Will Mikel Brown Jr. play in Louisville basketball game vs Syracuse?

Mikel Brown Jr. played only 21 minutes of Louisville basketball’s loss at Clemson over the weekend after being downgraded from probable to a game-time decision — and giving up his spot in the starting lineup — due to a back injury. On Monday morning, Pat Kelsey said his star freshman point guard is a “little bit beat-up.”

Will the projected NBA lottery pick be available for UofL (20-9, 9-7 ACC) in Tuesday’s 9 p.m. tipoff against Syracuse (15-14, 6-10) at the KFC Yum! Center? Here’s the latest update:

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Brown was listed as out for the game against the Orange in the ACC’s initial injury report published Monday night. The conference will release a final report at 7 p.m Tuesday.

Brown missed eight games between Dec. 16 and Jan. 17 due to a back issue. He came back on a tear, averaging a team-high 21.1 points on 43.4% shooting from 3-point range across 10 games between Jan. 24 and Feb. 23, but managed only five points on 2-for-10 shooting (0 for 6 from 3) and four assists against two turnovers off the bench against the Tigers.

Kelsey said Brown “took some really, really hard falls” during Louisville’s loss at then-No. 19 North Carolina on Feb. 23 and “definitely wasn’t 100%” against Clemson.

“It’s something I’ve been talking to him about: falling less,” the coach said Monday. “He drives so courageously to the rim. He takes some hits, too. I probably shouldn’t say this, but he probably deserves more calls than some of the ones he gets. But that’s part of being a freshman, I guess — maybe earning your stripes.”

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For the season, Brown is averaging 18.2 points on 41% shooting (34.4% from 3) with 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 steals and a team-high 4.7 assists (against 3.1 turnovers) across 29 minutes per game.

After Tuesday’s game against Syracuse, the Cards wrap up the regular season with a 2 p.m. tipoff Saturday at No. 23 Miami.

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