Illinois 17-Year-Old Point Guard Predicted to Choose Louisville basketball Over Kentucky, Indiana, welcome..
Illinois 17-Year-Old Point Guard Predicted to Choose Louisville basketball Over Kentucky, Indiana, welcome..
Louisville Cardinals
Virginia Cavaliers
. – Over two months after Tony Bennett announced a surprise retirement as Virginia’s head coach, the Louisville men’s basketball program took full advantage of his decision.
Making their first road trip of the new year, Louisville was able to emerge victorious from a place and against a team that they have rarely done so, delivering a 70-50 beatdown to Virginia on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Three days removed from snapping their lengthy losing streak to UNC, the Cardinals’ (10-5, 3-2 ACC) victory breaks their nine-game skid against the Cavaliers (8-6, 1-2 ACC), having not won since an 80-73 decision on Feb. 8, 2020.
It’s also UofL’s first win in Charlottesville since Feb. 17, 1990, snapping a nine-game road losing streak to UVA, and just their second overall. Not only that, they’re just the second team in Virginia’s last 63 home games to score 70 or more points at John Paul Jones Arena.
Louisville had their most successful outing ever against Virginia’s well-known pace-slowing pack line defense, which is still implemented by interim head coach Ron Sanchez. They shot 43.9 percent from the field and scored 36 points in the paint, while also going 7-of-19 from deep and 13-of-14 at the free throw line.
