Louisville Game Notes — https://uofl.me/40kakGq
Florida State Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3JFJumq
Video: Head Coach Kenny Payne Previews FSU —
Video: Senior guard El Ellis Previews FSU —
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men’s basketball will look to build on its first ACC win of the season with a home game against Florida State at 2 p.m. ET Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on ESPN2.
The Cardinals snapped a 10-game losing skid with a 68-58 win over Georgia Tech on Wednesday, the first conference victory of head coach Kenny Payne’s career. Florida State lost 94-66 at NC State on Wednesday for its third consecutive defeat.
Louisville is 34-17 all-time against Florida State, including a 75-53 loss in Tallahassee on Dec. 10. The Cardinals are 18-5 at home against the Seminoles, but have lost six in a row overall in the series.
GAME 23
Florida State (7-16, 5-7 ACC) at Louisville (3-19, 1-10 ACC)
February 4, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
MEDIA INFO
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship)
Watch: ESPN2 (Doug Sherman, pxp | Jay Williams, analyst)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
PROMOTIONS/TICKETS
Single-Game Tickets
Kids Day: Fourth annual event where the youngest members of Card Nation take over the gameday experience
TOP STORYLINES
• On Jan. 19, Louisville added freshman forward/center Emmanuel Okorafor to the roster. Okorafor is a 6-foot-9 native of Lagos, Nigeria, and is eligible immediately after arriving from NBA Academy Africa. He made his college debut Jan. 28 at Notre Dame with eight points, five rebounds and one block in 18 reserve minutes.
• Over the last eight games since turning to 2023, redshirt freshman guard/forward Mike James is averaging 13.6 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 48% from the field and 49% from the 3-point line. In the first 14 games of the year, James averaged just 6.9 points while shooting 44% overall and 31% from 3-point range.
• Over the last 13 games, senior guard El Ellis has averaged 18.0 points, 5.6 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals. As of Thursday, Ellis was one of 24 players in the nation with at least 370 points and 100 assists this season. After having a positive or even assist-to-turnover ratio just three times in the first nine games of the season, Ellis has been positive or even in 11 of the last 13 games. In his last eight games since 2023 began, he has 46 assists against just 26 turnovers.
• Redshirt junior forward Jae’Lyn Withers had one of the best games of his career Wednesday against Georgia Tech with 19 points and 13 rebounds on 4 of 6 3-point shooting. Over the last eight games, Withers is averaging 11.6 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 16 of 34 (47.1%) from beyond the arc.
• Sophomore forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield missed the last five games with a foot injury. He leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game and is averaging 7.5 points per contest.
• Junior forward JJ Traynor has made twice as many 3-pointers in 22 games this season (14 of 48, .292) than he did in his first two full seasons combined (7 of 16).
• Freshman forward Kamari Lands has made 26 of 28 free throws across the last 13 games. Lands has made 41 of 44 free throws overall this season (93.2%), making him one of nine players in the country – and the only freshman – shooting 93% or better from the stripe on at least 40 attempts.
• One of the Cardinals’ strengths as a team has been getting to the free-throw line. Louisville has shot at least 20 free throws in nine of the last 13 games and over that span has shot 24 more total free throws than its opponents.
• Georgia Tech struggled to just 29.5% shooting overall against Louisville on Feb. 1. It was just the sixth time since the start of the 2019-20 season that the Cardinals have held a team below 30% shooting.
HISTORY VS. FLORIDA STATE (UofL leads 34-17)
Last Meeting: Florida State 75, Louisville 53
December 10, 2022 | Tallahassee, Fla.
Louisville men’s basketball couldn’t claim its first win of the season in its first true road game of the year, falling 75-53 at Florida State.
The Cardinals set a new season high with 14 assists on 20 made baskets and knocked down nine 3-pointers, but they struggled from inside the arc where they lost the points in the paint 36-14.
Florida State led wire-to-wire and scored 17 points off Louisville’s 16 turnovers.
Redshirt freshman guard/forward Mike James cut into the Seminoles’ lead with back-to-back 3s to make it 21-15 with 9:25 remaining in the first half, but Florida State went on an 8-0 run to open a 29-15 advantage.
The Cardinals assisted on eight of their nine first-half baskets but still trailed 36-24 at the break.
Florida State scored seven of the first 10 points of the second to increase its advantage, which reached 24 with seven-plus minutes to go.
Senior guard El Ellis led Louisville with 15 points and four assists, while James scored nine points on three made 3-pointers. Redshirt junior forward Jae’Lyn Withers added eight points, seven rebounds and three assists.
Florida State Game Notes — https://uofl.me/3JFJumq
Video: Head Coach Kenny Payne Previews FSU —
Video: Senior guard El Ellis Previews FSU —
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men’s basketball will look to build on its first ACC win of the season with a home game against Florida State at 2 p.m. ET Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on ESPN2.
The Cardinals snapped a 10-game losing skid with a 68-58 win over Georgia Tech on Wednesday, the first conference victory of head coach Kenny Payne’s career. Florida State lost 94-66 at NC State on Wednesday for its third consecutive defeat.
Louisville is 34-17 all-time against Florida State, including a 75-53 loss in Tallahassee on Dec. 10. The Cardinals are 18-5 at home against the Seminoles, but have lost six in a row overall in the series.
GAME 23
Florida State (7-16, 5-7 ACC) at Louisville (3-19, 1-10 ACC)
February 4, 2023 | 2 p.m. ET
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
MEDIA INFO
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship)
Watch: ESPN2 (Doug Sherman, pxp | Jay Williams, analyst)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
PROMOTIONS/TICKETS
Single-Game Tickets
Kids Day: Fourth annual event where the youngest members of Card Nation take over the gameday experience
TOP STORYLINES
• On Jan. 19, Louisville added freshman forward/center Emmanuel Okorafor to the roster. Okorafor is a 6-foot-9 native of Lagos, Nigeria, and is eligible immediately after arriving from NBA Academy Africa. He made his college debut Jan. 28 at Notre Dame with eight points, five rebounds and one block in 18 reserve minutes.
• Over the last eight games since turning to 2023, redshirt freshman guard/forward Mike James is averaging 13.6 points and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 48% from the field and 49% from the 3-point line. In the first 14 games of the year, James averaged just 6.9 points while shooting 44% overall and 31% from 3-point range.
• Over the last 13 games, senior guard El Ellis has averaged 18.0 points, 5.6 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals. As of Thursday, Ellis was one of 24 players in the nation with at least 370 points and 100 assists this season. After having a positive or even assist-to-turnover ratio just three times in the first nine games of the season, Ellis has been positive or even in 11 of the last 13 games. In his last eight games since 2023 began, he has 46 assists against just 26 turnovers.
• Redshirt junior forward Jae’Lyn Withers had one of the best games of his career Wednesday against Georgia Tech with 19 points and 13 rebounds on 4 of 6 3-point shooting. Over the last eight games, Withers is averaging 11.6 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 16 of 34 (47.1%) from beyond the arc.
• Sophomore forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield missed the last five games with a foot injury. He leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game and is averaging 7.5 points per contest.
• Junior forward JJ Traynor has made twice as many 3-pointers in 22 games this season (14 of 48, .292) than he did in his first two full seasons combined (7 of 16).
• Freshman forward Kamari Lands has made 26 of 28 free throws across the last 13 games. Lands has made 41 of 44 free throws overall this season (93.2%), making him one of nine players in the country – and the only freshman – shooting 93% or better from the stripe on at least 40 attempts.
• One of the Cardinals’ strengths as a team has been getting to the free-throw line. Louisville has shot at least 20 free throws in nine of the last 13 games and over that span has shot 24 more total free throws than its opponents.
• Georgia Tech struggled to just 29.5% shooting overall against Louisville on Feb. 1. It was just the sixth time since the start of the 2019-20 season that the Cardinals have held a team below 30% shooting.
HISTORY VS. FLORIDA STATE (UofL leads 34-17)
Last Meeting: Florida State 75, Louisville 53
December 10, 2022 | Tallahassee, Fla.
Louisville men’s basketball couldn’t claim its first win of the season in its first true road game of the year, falling 75-53 at Florida State.
The Cardinals set a new season high with 14 assists on 20 made baskets and knocked down nine 3-pointers, but they struggled from inside the arc where they lost the points in the paint 36-14.
Florida State led wire-to-wire and scored 17 points off Louisville’s 16 turnovers.
Redshirt freshman guard/forward Mike James cut into the Seminoles’ lead with back-to-back 3s to make it 21-15 with 9:25 remaining in the first half, but Florida State went on an 8-0 run to open a 29-15 advantage.
The Cardinals assisted on eight of their nine first-half baskets but still trailed 36-24 at the break.
Florida State scored seven of the first 10 points of the second to increase its advantage, which reached 24 with seven-plus minutes to go.
Senior guard El Ellis led Louisville with 15 points and four assists, while James scored nine points on three made 3-pointers. Redshirt junior forward Jae’Lyn Withers added eight points, seven rebounds and three assists.
