Louisville at Pitt preview – Yahoo Sports

Louisville Cardinals (12-5, 2-3) at Pittsburgh Panthers (8-9, 1-3)

Game Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Petersen Events Center: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Television: ESPN2

Announcers: Dave O’Brien (play-by-play) and Cory Alexander (analysis)

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Favorite: Louisville by 5.5

Series: Louisville leads, 23-11

Last Meeting: Louisville won 79-68 on March 1, 2025 in Louisville

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Projected Starting Lineups:

Louisville

G Adrian Wooley (6-4, 200, So.)

G Isaac McKneely (6-4, 195, Sr.)

G Ryan Conwell (6-4, 215, Sr.)

F J’Vonne Hadley (6-7, 210, Sr.)

C Sananda Fru (6-11, 245, Jr.)

Pittsburgh

G Damarco Minor (6-0, 190, Sr.)

G Omari Witherspoon (6-4, 190, Fr)

G Barry Dunning Jr. (6-6, 195, Sr.)

F Roman Siulepa (6-6, 220, Fr.)

F Cameron Corhen (6-10, 235, Sr.)

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About Pitt:

It’s year eight of the Jeff Capel experience at Pittsburgh, and things do not appear to be getting much better.

The Panthers enter Saturday night’s game against Louisville with a 1-3 mark in ACC play and a losing overall record at 8-9. They beat Ohio State at the buzzer (again), but were beaten pretty handily by every other decent team they played during their non-conference schedule, and also took a pair of embarrassing home losses to Quinnipiac and Hofstra.

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To its credit, Pitt is coming off arguably its most impressive overall performance of the season — a dominant 89-66 road win over Georgia Tech on Wednesday. The Panthers were a scorching 11-of-26 from three in that game, and shot 53.2 percent from the field overall.

Pitt’s leading scorer and its top performer in recent weeks is actually a non-starter. Sophomore guard Brandin Cummings has come off the bench and scored 52 points (and taken a whopping 37 shots) in the Panthers’ last two games. When he gets it going, Cummings, whose brother Nelly also played at Pitt, is about as good a pure scorer as there is in the conference. When he doesn’t have it going … he’s still looking…

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