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Smith, Scott lead Louisville to its first season-sweep of Virginia since joining the ACC

AP
Jan 18, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky., (AP) Reyne Smith scored 19 points and James Scott posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds as Louisville completed a season sweep of Virginia, defeating the Cavaliers 81-67 on Saturday, for the Cardinals' eighth-straight win.

It's the first time the Cardinals have swept the series since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014 and was their first win over the Cavaliers in Louisville since February 9, 2020.

Louisville never trailed after taking the lead when Smith drew a foul and knocked down three straight free throws 22 seconds into the contest. Scott's dunk with 1:08 left in the first half sent the Cardinals into intermission with a 39-28 lead and they pushed the advantage to as many as 21 points, 77-56 with 3:35 left.

Smith was 4 of 11 from beyond the arc and a perfect 7-for-7 at the line to lead Louisville (14-5, 7-1). Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 16 points and J'Vonne Hadley contributed 13.

Saunders hit 3 of 6 from deep and finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Isaac McKneely added 10 to lead Virginia (8-10, 1-6). The Cavaliers have lost five straight, a streak that started with a 70-50 loss to the Cardinals in Charlottesville.

Four of Louisville's five losses under first-year coach Pat Kelsey have been to teams ranked in the AP Top 25 - No. 12 Tennessee, No. 23 Mississippi, No., 9 Duke and No. 5 Kentucky. None of the Cardinals' 12 remaining games are against a team currently ranked.

Louisville plays at SMU on Tuesday. Virginia returns home to play host to Boston College on Tuesday.

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1st Half
UVA
Cavaliers
28
LOU
Cardinals
39

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Cardinals gains possession)
19:52		Chucky Hepburn turnover (Dai Dai Ames steals)
19:44		Dai Dai Ames misses two point layup
19:42		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
19:39		Elijah Saunders shooting foul (Reyne Smith draws the foul)
19:39	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 3	0-1
19:39	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-2
19:39	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 3 of 3	0-3
19:09	+2	Isaac McKneely makes two point jump shot	2-3
18:47		Dai Dai Ames blocks Chucky Hepburn's two point layup
18:45		Cardinals offensive rebound
18:36		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
18:34		J'Vonne Hadley offensive rebound
18:17	+3	J'Vonne Hadley makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	2-6
17:49		James Scott blocks Jacob Cofie's two point jump shot
17:47		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
17:37		Dai Dai Ames shooting foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
17:37	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-7
17:37	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-8
17:23	+3	Elijah Saunders makes three point jump shot (Isaac McKneely assists)	5-8
17:01	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists)	5-11
16:32	+3	Elijah Saunders makes three point jump shot (Andrew Rohde assists)	8-11
16:16	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point jump shot	8-13
15:51		Andrew Rohde misses two point layup
15:49		James Scott defensive rebound
15:47		TV timeout
15:28		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
15:26		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
15:03		Chucky Hepburn personal foul
14:47		Elijah Saunders misses two point dunk
14:45		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
14:37		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
14:35		Blake Buchanan defensive rebound
14:23	+2	Elijah Saunders makes two point dunk (Isaac McKneely assists)	10-13
14:08		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:06		J'Vonne Hadley offensive rebound
14:00		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
13:58		Blake Buchanan defensive rebound
13:43		Elijah Saunders misses three point jump shot
13:41		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
13:22		Blake Buchanan shooting foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
13:22	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	10-14
13:22	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	10-15
13:04		Andrew Rohde misses two point jump shot
13:02		Blake Buchanan offensive rebound
12:56		Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot
12:54		James Scott defensive rebound
12:46	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	10-18
12:29		Blake Buchanan turnover (J'Vonne Hadley steals)
12:21		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
12:19		Cavaliers defensive rebound
12:03		Aboubacar Traore blocks Blake Buchanan's two point dunk
12:01		James Scott defensive rebound
11:53		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
11:51		Blake Buchanan defensive rebound
11:43	+2	Blake Buchanan makes two point layup (Andrew Rohde assists)	12-18
11:30	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	12-20
11:03		Andrew Rohde misses two point jump shot
11:01		Aboubacar Traore defensive rebound
10:34	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point jump shot	12-22
10:17		Isaac McKneely turnover (Aboubacar Traore steals)
10:11	+2	Aboubacar Traore makes two point dunk	12-24
10:10		TV timeout
10:10		Cavaliers 30 second timeout
9:59		Khani Rooths shooting foul (Elijah Saunders draws the foul)
9:59	+1	Elijah Saunders makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-24
9:59	+1	Elijah Saunders makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-24
9:44		Ishan Sharma shooting foul (James Scott draws the foul)
9:44		James Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:44	+1	James Scott makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-25
9:24		Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot
9:22		Aboubacar Traore defensive rebound
8:58		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
8:56		Dai Dai Ames defensive rebound
8:32		Dai Dai Ames misses three point jump shot
8:30		Andrew Rohde offensive rebound
8:23	+2	Jacob Cofie makes two point layup	16-25
8:23		Aboubacar Traore shooting foul (Jacob Cofie draws the foul)
8:23		Jacob Cofie misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:23		Frank Anselem-Ibe defensive rebound
7:56		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
7:54		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
7:40		Elijah Saunders misses three point jump shot
7:38		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
7:21		Jacob Cofie shooting foul
7:21		TV timeout
7:21		Frank Anselem-Ibe misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:21	+1	Frank Anselem-Ibe makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-26
6:51		Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot
6:49		Cavaliers turnover (shot clock violation)
6:37	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	16-29
6:17		Frank Anselem-Ibe blocks Elijah Saunders's two point jump shot
6:15		Frank Anselem-Ibe defensive rebound
5:51	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup	16-31
5:36		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
5:34		Cavaliers offensive rebound
5:28	+2	Dai Dai Ames makes two point layup	18-31
5:15		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point layup
5:13		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
5:11		Aboubacar Traore personal foul
4:55	+2	Isaac McKneely makes two point layup (Andrew Rohde assists)	20-31
4:42		James Scott misses two point dunk
4:40		Andrew Rohde defensive rebound
4:28		J'Vonne Hadley shooting foul (Elijah Saunders draws the foul)
4:28		Elijah Saunders misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:28	+1	Elijah Saunders makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-31
4:12		Jump ball. (Cavaliers gains possession)
4:12		Aboubacar Traore turnover (Andrew Rohde steals)
3:54		Elijah Saunders misses two point jump shot
3:52		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
3:43	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point jump shot	21-33
3:22		Isaac McKneely misses two point jump shot
3:20		James Scott defensive rebound
3:11		Aboubacar Traore offensive foul
3:11		Aboubacar Traore turnover (offensive foul)
3:11		TV timeout
2:56	+2	Andrew Rohde makes two point jump shot	23-33
2:39	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	23-35
2:39		Isaac McKneely shooting foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
2:39		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:39		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
2:23	+2	Isaac McKneely makes two point layup (Andrew Rohde assists)	25-35
2:23		Terrence Edwards Jr. shooting foul (Isaac McKneely draws the foul)
2:23	+1	Isaac McKneely makes regular free throw 1 of 1	26-35
1:57		Blake Buchanan blocks Reyne Smith's three point jump shot
1:55		James Scott offensive rebound
1:49		Khani Rooths misses two point jump shot
1:47		Cardinals offensive rebound
1:46	+2	James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists)	26-37
1:31		Andrew Rohde misses two point jump shot
1:29		Andrew Rohde offensive rebound
1:21	+2	Blake Buchanan makes two point layup (Elijah Saunders assists)	28-37
1:10	+2	James Scott makes two point dunk (Terrence Edwards Jr. assists)	28-39
0:45		Blake Buchanan misses two point jump shot
0:43		Khani Rooths defensive rebound
0:34		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
0:32		Blake Buchanan defensive rebound
0:04		Elijah Saunders misses three point jump shot
0:02		Cardinals defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UVA
Cavaliers
39
LOU
Cardinals
42

Time		Play	Score
19:46		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
19:44		James Scott offensive rebound
19:31		Blake Buchanan shooting foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
19:31	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-40
19:31	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-41
19:18	+2	Blake Buchanan makes two point dunk (Isaac McKneely assists)	30-41
19:18		J'Vonne Hadley shooting foul (Blake Buchanan draws the foul)
19:18		Blake Buchanan misses regular free throw 1 of 1
19:18		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
18:56		Chucky Hepburn misses two point layup
18:54		Chucky Hepburn offensive rebound
18:47	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	30-43
18:23		Dai Dai Ames turnover (Chucky Hepburn steals)
18:17	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	30-45
18:04		Terrence Edwards Jr. shooting foul (Elijah Saunders draws the foul)
18:04	+1	Elijah Saunders makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-45
18:04		Elijah Saunders misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:04		James Scott defensive rebound
17:49		Blake Buchanan personal foul
17:44		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
17:42		James Scott offensive rebound
17:36	+2	James Scott makes two point jump shot	31-47
17:20		Jacob Cofie turnover (Terrence Edwards Jr. steals)
17:01		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:59		Jacob Cofie defensive rebound
16:51		Jacob Cofie misses three point jump shot
16:49		James Scott defensive rebound
16:28	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	31-49
16:15		TV timeout
16:15		Cavaliers 30 second timeout
15:59		Isaac McKneely misses three point jump shot
15:57		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
15:48		Ishan Sharma personal foul
15:48		TV timeout
15:48		Ishan Sharma personal foul
15:43		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
15:41		Ishan Sharma defensive rebound
15:26		Elijah Saunders misses two point jump shot
15:24		Frank Anselem-Ibe defensive rebound
14:59		Elijah Saunders personal foul
14:50		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
14:48		Ishan Sharma defensive rebound
14:33		Frank Anselem-Ibe shooting foul (Anthony Robinson draws the foul)
14:33		Anthony Robinson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:33	+1	Anthony Robinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-49
14:17		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot
14:15		Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
14:03		J'Vonne Hadley turnover (Elijah Saunders steals)
13:49		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
13:47		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
13:36		Khani Rooths misses two point jump shot
13:34		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
13:30		Elijah Saunders turnover
13:20		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point jump shot
13:18		Anthony Robinson defensive rebound
13:06		Anthony Robinson offensive foul
13:06		Anthony Robinson turnover (offensive foul)
12:53	+2	James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists)	32-51
12:29		Ishan Sharma turnover (Chucky Hepburn steals)
12:23		Anthony Robinson flagrant 1
12:23	+1	Khani Rooths makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-52
12:23	+1	Khani Rooths makes regular free throw 2 of 2	32-53
12:20		James Scott misses two point jump shot
12:18		Anthony Robinson defensive rebound
12:04	+3	Ishan Sharma makes three point jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)	35-53
11:48		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
11:46		Aboubacar Traore offensive rebound
11:39	+2	Aboubacar Traore makes two point layup	35-55
11:21		Aboubacar Traore shooting foul
11:21		TV timeout
11:21	+1	Blake Buchanan makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-55
11:21	+1	Blake Buchanan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-55
10:57		James Scott turnover (Isaac McKneely steals)
10:49	+3	Ishan Sharma makes three point jump shot (Isaac McKneely assists)	40-55
10:40		Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (Dai Dai Ames steals)
10:33	+2	Anthony Robinson makes two point dunk (Dai Dai Ames assists)	42-55
10:33		James Scott shooting foul (Anthony Robinson draws the foul)
10:33		Anthony Robinson misses regular free throw 1 of 1
10:33		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
10:29		Cardinals 30 second timeout
10:08		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
10:06		Ishan Sharma defensive rebound
9:56		Andrew Rohde turnover (Chucky Hepburn steals)
9:44		Dai Dai Ames personal foul
9:44	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-56
9:44	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-57
9:35	+2	Dai Dai Ames makes two point layup	44-57
9:20		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:18		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
9:04		James Scott shooting foul (Blake Buchanan draws the foul)
9:04		Blake Buchanan misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:04	+1	Blake Buchanan makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-57
8:55		Dai Dai Ames personal foul
8:55	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	45-58
8:55	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-59
8:35	+3	Elijah Saunders makes three point jump shot (Ishan Sharma assists)	48-59
8:08	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	48-62
7:45		Andrew Rohde offensive foul
7:45		Andrew Rohde turnover (offensive foul)
7:45		TV timeout
7:18		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point jump shot
7:16		Anthony Robinson defensive rebound
7:15		Frank Anselem-Ibe personal foul
7:15	+1	Anthony Robinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-62
7:15	+1	Anthony Robinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-62
7:06		James Scott offensive foul
7:06		James Scott turnover (offensive foul)
6:52		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
6:50		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
6:42	+3	Khani Rooths makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	50-65
6:20		Dai Dai Ames turnover
6:03	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup	50-67
6:03		Elijah Saunders shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
6:03	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	50-68
5:51	+2	Elijah Saunders makes two point layup	52-68
5:51		J'Vonne Hadley shooting foul (Elijah Saunders draws the foul)
5:51		Elijah Saunders misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:51		James Scott defensive rebound
5:39	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (James Scott assists)	52-70
5:16		Ishan Sharma misses three point jump shot
5:14		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
4:53		Ishan Sharma personal foul
4:53	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-71
4:53	+1	Reyne Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-72
4:42	+2	Andrew Rohde makes two point jump shot	54-72
4:30	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point jump shot	54-74
4:13	+2	Elijah Saunders makes two point jump shot	56-74
3:55		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
3:53		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
3:42		Anthony Robinson turnover (Chucky Hepburn steals)
3:35	+2	Aboubacar Traore makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)	56-76
3:35		Elijah Saunders shooting foul (Aboubacar Traore draws the foul)
3:35		TV timeout
3:35	+1	Aboubacar Traore makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-77
3:11	+3	Andrew Rohde makes three point jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)	59-77
2:51		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:49		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
2:37		Elijah Saunders turnover
2:18		Dai Dai Ames blocks Terrence Edwards Jr.'s three point jump shot
2:16		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
2:16		Jump ball. (Cavaliers gains possession)
2:00	+3	Isaac McKneely makes three point jump shot	62-77
1:49	+2	James Scott makes two point layup	62-79
1:49		Dai Dai Ames shooting foul (James Scott draws the foul)
1:49	+1	James Scott makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-80
1:44		Elijah Saunders turnover (Aboubacar Traore steals)
1:36		Aboubacar Traore misses two point layup
1:34		Elijah Saunders defensive rebound
1:23		Elijah Saunders turnover
1:23		Cavaliers 60 second timeout
1:14		Anthony Robinson shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
1:14		J'Vonne Hadley misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:14	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-81
1:02		Ishan Sharma misses two point jump shot
1:00		Anthony Robinson offensive rebound
0:54	+2	Anthony Robinson makes two point dunk	64-81
0:41		Cole Sherman misses three point jump shot
0:39		Anthony Robinson defensive rebound
0:26	+3	Taine Murray makes three point jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)	67-81
0:00		End of period

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Taine Murray makes three point jump shot (Dai Dai Ames assists)