9th Ranked Duke, Louisville Are Tipping Off Atlantic Coast Conference Play Tonight Opposing Each Other In Louisville Kentucky
9th ranked Duke, Louisville are tipping off Atlantic Coast Conference play tonight opposing each other in Louisville Kentucky.
Where?
On the hardwood!
Duke comes into the game with Louisville with record of 6-2 overall because In the 1st half Duke was down 13-2 in 1st half to 2nd ranked Auburn in ACC/ SEC Challenge Wednesday night in Durham before Duke came back to win 84-78 as Isaiah Evans ignited Duke offensively.
As Isiah Evans ignited Duke offensively he was was 6-9 on field goals , 6-8 on 3 pointers 1 rebound, 18 points.
Following Isaiah Evans igniting 9th ranked Duke offensively against Auburn Isaiah Evans had this to say!
I’m used to being the flame thrower . I’m just happy I could contribute . It was amazing . Since I signed with Duke I always dreamed about being in a high intensity game like that and delivering for my team and then coming out with the win - that was the most important part for me . Getting meaningful buckets, getting stops on defense, timely rebounds , it just felt amazing out there.
Following Isaiah Evans igniting 9th ranked Duke offensively against Auburn Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer had this to say about Isaiah Evans to David Shumate who does play by play on the Duke Radio Network!
Obviously I know you’re going to ask me about Isiah so I’ll just beat you to it. And his attitude man has been incredible for not playing . I know as a young player , that’s difficult his first time really going through it and to be ready to go , you have to have some , you have to have some courage to be in the moments and do what he did.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-rewind-auburn/id1118770038?i=1000679343152
Louisville comes into the game with Duke with record of 5-3 because unlike Duke Louisville lost in the ACC/ SEC Challenge to 23rd ranked Ole Miss 86-63 on Tuesday in Louisville Kentucky. As Louisville lost 86-63 in the ACC/ SEC Challenge to Ole Miss two players scored in double figures. J’Vonne Hadley was 5-8 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 12 points. Chucky Hepburn was 5-10 on field goals, 2-6 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 19 points.
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Following Louisville’s 86-63 loss to Ole Miss in ACC/ SEC Challenge Tuesday in Louisville Kentucky Louisville Head Coach Pat Kelsey had this to say!
Ole Miss was really good tonight, they're a very good team,"They're well-coached, they're tough, they're deep, they're physical and scored the ball way too easy. But you've got to give them a lot of credit, they took it to us. I thought our defense was really good down in the Bahamas and it wasn't to our standard tonight. Early on in the game, I felt like we had quite a few open looks that didn't go down and I felt like we allowed our offense to affect our defense a little bit. In the Bahamas, we were a little sluggish early on in several of those games and we just kept guarding and I didn't think we did that as well tonight. No rest for the weary… tough loss tonight. Give them credit, tip your cap, they kicked our butt. We dust ourself off, we show up tomorrow, we get back to work against obviously a really good opponent on Sunday."
According to Dana Brown article https://gocards.com/news/2024/12/4/mens-basketball-louisville-defeated-by-rebels-in-sec-acc-challenge
Tip off is set for 6:00pm from KFC Yum Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Matt Schumacker, Jon Crispin commentating!