Louisville vs NC State score today: UofL basketball updates, highlights from ACC game

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Injuries will again be at the forefront as Louisville basketball tries to score its third win in a row today in a Quad 2 road game at N.C. State‘s Lenovo Center.

Coach Pat Kelsey on Monday was “very, very confident” that sophomore forward James Scott will suit up after an emergency trip to the dentist when his face was smashed into Denny Crum Court during last weekend’s win over Miami at the KFC Yum! Center. Re: senior point guard Chucky Hepburn, who is dealing with a groin injury he suffered during a Feb. 5 victory at Boston College, the 49-year-old Cincinnati native was optimistic but uncertain.

“When players go out, everybody’s roles shift,” Kelsey said Monday. “Everybody’s got to kind of morph and bob and weave a little bit. Everybody’s done that.”

The Cardinals (18-6, 11-2 ACC) and the Wolfpack (9-14, 2-10) are tied at 14 wins apiece in the all-time series. U of L has not won in Raleigh since Dec. 4, 2021.

Led by eighth-year coach Kevin Keatts, a former Louisville assistant, N.C. State is having a disappointing follow-up to its miraculous run to the 2024 Final Four; which began, in case you forgot, with a comeback win over the Cards in the first round of the ACC Tournament. But this edition of the Pack has lost eight in a row dating back to the second week of January and is in danger of missing the new 15-team cut for Charlotte.

N.C. State has two former U of L players on its roster: Brandon Huntley-Hatfield and Mike James. The former is averaging 8.2 points on 50.5% shooting and 4.9 rebounds across 21.2 minutes per appearance (18 games, nine starts). The latter has not seen the court after suffering a knee injury that required surgery before the season.

Follow along with live updates from Raleigh below:

The game between the Cards and the Wolfpack will air on ESPN2, which is channel 606 on AT&T U-Verse; channel 209 on DirecTV; channel 143 on Dish; and channel 509 on Spectrum.

Mike Monaco (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will be on the call.

If you subscribe to a cable package, you’ll be able to livestream the game via ESPN.com and the ESPN app. If you don’t have cable, you can livestream the game via Fubo, which offers a free trial here.

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 6 ½-point road favorite (-112) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 143 ½ points (-115). The money line odds are U of L -298, N.C. State +240.

Score predictions: KenPom.com gives the Cards a 73% chance of winning and projects a 74-67 final score in their favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Louisville victory (74%), with a projected final score of 73-67.

The officials for today’s game are Bert Smith, Tony Henderson and Tommy Morrissey.

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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 | SCORE: Duke 76, Louisville 65
Wednesday, Dec. 11: vs. UTEP | SCORE: Louisville 77, UTEP 74
Saturday, Dec. 14: at Kentucky | SCORE: Kentucky 93, Louisville 85
Saturday, Dec. 21: at Florida State | SCORE: Louisville 90, Florida State 76
Saturday, Dec. 28: vs. Eastern Kentucky | SCORE: Louisville 78, Eastern Kentucky 76
Wednesday, Jan. 1: vs. North Carolina | SCORE: Louisville 83, North Carolina 70
Saturday, Jan. 4: at Virginia | SCORE: Louisville 70, Virginia 50
Tuesday, Jan. 7: vs. Clemson | SCORE: Louisville 74, Clemson 64
Saturday, Jan. 11: at Pittsburgh | SCORE: Louisville 82, Pittsburgh 78
Tuesday, Jan. 14: at Syracuse | SCORE: Louisville 85, Syracuse 61
Saturday, Jan. 18: vs. Virginia | SCORE: Louisville 81, Virginia 67
Tuesday, Jan. 21: at SMU | SCORE: Louisville 98, SMU 73
Tuesday, Jan. 28: vs. Wake Forest | SCORE: Louisville 72, Wake Forest 59
Saturday, Feb. 1: at Georgia Tech | SCORE: Georgia Tech 77, Louisville 70
Wednesday, Feb. 5: at Boston College | SCORE: Louisville 84, Boston College 58
Saturday, Feb. 8: vs. Miami, 2 p.m. | SCORE: Louisville 88, Miami 78
Wednesday, Feb. 12: at N.C. State, 7 p.m., ESPN2
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, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Wednesday, March 5: vs. California, 9 p.m., ACC Network
Saturday, March 8: vs. Stanford, 2 p.m., 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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