No. 7 Virginia visits Louisville following Ellis' 33-point showing

Published Feb. 15, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Virginia Cavaliers (19-4, 11-3 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (3-22, 1-13 ACC)

Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Louisville -17; over/under is 127.5

BOTTOM LINE: Louisville hosts the No. 7 Virginia Cavaliers after El Ellis scored 33 points in Louisville's 93-85 loss to the Miami Hurricanes.

The Cardinals are 3-11 in home games. Louisville is 0-5 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Cavaliers have gone 11-3 against ACC opponents. Virginia leads the ACC shooting 37.7% from deep. Reece Beekman paces the Cavaliers shooting 42.3% from 3-point range.

The Cardinals and Cavaliers meet Wednesday for the first time in ACC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ellis is scoring 17.4 points per game with 2.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists for the Cardinals. Jae'Lyn Withers is averaging 9.7 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 43.6% over the past 10 games for Louisville.

Armaan Franklin is averaging 12.7 points for the Cavaliers. Kihei Clark is averaging 12.1 points and 6.1 assists over the past 10 games for Virginia.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 1-9, averaging 67.0 points, 29.5 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 3.7 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.2 points per game.

Cavaliers: 9-1, averaging 70.2 points, 28.6 rebounds, 16.8 assists, 6.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.2 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.