All ‘Click’ as No. 21 Louisville visits Georgia Tech

Looking out to expand his return to national light, raises No. 21 Louisville to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference game on Saturday.

During first-year coach Pat Kelsey, Louisville (16-5, 9-1 ACC) has won 10 straight matches and is in violation of the league’s title in regular season after sporting a combined 12-52 record over the previous two seasons.

Last Time Out, Cardinals built a 24-point break leading over Wake Forest on the way to Tuesday’s 72-59 home wine. Already with their most wins in a season since 2019-20, Kelsey’s team shoots on all cylinders coming in February.

“We just click,” Kelsey said. “You can feel it. We have a lot of momentum, we play well together. Our violation is in a great rhythm and we really protect.”

In Tuesday’s victory, Cardinals forced 15 wake Forest revenue, which led to 17 Louisville points. It is a trend that Kelsey wants to see his team extend into the heart of conference games.

“There is a movement with our team from a defensive perspective,” Kelsey said. “It starts in the mind and hearts of every guy in a Louisville shirt. Getting Stop Cases, Taking care of their task, picking up a teammate, these things matter. Defense is an attitude and our guys have played with a chip On their shoulder.

Offensively, Reyne Smith had 16 points on Tuesday and increased his ACC-leading average to 3.9 3-Pointers made by email. Match. Chucky Hepburn leads the team with 15.0 points per Match followed by Smith’s 14.5 and Terrence Edwards Jr. with 13.5.

Louisville is 12-2 against Georgia Tech since joining the ACC in the 2014-15 season. It will require a complete effort for the yellow jackets to earn a troubled Saturday, something they have struggled with all year.

Georgia Tech (9-12, 3-7) led Notre Dame with seven with 5:35 back on Tuesday before becoming scoreless in the next five-plus minutes, and eventually 71-68 fell for his fifth loss in six games .

“I feel bad for the guys. I thought they were playing well enough to win,” said Georgia Tech coach Damon Stoudamire. “Notre Dame made plays down the stretch we didn’t make.”

Stoudamire’s team is plagued by injuries throughout the year and has used only a seven-man rotation for most of conference games where Tuesday is not different. Despite damage to Kowacie Reeves Jr. (9.3 points per game) and Luke O’Brien (6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds per match), Stoudamire maintains that the available players are good enough to start stricting victories together.

“Everyone is talking about the damage, but we are not a charity case,” Stoudamire said. “We have enough in our dressing room to win. We just have to start finishing games and win games.”

Lance Terry, who has missed two ACC games with injury, leads the team with 15.4 points per year. Match. Javian McCollum, who has been out in four games this year, adds 12.8 per year. Match. One of only two yellow jackets to play in all 21 competitions this season, Baye Ndongo Chips in 11.6 points and 7.5 boards per year. Match.

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