North Carolina vs. Louisville Condensed Game | 2024-25 ACC Men's Basketball

So Powell and Jackson, two highly touted freshmen in the lineup for North Carolina. And we are underway. It's Louisville that starts with the basketball. They're the go-to guy throughout the season for the Cardinals, 24 and white. They go back door and it's wide open. Noah Waterman opens the scoring. Debbie, you mentioned the Tar Heels still without Seth Krimble. So Ian Jackson stays in the starting lineup. They go inside with Jalen Washington, who answers. The other thing for North Carolina is you've got to guard the three-point line against Louisville. But 53% of the shots they take are outside the yard. Speed in the backcourt. They run the floor hard and wide. Great pass, Chucky Hepburn and Javon Hadley. Chucky Hepburn got caught on a switch and did a really good job of running Jalen Washington out, but it opened up that driving lane for Drake Powell. Chucky Hepburn through traffic. No good. Jackson, not shy, right to the rim for two. R.J. Davis accelerates off that so well. Stolen away. Rain Smith poked it free. The blow-by. It's just a great job by Rain Smith in the gap, comes up with the steal. One of the favorite numbers I love about Rain Smith. Then Allen Lubin finds Jackson, fires the three, and buries it. Ian Jackson. That worked. Wide open. Took a little time to line up that three. Transition three, Tyson got it. Kade Tyson. Your brother of Hunter Tyson, who was terrific for Clemson. On the block, mismatch. Has a starting lineup with those three in it. Tyson misses that time. I like the call from the bench though by Hubert Davis to see if you can get Tyson going. And to your point about the chemistry for Louisville, Chucky Hepburn knocks down a mid-range. 31 games over three seasons. This is his first time back in the KFC Yum Center since transferring. Smith, quick trigger, nothing but the bottom of the net for Rain Smith. Quieting the crowd. Jalen Washington, count it, plus the foul. Ian Jackson so explosive, but he's missed three layups in this first half. Catch and shoot Rain Smith. That's what he does best. Rain Smith, and he can turn a corner. Shot clock down to five. Tyson rejected from behind. Noah Waterman. Hepburn lobs it up. James Scott. We were just talking about it on the flush. Makes it look so easy. Chucky Hepburn does such a great job of putting Cadeau. The native, another one that followed Pat Kelsey from the College of Charleston. Back doors open. Davis gets his first basket of the night. It was just a great cut by R.J. Davis. Good pump fake. Edwards Jr. Right back to Scott, who's feasting. And once R.J. Davis saw Rain Smith backpedaling. He made the right choice. The blow by Javon Hadley provides the immediate answer. Edwards Jr. Crossover rejected at the rim. This is a critical game between two teams looking to separate themselves in the ACC. Ian Jackson, what a start to this second half. R.J. Davis picking up Chucky Hepburn, the two veteran guards. They've been so fun to watch. And Hepburn gets the better of Davis there. Cadeau hands it off. Jalen Washington, an immediate answer. Especially to the big man on the roll. Hepburn followed his air and pass. Cleans up his own spill. Here's Noah Waterman. Started the game strong. He had the first five points for Louisville, been quiet since. Hepburn just backing down the freshman, Chucky Hepburn. The lob. He's always at the rim. James Scott. Second half for Louisville out of the locker room. James Scott goes up and up and up. There's a mismatch. They're going to clear it out right here. Let Hadley go one on one. Right back to Scott. They're just feeding him. James Scott. Two teams at eight and five, just as ACC plays, starting to heat up. Critical conference game and the Cardinals are rolling and it's an 11 point Louisville lead. A 15% shooter, but when you get behind the basketball and have your good footwork, you can knock it down. Quiets the crowd down, but temporarily Louisville getting everything they want to start the second half until Ben Allen Lubin has something to say about it. They go right back to Lubin on the offensive end, delivering on both ends of the floor. Step up screen, slipping out of that. Good pass. Freshman to freshman. Ian Jackson finds a wide open Drake Powell. I think Hubert Davis has gotten very good production out of the five spot today. Boy, he is so smooth, Ian Jackson. Waterman off the feed from Scott. Noah Waterman somehow gets it to go. EKU, Pat Kelsey's first thing in the postgame press conference is toughness on Noah Waterman. You saw it right there. And somehow that falls in. Let's see how the Cardinals manage without him. Waterman lines up at three. No good. Traore there to clean up the spill for two. For the Cardinals right now, they've missed five in a row. R.J. Davis, contact, counted. Plus the foul. R.J. Davis. If you're not set by the time the last plant foot is set. Shot clock down to 10. Here's Javon Hadley spins past Withers, tried to find Smith in the corner, knocked away. R.J. Davis read that hammer screen action on the backside. Mina forces a turnover there and makes them pay on the other end. It's the drift pass off the hammer screen action on the backside. And R.J. Davis aims Scott on him. Mismatch. Jackson lines up the three and buries it. Ian Jackson ties it at 61. Davis, pull up, pop. No good. Oh, this is going up. And in! Lane Smith, pay for three. Throws it down against his former team. Hepburn trying to take over and does. Back and forth we go in Louisville. Chucky attacks on the other end. We got a one possession game. Shot clock down to seven. Hepburn in attack mode, ripped away. Up ahead, Ian Jackson. A lot of contact right there. The tip and deflection. Ian Jackson steps around and over. The reigning ACC Player of the Year, Consensus All-American passes off. Rejected at the rim. Shot clock down to one. A couple of seasons in the basement. Can they close out this win here at home? Smith a three. Got it! Noah Waterman screen. He totally takes R.J. Davis out. Rain Smith drills it. Cadeau's got four. Hepburn, hits it, hammers it home. What a drop off. Scott again. Now the program that was down in the basement of college basketball is back where they belong. A statement win. Louisville knocks off North Carolina, 83 to 70.