combined (7 of 16).
• Freshman forward Kamari Lands has averaged 8.8 points per game off the bench across Louisville’s last five games, while making 18 of 20 free throws. Lands has made 33 of 36 free throws overall this season (91.7%), making him one of 20 players in the country – and the only freshman – shooting 91% or better from the stripe on at least 35 attempts.
• One of the Cardinals’ strengths as a team has been getting to the free-throw line. Louisville ranks 86th in the country in free throws made per game at 14.3 and 80th in free-throw percentage at 73.8%. Louisville has shot at least 20 free throws in each of the last five games and is 87 of 115 (75.7%) from the charity stripe over that span. The Cardinals have made more free throws in the last five games than its opponents have even attempted (77).
• Per Ken Pomeroy, Louisville is 341st in the country in Division I experience with an average of 0.88 years.
• The Cardinals are 12 games into a 16-game stretch that will see them face 12 teams in the top 90 of the KenPom rankings and 14 teams in the top 160. That stretch began in Maui with Arkansas and concludes Jan. 18 with Pittsburgh. As of Sunday, the overall record of Louisville’s opponents during that stretch was 145-73.
HISTORY VS. SYRACUSE (UofL leads 19-11)
Last Meeting: Syracuse 92, Louisville 69
Feb. 5, 2022 | Syracuse, N.Y.
Buddy Boeheim and Jesse Edwards scored 19 points apiece and Joe Girard III scored 15 and Syracuse dumped Louisville 92-69.
Syracuse started the game shooting 9 for 10 and never trailed. Syracuse led 11-10 before going on a 14-4 run in a three-minute span and went up 25-14 with 12:37 before halftime.
The Orange distributed nine assists on 16 made baskets in 29 attempts, went 8-for-15 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc and led 43-26 at halftime.
Syracuse proceed to outscore Louisville 26-16 over the first 9:30 of the second half and extended its lead to 69-42. The Orange finished shooting 55.2% (32 for 58) including 52.2% (12 for 23) from beyond the arc.
Reserves Jae’Lyn Withers scored 13 points, and El Ellis and Samuell Williamson added 10 apiece for Louisville. Noah Locke had 11 points.
Louisville is 19-11 all-time against the Orange, including 10-4 at home.
Contact: Zach Greenwell (zachg@gocards.com, 270-668-4716)
Date: Jan. 2, 2023
Louisville Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3ib2b68
Syracuse Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3Z6vPtW
Video: UofL assistant coach Nolan Smith previews Syracuse —
Video: Cardinals Jae’Lyn Withers and Hercy Miller preview Syracuse —
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men’s basketball returns to ACC action for the remainder of the season with two home games this week, starting against Syracuse at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on ESPNU.
The Cardinals concluded non-conference play Saturday with an 86-63 loss at rival Kentucky. Syracuse picked up a 79-65 home win over Boston College on Saturday.
Louisville is 19-11 all-time against the Orange but has lost three of the last four. The Cardinals are 10-4 all-time against Syracuse at home.
GAME 15
Syracuse (9-5, 2-1 ACC) at Louisville (2-12, 0-3 ACC)
January 3, 2023 | 7 p.m. ET
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
MEDIA INFO
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship); Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ESPNU (Dave O’Brien, pxp | Cory Alexander, analyst)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
PROMOTIONS/TICKETS
Single-Game Tickets
Hometown Heroes Night: Celebrating local healthcare workers and first responders with special recognitions and ticket discounts.
TOP STORYLINES
• Over the last five games, senior guard El Ellis has averaged 21.0 points, 5.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals while making 37 of 45 free throws (82.2%). He set career highs against Western Kentucky with 30 points and 10 assists. Ellis is the first Cardinal to hit those marks since current team video coordinator Reece Gaines did it against TCU on March 6, 2002. It’s the 22nd time nationally since 2018 that a player has reached those numbers, and Ellis is the first player in Division I to do so this season.
• After averaging 1.7 points and 3.6 rebounds across the first nine games, senior forward Sydney Curry is averaging 10.8 points and 7.8 rebounds over the last five games while shooting 68% overall. His career-high 19 rebounds against Florida A&M were the most by a Cardinal since Luke Whitehead grabbed 19 boards against Marquette on Jan. 31, 2004.
• Sophomore forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has made 10 of 14 total shots from the field (71.4%) in the last two games. He went 9 of 23 from the field (39.1%) combined in the previous four games.
• Junior forward JJ Traynor has made more 3-pointers in 11 games this season (10 of 26, .385) than he did in his first two full seasons combined (7 of 16).
• Freshman forward Kamari Lands has averaged 8.8 points per game off the bench across Louisville’s last five games, while making 18 of 20 free throws. Lands has made 33 of 36 free throws overall this season (91.7%), making him one of 20 players in the country – and the only freshman – shooting 91% or better from the stripe on at least 35 attempts.
• One of the Cardinals’ strengths as a team has been getting to the free-throw line. Louisville ranks 86th in the country in free throws made per game at 14.3 and 80th in free-throw percentage at 73.8%. Louisville has shot at least 20 free throws in each of the last five games and is 87 of 115 (75.7%) from the charity stripe over that span. The Cardinals have made more free throws in the last five games than its opponents have even attempted (77).
• Per Ken Pomeroy, Louisville is 341st in the country in Division I experience with an average of 0.88 years.
• The Cardinals are 12 games into a 16-game stretch that will see them face 12 teams in the top 90 of the KenPom rankings and 14 teams in the top 160. That stretch began in Maui with Arkansas and concludes Jan. 18 with Pittsburgh. As of Sunday, the overall record of Louisville’s opponents during that stretch was 145-73.
HISTORY VS. SYRACUSE (UofL leads 19-11)
Last Meeting: Syracuse 92, Louisville 69
Feb. 5, 2022 | Syracuse, N.Y.
Buddy Boeheim and Jesse Edwards scored 19 points apiece and Joe Girard III scored 15 and Syracuse dumped Louisville 92-69.
Syracuse started the game shooting 9 for 10 and never trailed. Syracuse led 11-10 before going on a 14-4 run in a three-minute span and went up 25-14 with 12:37 before halftime.
The Orange distributed nine assists on 16 made baskets in 29 attempts, went 8-for-15 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc and led 43-26 at halftime.
Syracuse proceed to outscore Louisville 26-16 over the first 9:30 of the second half and extended its lead to 69-42. The Orange finished shooting 55.2% (32 for 58) including 52.2% (12 for 23) from beyond the arc.
Reserves Jae’Lyn Withers scored 13 points, and El Ellis and Samuell Williamson added 10 apiece for Louisville. Noah Locke had 11 points.
