Game Day Live Blog: Louisville vs. New Mexico State | Game 6

The Cardinals return home from the Empire Classic for a matchup with the Aggies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Following a winless performance in the Empire Classic, the Louisville men's basketball program returns home to try and get back on track, hosting New Mexico State after a few extra days off.

While the Cardinals went 0-2 at Madison Square Garden, they put themselves in position to win both games. They lost 81-80 to No. 17/19 Texas after Max Abmas made a last-second go-ahead midrange jumper with 0.4 seconds left, then after leading Indiana by seven with under eight minutes to go, Louisville surrendered a 21-6 run to fall 74-66.

As for the Aggies, it has been an up-and-down first two weeks of the season. They are riding a two-game losing streak heading into their matchup with Louisville, and two of their three wins came against non-Division I competition. Their lone matchup against a power conference team so far, their season-opener against Kentucky, resulted in an 86-46 blowout loss.

Preview: Louisville Cardinals vs. New Mexico State

Here is where you will get all the latest updates from today's contest in real time. Throughout the game, we will include any notes, injury updates and analysis in the game feed below.

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New Mexico State Aggies (3-4, 0-0 C-USA) at Louisville Cardinals (2-3, 0-0 ACC) Game Day Feed:

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MATTHEW MCGAVIC

McGavic is a 2016 Sport Administration graduate of the University of Louisville, and a native of the Derby City. He has been covering the Cardinals in various capacities since 2017, with a brief stop in Atlanta, Ga. on the Georgia Tech beat. He is also a co-host of the 'From The Pink Seats' podcast on the State of Louisville network. Video gamer, bourbon drinker and dog lover. Find him on Twitter at @Matt_McGavic