NCAAB

Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Louisville Cardinals

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
15-6, 3-4 Away
Final
59 - 72
Louisville Cardinals
16-5, 9-3 Home

No. 21 Louisville beats Wake Forest 72-59 for its 10th straight victory

Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Louisville Cardinals: Game Highlights

A 12-0 run midway through the first half gave the Cardinals (16-5, 9-1 ACC) a 26-11 lead with 8:26 left and they led by 29 in the second half.

Reyne Smith added 16 points, and Chucky Hepburn finished with 14 points and eight assists as Louisville extended its winning streak to 10 games.

Hunter Salis, who came in third in the ACC with 18.9 points per game, scored 13 for Wake Forest (15-6, 7-3) before he was ejected with 14:47 remaining after picking up his second technical foul.

Takeaways Wake Forest: Just two days after holding No. 2 Duke to a season-low 63 points in a narrow loss, the Demon Deacons trailed Louisville 67-41 with 7:45 left. Wake came in allowing just 65.6 per game.

Louisville: A week after dismantling SMU on the road, the Cardinals came back home and easily handled another potential NCAA Tournament team from the ACC.

Key moment After Wake Forest ended Louisville’s run on a three-point play from Tre’Von Spillers with 8:09 left in the first half, Ty-Laur Johnson came up with a steal and went up for a dunk. But Johnson, who played for the Cardinals’ 8-24 squad last season, lost the ball and a chance for the Demon Deacons to build momentum.

Key stat Edwards entered Tuesday shooting just 26.2% from beyond the arc for the season and 15.4% (6 for 39) in his previous seven games. He went 4 for 11 (36.4%) on Tuesday.

Up next Wake Forest returns home to face Pittsburgh on Saturday. Louisville travels to play Georgia Tech on Saturday.

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Matchup Prediction

Louisville: 75.0%
Wake Forest: 25.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 59 - 72
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 59 - 72
2nd 0:01 Louisville Turnover. 59 - 72
2nd 0:32 Davin Cosby made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty-Laur Johnson. 59 - 72
2nd 0:45 Ty-Laur Johnson Defensive Rebound. 56 - 72

Statistics

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23-56 FG 23-59
41.1 Field Goal % 39.0
8-21 3PT 11-36
38.1 Three Point % 30.6
5-8 FT 15-21
62.5 Free Throw % 71.4
39 Rebounds 35
10 Offensive Rebounds 10
29 Defensive Rebounds 25
10 Assists 17
3 Steals 5
5 Blocks 4
15 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 1
15 Total Turnovers 9
3 Technical Fouls 0
3 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 17
4 Fast Break Points 2
28 Points in Paint 22
17 Fouls 15
1 Largest Lead 29

Game Information

KFC Yum! Center

Location: Louisville, KY
Attendance: 14,533 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 16-1 - 25-3
Clemson 15-2 1 23-5
Louisville 15-2 1 22-6
SMU 12-5 4 21-7
Wake Forest 11-6 5 19-9
North Carolina 11-6 5 18-11
Stanford 10-7 6 18-10
Georgia Tech 8-9 8 14-14
Florida State 7-10 9 16-12
Pittsburgh 7-10 9 16-12
Virginia 7-10 9 14-14
Virginia Tech 7-10 9 12-16
Notre Dame 6-11 10 12-16
Syracuse 6-11 10 12-16
California 5-12 11 12-16
Boston College 4-13 12 12-16
NC State 4-13 12 11-17
Miami 2-15 14 6-22
Full Standings