Virginia vs. Louisville Live Updates

Virginia (8-10, 1-6 ACC) lost to Louisville (13-5, 6-1 ACC) 81-67 on Saturday afternoon at the KFC YUM! Center. Read below for a full play-by-play game thread and stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI for more coverage after the game. Updates are in revese order with the most recent events first.

Louisville 81, Virginia 67 | FINAL

Louisville 81, Virginia 67 | FINAL

Out of the media timeout, Rohde buries a three before Virginia commits another turnover, its tenth in the second half. Finally, McKneely hits his first three of the game to bring the lead below 20. Louisville hits another from the line as both teams have looked toward there benches. Taine Murray hits a three before the clock hits zero.

Louisville 76, Virginia 56 | 03:35 2H

Anthony Robinson knocks down both free throws before Rooths silences any hope of a comback with a dagger three from the corner. Ames then misses Rohde on a pass for Virginia's eleventh time. Virginia turns the ball over on the inbound allowing J'vonne Hadley to score a three-point play. Saunders makes a layup before Hadley scores yet again to make it an 18 point lead. Smith knocks down both threes to reset the lead at 20.

Rohde knocks a midrange bucket before Hadley fires right back. In response, Saunders scores again to reach 19 points on the day. Traore then scores and draws a foul off of a pass from Hepburn.

Louisville 62, Virginia 48 | 07:42 2H

Hepburn misses again before he steals it right back, setting up two free throws from Reyne Smith. Ames scores in response before Buchanan draws a foul on the drive. He knocks down one of two before Saunders drills a three to cut the lead to eleven before Smith silences the Hoos with a three of his own.

Louisville 55, Virginia 42 | 10:29 2H

Out of the media timeout, Virginia strings together seven straight points which included two free throws from Buchanan, a three from Sharma and a dunk by Anthony Robinson.

Louisville 55, Virginia 35 | 11:21 2H

Isaac McKneely misses another three out of the timeout before Hepburn draws a foul. A few possessions later Robinson converts one from the line before Scott brings down another alley oop from Hepburn. On the next possession, Robinson fouls Rooths after Hepburn forces another turnover. After further review, the foul is upgraded to a flagrant one. Rooths makes one before Sharma knocks down a three on his first shot of the game. Traore then scores as the Louisville lead now sits at 20.

Louisville 49, Virginia 31 | 16:15 2H

Blake Buchanan earns the start over Cofie to start the second half, but immediately fouls Edwards Jr who knocks both shots down before Buchanan dunks over Hadley and draws the foul but misses the extra. Hepburn scores on the enusing possession before a steal by Hepburn sets up a bucket for Edwards Jr. on the other end. Saunders makes one of his two from the line before Scott scores as the Cardinals continue to pile on. Hepburn adds another bucket as the Hoos have not scored in over three minuntes.

Louisville 39, Virginia 28 | Halftime

Andrew Rohde nails a hookshot before Terrence Edwards scores yet again, but McKneely claws back with an and one at the basket, finding ways to score. Saunders then fails to corral a defensive rebound leading to an alley oop with Hepburn finding Scott in the air before Saunders finds Buchanan for an alley oop of their own. Scott then scores again on a lob as the Cavaliers struggle to defend the paint. Saunders misses the buzzer beater as the Cardinals are up 11 at the half.

Louisville 33, Virginia 21 | 3:11 1H

Louisville goes one of two from the line before McKneely misses another three as he's 0/3 from three-point land. In response, Reyne Smith drills his third three of the day as he's 3/6 from deep. The Cardinals then score on a layup, solidifying their lead. Ames responds with a reverse layup for his first points. McKneely then scores on a cutting layup before Saunders draws a foul but only makes one as he now has 11. Edwards then puts Buchanan into the spin cycle, breaking the Virginia scoring streak as the lead remains in double digits.

Louisville 25, Virginia 16 | 7:21 1H

Out of the timeout Saunders draws a foul and nails both free throws. Louisville scores a point from the line before McKneely misses his second open three of the game as his shooting woes continue for the second game in a row. Cofie then finds paydirt and scores an and one, but misses the free throw, as Virginia reels the lead back into the single digits.

Louisville 24, Virginia 12 | 10:10 1H

Elijah Saunders continues to stay hot scoring on the drive as Louisville finally goes cold. Virginia then fouls Hepburn who nails both free throws. The Cardinals are now 7/7 from the line. Reyne Smith finds himself open again and drains another three. Rohde finds Buchanan cutting to the basket to end a two minunte scoring drought, but the Cardinals are relentless firing right back with a three baskets of their own to extend their lead to twelve which included a Isaac McKneely turnover.

Louisville 13, Virginia 8 | 15:47 1H

Virginia gets a turnover on the opening possession but Dai Dai Ames fails to convert before Reyne Smith is fouled from three and nails all three attempts. In response, Isaac McKeneely hits a fadeaway two, but the mistakes continue to pile up early with a sloppy turnover by failing to grab a defensive rebound gives Louisville an extra possession which they capitalize on with a three from J'vonne Hadley. Cofie fails to score leading to Louisville knocking down both free throws.

The Cavaliers refuse to back down early with Saunders stepping up and drilling a three before Reyne Smith fires right back forcing Saunders to hit his second three in a row. Despite the response, Louisville refuses to back down with Chucky Hepburn hitting a floater for his first points of the game.

Starters:

Virginia: Andrew Rohde, Dai Dai Ames, Isaac McKneely, Elijah Saunders and Jacob Cofie

Louisville: Scott, Hadley, Edwards Jr, Smith and Chucky Hepburn

For a full preview of the game: Virginia Basketball vs. Louisville Game Preview Score Prediction

Virginia vs. Louisville Pregame Notes

Louisville snapped Virginia's nine-game winning streak in the series when the Cardinals defeated the Cavaliers 70-50 just two weeks ago in Charlottesville.
That was UVA's first-ever loss to Louisville at John Paul Jones Arena and just the second time the Cardinals had ever beaten the Cavaliers in Charlottesville in 13 tries.
Virginia leads Louisville 24-6 in the all-time series that dates back to 1924 and is 19-3 against the Cardinals since they joined the ACC in 2014.
UVA is 11-4 against Louisville on the road and 8-2 against the Cardinals in games played at the KFC Yum! Center.
Virginia also earned two wins at the KFC Yum! Center in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
UVA is on a four-game losing streak for the first time since the 2016-2017 season.
Virginia is 1-6 away from Charlottesville and 0-4 in true road games this season.
Louisville comes into this game on a seven-game winning streak and a six-game winning streak against ACC opponents.

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