Louisville vs Winthrop score: Live updates, highlights from U of L basketball game

Posted by Admin November 22, 2024 Basketball

Before running his inaugural Louisville basketball team through the gauntlet in paradise, Pat Kelsey will do battle with some familiar faces.

The Cardinals (2-1) host Winthrop (4-2), where in 2012 Kelsey began his journey as a Division I head coach, tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., then U of L is off to the Bahamas for three games in as many days as part of the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis.

Louisville is coming off a 100-68 win over Bellarmine on Tuesday, during which it posted season-high clips from the field (54.7%) and from 3-point range (34.3%) and had five double-digit scorers. But it also was down two players due to injuries; senior forward Aboubacar Traore, who is expected to miss multiple weeks with a broken left arm, and junior guard Koren Johnson, who was dealing with an undisclosed shoulder issue.

The Eagles last played Sunday, when they beat North Carolina Central, 77-75.

Winthrop is coached by a member of Kelsey’s very first staff, Mark Prosser — the son of his late mentor, Skip Prosser. Returning four starters from a 17-15 squad last go-around, they were picked to finish second in the Big South Conference’s 2024-25 preseason poll.

“It’ll be a war for 40 minutes on the court,” Mark Prosser told The Courier Journal earlier this month, “but it’ll be a lot of fun before and after to catch up.”

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

The game between the Cards and the Eagles will not air on a traditional TV channel.

It’s on ACC Network Extra, which is available exclusively via livestream. Jody Demling (play-by-play) and Larry O’Bannon (analyst) will have the call.

If your cable or live TV streaming package includes ACC Network, you have access to ACC Network Extra. You can watch via ESPN.com/watch or the ESPN app after logging in with your cable or live TV streaming service credentials.

If you don’t have cable, you can get ACC Network — and therefore ACC Network Extra — through streaming services such as fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) and YouTube TV (FREE TRIAL). Just enter your provider credentials when logging into ESPN’s streaming platforms.

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 17 ½-point home favorite (-110) on BetMGM, which set the over/under at 154 ½ points (-110). The money line odds are U of L -2000, Winthrop +1000.

Score predictions: KenPom.com gives U of L a 90% chance of winning and projects an 83-69 final score in its favor. BartTorvik.com is also forecasting a Cards victory (90%), with a projected final score of 88-71.

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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, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra
Wednesday, Nov. 27: vs. Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas), noon, ESPN
Thursday, Nov. 28: vs. Gonzaga or West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas), either noon or 2:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2
Friday, Nov. 29: vs. TBD (Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise, Bahamas)
Tuesday, Dec. 3: Ole Miss (SEC/ACC Challenge), 9 p.m., ACC Network
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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