Virginia Defeats Louisville 51-50 [Men's Basketball Live Updates]
Follow along with score updates and live analysis for the Virginia Cavaliers (18-12) vs. Louisville Cardinals (13-18) men's basketball game in the second round of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Final. Virginia 51, Louisville 50
Kody Stattmann inbounds the ball to Jayden Gardner, who is immediately fouled. Gardner makes both free throws to make it a two-possession game. El Ellis drains a three-pointer from half-court with 0.1 left on the clock. Virginia inbounds it quickly and the buzzer sounds and the Cavaliers escape with a 51-50 victory. UVA advances to play No. 3 North Carolina in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Louisville 47, Virginia 49 | 4.7 remaining
Beekman's pass is deflected by Louisville and goes out of bounds, but the officials review the play and determine that Gardner was last to touch the ball, giving the ball back to Louisville. Jarrod West's three-pointer is well short, but Curry gets the offensive rebound. Curry misses the layup, grabs his own miss and has his putback attempt blocked by Shedrick. The ball goes right to Williams who lays it in to make it 49-47 with 4.7 seconds left.
Louisville 45, Virginia 49 | 20.3 remaining
Virginia runs a great play to get an easy basket for Reece Beekman, who dribbled the ball at mid-court for 20 seconds, before blowing by his defender to the basket for a layup. UVA had distracted the Louisville defense by overloading the right side of the floor and starting to run a series of screens, just as Beekman started his drive to the rim on the left side. Beekman then comes up with another huge play, running Noah Locke off the three point line just as he left the floor to attempt the three and Locke is called for a travel, giving the ball back to UVA.
Louisville 45, Virginia 47 | 59.1 remaining
Gardner drives from the right wing and muscles through some contact for a tough righty finish. Louisville ties it up as Noah Locke knocks down a three from the left corner off the feed from West. Beekman finds Gardner on the baseline and Gardner drains the jumper from his favorite spot. Jarrod West attempts a deep three and just barely misses it. Virginia leads by two and has possession with 59.1 remaining.
Louisville 42, Virginia 43 | 3:51 2H
Virginia nearly commits a back-court violation, but Clark saves it and then hits a long jump shot with his feet on the three-point line. Louisville ties it up right away on an inside basket from Malik Williams. Shedrick is fouled by West in the paint, sending Shedrick to the line, but he misses the front end of the one-and-one. Sydney Curry grabs an offensive rebound and tries to throw down a dunk but is rejected by Kadin Shedrick. Clark drives quickly on the other end and scores with a brilliant up-and-under layup. Late in the shot clock, Malik Williams makes a heavily contested three-pointer from the right corner with a hand in his face. Shedrick is fouled down low and, this time, he cashes in on both free throws to put UVA back in front. Kihei Clark puts a lot of pressure on Mason Faulkner and draws an offensive foul on Faulkner near half-court. Jayden Gardner tries to make a move on the baseline but loses the ball out of bounds.
Louisville 37, Virginia 37 | 7:26 2H
Beekman nearly turns it over but the ball bounces off a few players before coming back to Beekman, who drives easily to the rim for a layup as Caffaro sealed off the paint. Beekman fouls El Ellis in the paint and Ellis makes both free throws to tie the game. Kihei Clark drives left and knocks down fadeaway jumper from the left elbow. Louisville has an answer as Sydney Curry scores down low to make it 37-37. Armaan Franklin misses a three-pointer and has yet to score in this game, shooting 0/8 from the floor. Both teams are shooting 35% from the field in a game that might be first to 45 wins.
Louisville 33, Virginia 33 | 11:44 2H
Kihei Clark hits an off-balance fadeaway jumper late in the shot clock to put the Cavaliers back in front, but the Cardinals respond with a buzzer-beating jumper of their own as Noah Locke hits a fallaway shot over Franklin as the shot clock expired. Gardner slips a screen and Clark finds him for an elbow jumper that hits front rim before falling in. Gardner misses a jumper and Louisville pushes the ball quickly in transition and El Ellis scores a quick layup on the other end. Clark drops a great pass to Caffaro for a layup, but Louisville is able to quickly inbound the ball and Jarrod West finds Samuell Williamson for a layup in transition.
Louisville 27, Virginia 27 | 15:48 2H
Malik Williams grabs an offensive board and is fouled, but misses both free throws. Kadin Shedrick gets an interior pass from Beekman and tries to flush it, but Sydney Curry fouls him and his arm went through the rim, so Shedrick's bucket counts and he makes the free throw to cut it to a one-point game. Virginia forces a second shot clock violation and then Jayden Gardner knocks down a baseline jumper to give the Cavaliers their first lead of the game. Louisville turns it over in the back court and Kihei Clark finds Reece Beekman, who is fouled and he makes both free throws. Noah Locke stops the 7-0 UVA run with a pull-up three-pointer to tie the game. Beekman makes a great play to force a jump ball on a Louisville drive, but Virginia cannot take advantage as Armaan Franklin misses a mid-range jumper on the other end.
Halftime. Louisville 24, Virginia 20
Malik Williams knocks down a jumper, but Gardner answers right away with a driving layup. Samuell Williamson gets free under the basket and gets an easy dunk. After turning the ball over on an offensive foul on the previous possession, Kihei Clark redeems himself with a crafty spin move to get into the paint and finishes through some contact. Reece Beekman picks off a pass, takes it the other way, and scores a transition layup at full speed plus a foul. Beekman is unable to punctuate the three-point play at the line. Jayden Gardner grabs an offensive rebound off of Clark's miss but is called for a questionable offensive foul, his second personal foul. Dre Davis is there to catch an air-ball three and gets fouled, making both free throws to give Louisville a 24-20 halftime lead.
Louisville 18, Virginia 14 | 3:36 1H
Jayden Gardner hits a turnaround fadeaway jumper late in the shot clock, but Samuell Williamson quickly answers with a driving layup down the lane. Malachi Poindexter checks into the game and knocks down a deep pull-up two-pointer as the shot clock expired. Clark is fouled in the lane and makes one out of two free throws. Malik Williams posts up and hits a right hook over the hand of Shedrick. Clark responds by driving through the lane and finishing off the glass with his right hand. Williamson is fouled and goes 1/2 from the line.
Louisville 13, Virginia 7 | 7:36 1H
Some nice hustle from the Cavaliers produces an extended offensive possession, but Virginia cannot convert any of its four shots on the trip. After a UVA turnover, Louisville gets out in transition and Samuell Williamson dunks it. Curry spins through a double-team and hits a tough fadeaway jumper to make it 13-4. Jayden Gardner drives baseline and scores to end a UVA scoring drought of over five minutes. Gardner is fouled and makes one of two free throws. Virginia forces a Louisville shot clock violation, resulting in a loud cheer from the contingent of UVA fans at the Barclays Center.
Louisville 9, Virginia 4 | 11:41 1H
Kihei Clark hits a floater to tie things up at 4-4. Jarrod West grabs a defensive rebound and walks into a pull-up three-pointer and makes it. Dre Davis spins in the paint and scores off the glass to put the Cardinals up by five. The Cavaliers remain cold, having hit just two of their first 13 attempts in the game.
Louisville 4, Virginia 2 | 14:27 1H
Both teams open the game with some empty possessions but Sydney Curry eventually strikes first nearly three minutes in with a tough layup plus a foul on Kadin Shedrick. Armaan Franklin's jumper is off the mark but Francisco Caffaro, fresh off the bench, flies in and tips the ball for UVA's first basket. Caffaro gets stuck with the ball at the three-point line and turns it over, leading to an easy transition layup for Mason Faulkner. Virginia and Louisville start the game a combined 3/15 from the floor.
