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In advance of their crushing defeat at Virginia on Wednesday night, the men’s basketball team of Louisville added additional players to its list of injuries.
Before tipoff, U of L (5-8, 0-2 ACC) released a statement in which it stated that Kenny Payne’s team would be without two freshmen, Dennis Evans (shoulder) and Tre White (groin), due to injuries. The team was trying to end a 21-game losing streak on the road against the Cavaliers (11-3, 2-1) in Charlottesville, Virginia, where it hadn’t triumphed since 1990.
Despite being labeled as questionable, JJ Traynor, a senior 6-foot-8 forward who hasn’t played since being sidelined from a game against DePaul on December 9 due to a shoulder injury, didn’t participate in the 77-53 loss. Traynor, according to Payne on Tuesday, is “getting
It was White’s first time out of the starting lineup this year. With 12.7 points per game on 40.3% shooting as of Wednesday, the 6-7 transfer from Southern California was second on the team in scoring. In addition, he adds 6.1 rebounds every game.
The 6-9 forward Okorafor has only appeared in five games this season. In 6.8 minutes per game, he’s scoring 2.7 points and grabbing 2.3 rebounds on average. After enrolling in the program in January of last year, the NBA Academy Africa product participated in a few games before suffering an ankle injury that prevented him from playing for the rest of the 2022–2023 season.
The 7-1 center Evans hasn’t played since the Cardinals defeated Bellarmine at the KFC Yum! Center on November 29. His playing time was decreasing prior to his injury, despite having started five of the team’s first seven games.
Ty-Laur Johnson, Skyy Clark, Mike James, Danilo Jovanovich, and Brandon Huntley-Hatfield were the starting lineup for Louisville.
James was the only player among them to break double digits. While the other starters combined for 27 points on 10-for-24 shooting (2 for 11 from 3), the redshirt sophomore scored 11 points on 4-for-10 shooting.
With 14 points in 26 minutes off the bench, rookie Curtis Williams led the Cards.
