Louisville Gets Hot, Stays Hot. Wins 77-118

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Louisville Cardinals guard Isaac McKneely (10) pressures NC State Wolfpack forward Darrion Williams (1) at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville February 9, 2026. | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Game Summary:

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The Saturday / Monday schedule showed in the first half. NC State looked slow and were already down 10 at the first official timeout. The Wolfpack was 2-8 and Louisville was 6-7. By the second timeout (11:55), the Wolfpack had cut the lead to 7 but Louisville was dominating rebounds 10-4 and neither Williams nor McNeil had scored. Louisville pushed the lead to 15 with 5 minutes left and Coach Wade called a timeout to stop the run. It didn’t help; halftime score 36-56. The Pack was out rebounded 24-11, the Cardinals shot 73% (8-11) from 3PT.

The second half didn’t improve at all. NC State scored a little more, 41 points in the second, but Louisville scored 62.

TeamseFG%TO%OR%FTRWolfpack44.1%12.6%15.0%27.9%Louisville73.8%12.9%26.7%41.5%

Overall Takeaways:

  • Second most points ever scored against NC State
  • 18 3PT – most ever made 3PT shots against NC State
  • NC State played terrible transition defense, Louisville seldom had to run their offense at all
  • The Wolfpack shot 18% (4-22) from 3PT. The lowest percentage and fewest made all season.

Coach Wade Post Game Comments

Individual Highlights

  • Ven Lubin led scoring with 20
  • Matt Able led rebounding with 7
  • Quadir Copeland led assists with 3
  • Darrion Williams unable to crack the 10 point ceiling for the second consecutive game
  • Tre Holloman with his third consecutive 30 minute game.

Player Stats and Box Score

PlayerPTSREBASSTTOBLKSTLMINVen-Allen Lubin206001026Tre Holloman193010030Quadir Copeland104340021Darrion Williams85200328Matthew Able87110228Musa Sagnia41020014Alyn Breed4120006Terrance Arceneaux21101117Scottie Ebube2000003Paul McNeil00120026

Box Score

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