GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Miami 93, Louisville 85
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Associated Press
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Nijel Pack scored 22 points and No. 19 Miami beat Louisville 93-85.
Five days following its dominant 22-point home win over Duke, Miami (20-5, 11-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) could not shake off the conference's last-place team until Pack's 3-pointer with 2:44 remaining made it 82-72. Pack shot 8 of 14, including 4 of 9 on 3-pointers.
Isaiah Wong and Norchad Omier finished with 21 points each and Jordan Miller added 10 for the Hurricanes, who are 14-0 at home.
El Ellis scored a career-high 33 points and had five assists while Jae'Lyn Withers finished with 18 for the Cardinals (3-22, 1-13).
The Hurricanes built double-digit leads early in each half but Louisville responded and avoided the lopsided margins common of its season.
Bensley Joseph hit a 3-pointer 4:41 into the second half to put Miami ahead 60-49, but the Cardinals rallied and narrowed it to single digits.
Ellis' two free with 4:47 remaining cut the gap to 74-70.
The Cardinals overcame a game-starting 10-0 deficit and took their first lead at 34-33 on Ellis' jumper with 4:35 remaining in the first half. Withers' lay-up capped a 9-0 run and made it 36-33.
After Ellis' lay-up gave Louisville another three-point advantage at 38-35, Miami responded with seven unanswered points. Pack's lay-up with 1:10 left ended the spurt before Kamari Lands' 3-pointer with three seconds remaining got the Cardinals within 42-41 at halftime.
HOME FOR THE WEEKEND
The Hurricanes' first half of the conference schedule featured one weekend home game. But the contest against Louisville began a stretch of four consecutive Saturday home appearances at Watsco Center. Miami's remaining conference home games - all on Saturday - will be against Wake Forest, Florida State and Pittsburgh.
BIG PICTURE
Miami: The victory secured the Hurricanes' 12th 20-game winning season in school history. Eight of those seasons have in coach Jim Larranaga's tenure.
Louisville: Ellis has scored 20 or more points in 10 games and five in the conference. He shot 1 of 10 from the field and finished with seven points in the Cardinals' 80-53 home loss against Miami Dec. 4.
February 11, 2023
| Louisville | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Withers | F | 38 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| J. Traynor | F | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| M. James | F | 23 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| S. Curry | F | 11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| E. Ellis | G | 37 | 12-20 | 6-6 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 |
| K. Lands | 23 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| E. Okorafor | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| R. Wheeler | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| H. Miller | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Z. Payne | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 33-57 (.579) |
9-11 (.818) |
10-23 (.435) |
7-24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 85 | |
| Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Omier | F | 32 | 6-7 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| I. Wong | G | 35 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Miller | G | 34 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| N. Pack | G | 30 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| W. Poplar | G | 23 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| H. Beverly | 16 | 1-3 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| B. Joseph | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| A. Walker | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| F. Aire | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Casey | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 199 | 31-58 (.534) |
23-27 (.852) |
8-20 (.400) |
11-28 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 93 | |
