No. 21 Louisville beats Wake Forest 72-59 for its 10th straight victory
AP
Jan 28, 2025
Louisville Cardinals, Ky. (AP) Terrence Edwards Jr. scored 18 points as No. 21 Louisville cruised to a 72-59 win over Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Tuesday.
A 12-0 run midway through the first half gave the Cardinals (16-5, 9-1 ACC) a 26-11 lead with 8:26 left and they led by 29 in the second half.
Reyne Smith added 16 points, and Chucky Hepburn finished with 14 points and eight assists as Louisville extended its winning streak to 10 games.
Hunter Salis, who came in third in the ACC with 18.9 points per game, scored 13 for Wake Forest (15-6, 7-3) before he was ejected with 14:47 remaining after picking up his second technical foul.
Wake Forest: Just two days after holding No. 2 Duke to a season-low 63 points in a narrow loss, the Demon Deacons trailed Louisville 67-41 with 7:45 left. Wake came in allowing just 65.6 per game.
Louisville: A week after dismantling SMU on the road, the Cardinals came back home and easily handled another potential NCAA Tournament team from the ACC.
After Wake Forest ended Louisville’s run on a three-point play from Tre’Von Spillers with 8:09 left in the first half, Ty-Laur Johnson came up with a steal and went up for a dunk. But Johnson, who played for the Cardinals’ 8-24 squad last season, lost the ball and a chance for the Demon Deacons to build momentum.
Edwards entered Tuesday shooting just 26.2% from beyond the arc for the season and 15.4% (6 for 39) in his previous seven games. He went 4 for 11 (36.4%) on Tuesday.
Wake Forest returns home to face Pittsburgh on Saturday. Louisville travels to play Georgia Tech on Saturday.
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1st Half
WAKE
Demon Deacons
21
LOU
Cardinals
45
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
Efton Reid III vs. James Scott (Demon Deacons gains possession)
19:36
Hunter Sallis turnover (lost ball) (Terrence Edwards Jr. steals)
19:29
+2
J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)
0-2
19:10
+2
Efton Reid III makes two point jump shot (Hunter Sallis assists)
2-2
18:53
Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:51
Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
18:34
Tre'Von Spillers blocks Terrence Edwards Jr.'s two point layup
18:32
Cameron Hildreth defensive rebound
18:20
Ty-Laur Johnson misses two point jump shot
18:18
James Scott defensive rebound
17:58
+2
James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists)
2-4
17:42
Ty-Laur Johnson turnover (bad pass) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
17:37
J'Vonne Hadley misses two point layup
17:35
Efton Reid III defensive rebound
17:30
+3
Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot
5-4
16:58
J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot
16:56
Efton Reid III defensive rebound
16:53
Ty-Laur Johnson turnover (bad pass)
16:39
+2
James Scott makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)
5-6
16:39
Efton Reid III shooting foul (James Scott draws the foul)
16:39
James Scott misses regular free throw 1 of 1
16:39
Efton Reid III defensive rebound
16:31
Cameron Hildreth turnover (bad pass)
16:07
Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:05
Hunter Sallis defensive rebound
15:55
Hunter Sallis turnover (traveling)
15:55
TV timeout
15:41
Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass)
15:30
Cameron Hildreth misses two point jump shot
15:28
Reyne Smith defensive rebound
15:05
Juke Harris shooting foul (Khani Rooths draws the foul)
15:05
Khani Rooths misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:05
Khani Rooths misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:05
Ty-Laur Johnson defensive rebound
14:45
Cameron Hildreth misses two point jump shot
14:43
Khani Rooths defensive rebound
14:18
Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
14:16
Hunter Sallis defensive rebound
13:58
Khani Rooths blocks Juke Harris's three point jump shot
13:56
Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
13:49
+3
Khani Rooths makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists)
5-9
13:47
Demon Deacons 30 second timeout
13:32
Ty-Laur Johnson misses two point layup
13:30
J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
13:26
Hunter Sallis blocks J'Vonne Hadley's two point layup
13:24
Khani Rooths offensive rebound
13:22
+2
J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)
5-11
13:08
+3
Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot
8-11
12:40
+3
Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot (Reyne Smith assists)
8-14
12:25
Chucky Hepburn personal foul
12:09
Aboubacar Traore blocks Cameron Hildreth's two point layup
12:07
Demon Deacons offensive rebound
12:05
+3
Hunter Sallis makes three point jump shot
11-14
11:51
Juke Harris personal foul
11:51
TV timeout
11:35
Tre'Von Spillers blocks Aboubacar Traore's two point layup
11:33
Hunter Sallis defensive rebound
11:26
James Scott blocks Hunter Sallis's two point layup
11:24
Tre'Von Spillers offensive rebound
11:20
Parker Friedrichsen misses three point jump shot
11:18
James Scott defensive rebound
11:15
+2
Aboubacar Traore makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)
11-16
10:50
Tre'Von Spillers misses three point jump shot
10:48
James Scott defensive rebound
10:39
Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:37
Tre'Von Spillers defensive rebound
10:24
Cameron Hildreth misses two point layup
10:22
Aboubacar Traore defensive rebound
10:10
+3
Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Aboubacar Traore assists)
11-19
9:51
Hunter Sallis misses two point jump shot
9:49
Reyne Smith defensive rebound
9:42
Parker Friedrichsen personal foul
9:32
+3
Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists)