Louisville vs Duke score today: UofL basketball game highlights from KFC Yum! Center

Posted by Admin December 8, 2024 Basketball

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Pat Kelsey couldn’t have asked for a tougher opponent in his first ACC game as Louisville basketball‘s head coach.

The Cardinals (5-3) open conference play against No. 9 Duke (6-2) today at the KFC Yum! Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Down to only eight scholarship players, with fifth-year forward Kasean Pryor (knee) and junior guard Koren Johnson (shoulder) ruled out for the season and senior forward Aboubacar Traore (arm) still on the mend, U of L is looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Kelsey’s team is coming off a lopsided loss to No. 20 Ole Miss on Tuesday in the SEC/ACC Challenge.

Led by third-year coach Jon Scheyer and the projected No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA draft, Cooper Flagg, the Blue Devils scored one of the ACC’s two wins in its showdown with the SEC by knocking off No. 2 Auburn on Wednesday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. They were the overwhelming favorite to win the league in its preseason poll.

Follow along below with live updates from the Yum! Center:

Mikel Brown Jr., a consensus top-three point guard recruit in the Class of 2025, is on a visit to Louisville today.

Here he is watching the Cards warm up before facing Duke at the Yum! Center:

The officials for today’s game: Roger Ayers, Bert Smith and Pat Driscoll.

The game between the Cards and the Blue Devils will air on ACC Network, which is channel 610 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 612 on DirecTV; channel 402 on Dish; and channels 524 and 937 on Spectrum.

Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) and Jon Crispin (analyst) will be on the call.

Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst) will have the call on the Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9-FM and WGTK 970-AM in Louisville).

You can also listen online via GoCards.com.

Betting odds: Louisville is a 8.5-point underdog (-110) on BetMGM, which set the over/under at 145.5 points (-115, -105). The money line odds are Duke -400, U of L +310.

Score predictions: KenPom.com gives the Cards a 25% chance of winning and projects a 74-66 final score in the Blue Devils’ favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Duke victory (78%), with a projected final score of 75-67.

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Monday, Oct. 21: vs. Young Harris College (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 106, Young Harris College 59
Monday, Oct. 28: vs. Spalding (exhibition) | SCORE: Louisville 99, Spalding 54
Monday, Nov. 4: vs. Morehead State | SCORE: Louisville 93, Morehead State 45
Saturday. Nov. 9: vs. Tennessee | SCORE: Tennessee 77, Louisville 55
Tuesday, Nov. 19: vs. Bellarmine | SCORE: Louisville 100, Bellarmine 68
Friday, Nov. 22: vs. Winthrop | SCORE: Louisville 76, Winthrop 61
Wednesday, Nov. 27: vs. Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas) SCORE: Louisville 89, Indiana 61
Thursday, Nov. 28: vs. West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas) SCORE: Louisville 79, West Virginia 70
Friday, Nov. 29: vs. Oklahoma (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas) SCORE: Oklahoma 69, Louisville 64
Tuesday, Dec. 3: Ole Miss (SEC/ACC Challenge) SCORE: Ole Miss 86, Louisville 63
Sunday, Dec. 8: vs. Duke, 6 p.m., ACC Network
Wednesday, Dec. 11: vs. UTEP, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
Saturday, Dec. 14: at Kentucky, 5:15 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, Dec. 21: at Florida State, 2 p.m., The CW
Saturday, Dec. 28: vs. Eastern Kentucky, noon, The CW
Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. North Carolina, ACC Network
Saturday, Jan. 4: at Virginia, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Tuesday, Jan. 7: vs. Clemson, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
Saturday, Jan. 11: at Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Tuesday, Jan. 14: at Syracuse, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, Jan. 18: vs. Virginia, either ESPN or ESPN2
Tuesday, Jan. 21: at SMU, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Tuesday, Jan. 28: vs. Wake Forest, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, Feb. 1: at Georgia Tech, 3:45 p.m., The CW
Wednesday, Feb. 5: at Boston College, 7 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, Feb. 8: vs. Miami
Wednesday, Feb. 12: at N.C. State, 7 p.m., either ESPN2 or ESPNU
Sunday, Feb. 16: at Notre Dame, 8 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, Feb. 22: vs. Florida State, noon, The CW
Tuesday, Feb. 25: at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, March 1: vs. Pittsburgh, either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU
Wednesday, March 5: vs. California, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, March 8: vs. Stanford, ESPNU
Tuesday, March 11, through Saturday, March 15: ACC Tournament (Spectrum Center; Charlotte, North Carolina)

Frank Anselem-Ibe (center, fifth year)
Patrick Antonelli (guard, fifth year)
Terrence Edwards Jr. (guard/forward, fifth year)
J’Vonne Hadley (guard, fifth year)
Chucky Hepburn (guard, senior)
Koren Johnson (guard, junior)
Aly Khalifa (center, senior, redshirt)
Spencer Legg (guard, junior)
Aidan McCool (guard, graduate student)
Kasean Pryor (forward, fifth year)
Kobe Rodgers (guard, senior, redshirt)
Khani Rooths (forward, freshman)
James Scott (forward, sophomore)
Cole Sherman (guard, junior)
Reyne Smith (guard, senior)
Aboubacar Traore (forward, senior)
Noah Waterman (forward, sixth year)

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