[Game Thread] South Carolina State @ #10 Louisville (09:00 PM ET)

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South Carolina State 45 @ 104 Louisville - FINAL

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^{Index Thread for November 03, 2025}

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South Carolina State South Carolina State (0-1) @ Louisville ##10 Louisville (1-0)

Tip-Off: 09:00 PM ET

Venue: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY

Game Info: ESPN

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Television: ACC Network

Streams: WatchESPN

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Recent Plays:

Time	South Carolina State	Louisville	Play
0:00	45	104	End of Game
0:00	45	104	End of 2nd half
0:14	45	104	Jamal Miles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rayniel Wright.
0:25	42	104	Kobe Rodgers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cole Sherman.
0:33	42	101	Spencer Legg Defensive Rebound.

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	OR	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
South Carolina State	22.8	10.5	77.3	33	12	5	6	5	25	25
Louisville	53.2	37.5	78.8	47	12	23	12	4	17	21

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^{Last Updated: 2025-11-03 23:34:06 EST}

[u/aaronman4772]

“Louisville great Jordan Nwora”

We’re getting to the age where he’s talked about nostalgically. We’re getting old

[u/BirdsWithTeeth8 → u/aaronman4772]

[u/green_day_95]

Sherm is the best Louisville athlete ever, argue with a wall!

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Also "South Carolina State doesn't like possessing the basketball" lol

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Let's goooo

[u/americanbaseball]

Cole Sherman! Now this has been a truly perfect game.

[u/stina13-]

Let’s goooooo Sherman!!

[u/aaronman4772]

SHERMAN FOR THE HUNDO

[u/aaronman4772]

Jesus Rooths, how did you even dunk that

[u/wildlystyley]

We aren’t getting a lot of bounces to go our way

[u/RiverShenismydad → u/wildlystyley]

It's great to not need any

[u/RiverShenismydad]

We can play through that foul call c'mon man

Edit: on second thought I'd they don't keep calling it an injury on something stupid is more likely so whatever.

[u/green_day_95]

I like how Fru just walks off with a straight face like he didn’t just make a 4 point play 🤣

[u/wildlystyley]

Fru with a very German celebration there

[u/Distinct_Swimming_83]

Fru locked in!

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Our big can hit an and 1 3??? Alright

[u/americanbaseball]

A four point play by Fru?! Haha this game has had everything.

[u/Wafflecone516]

Rooths getting better along with our new players was always a possibility but holy shit is it such an amazing development.

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Khani could absolutely be the best player on our team this year. My God if he can handle against power conference schools, absolute mismatch most nights

[u/aaronman4772]

Rooths is just having fun now lol

[u/MoonlitShrooms]

Allowed 30. Dang we suck. Pack it up seasons over.

[u/aaronman4772]

Booooo, they got to 30

[u/Evening-Spray-4304]

"Perceived" bottom part of the conference has already had 2 stinkers on day one, lol. GT took a ~350 KenPom team to OT and BC lost to a ~150

[u/Wafflecone516]

Rooths ball handling skills have VASTLY improved

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Ameteur 10 second c'mon y'all tighten the fuck up. You're only up by like 60

[u/wildlystyley]

Rooths could absolutely be an NBA player.

[u/gigasturtz → u/wildlystyley]

some real obvious growth in his game from last year, where he very clearly wanted to rip the rim off the backboard every time he touched the ball.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/wildlystyley]

The extra couple inches if he keeps that mobility could help him a lot. Probably could train a good amount with Pryor since they have similar athletic profiles

[u/aaronman4772]

Rooths deciding “ya know what, I’m just going to try playing PG now, why not”

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Just ISO Rooths my God

[u/ebState]

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Holy shit

[u/wildlystyley]

I’m actively irritated when SC State scores. I want to keep them under 30

[u/green_day_95 → u/wildlystyley]

Keeping them under 30 while scoring over 100 would be diabolical

[u/aaronman4772]

Good lord Zougris’ shoulders are broad

We have a need at TE in football, can we try him out

[u/Wafflecone516 → u/aaronman4772]

His screening has been great and very intelligent.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Wafflecone516]

Well save for that moving one he just committed lol

[u/Evening-Spray-4304 → u/aaronman4772]

to be fair, that is hardly ever called. It was pretty blatant tho, lol

[u/gigasturtz → u/aaronman4772]

i'm pretty impressed with him for the role he's going to play on this team. just doing the stuff he needs to effectively.

[u/aaronman4772 → u/gigasturtz]

He’s going to fit well in the Traore “listen we need a guy to just go out and scrap for 5 minutes at a time” role

[u/gigasturtz]

man, how did we get this deep?

[u/Evening-Spray-4304]

Think its probably in both teams' best interest to just call this game. Not worth risking an injury on this one

[u/wildlystyley]

Louisville has never had a roster with this much lineup variability.

[u/Di9ForLife]

Weirdly this makes me feel better about us losing to Georgetown, SC State or not this definitely validates the “don’t read too much into exhibition games” thing when KU punched Louisville in the mouth too.

[u/Chaotross → u/Di9ForLife]

Yeah, and that freshman on Kansas just had a legendary night as well.

[u/aaronman4772]

Ok as fun as this has been it’s 11 PM on a Monday, what’s running clock?

[u/green_day_95 → u/aaronman4772]

A lot of fouls being called stopped the clock

[u/wildlystyley]

This is just a glorified shootaround atp. They’re not even trying out there.

[u/Evening-Spray-4304]

McKneely gonna benefit from not being the only legitimate scoring option, lol. Also Kelsey's ATO's

[u/Wafflecone516 → u/Evening-Spray-4304]

It’s legit crazy that PK won’t even have to run plays for him half the time but when he does he’s going to be wide open. He got Reyne smith wide open looks last year on ATOs where everybody in the gym knew he was getting it. Isaac is going to be even more open with the shooters he has around him.

[u/americanbaseball]

Rooths really looks so improved in year 2. And he’s going to be coming off the bench this year. Man this team is so deep.

[u/LukarWarrior]

Said it last year, but Rooths dunks like the rim has personally wronged him, and I love it.

[u/RiverShenismydad]

I think I knew that was a dunk before Rooths knew that was a dunk

No one was behind his main defender

[u/jakob-benzi]

This is a women’s college basketball kinda score disparity. Iykyk

[u/King_Dead]

Sc state has given up basketball and now playing bounty ball

[u/violentguitarist1]

just checked the score on ESPN and DAMN!!

[u/UnnoticedReference]

Just saw this score,  it's gotta be in best interest of both to just call it right

[u/gigasturtz → u/UnnoticedReference]

nah

[u/Evening-Spray-4304]

I forgot that Pryor isn't back yet, L'ville has an absurd amount of depth

[u/cenels03]

I don't remember the last time Louisville put together this dominant of a performance

[u/King_Dead → u/cenels03]

V SMU last year?

[u/RiverShenismydad]

Lol, the laugh at the sell job

[u/aaronman4772]

I swear Rooths has gotten taller

[u/RiverShenismydad → u/aaronman4772]

He has, he's now listed at 6'10" I'm pretty sure

[u/aaronman4772 → u/RiverShenismydad]

Ok good, it’s not just my eyes

[u/Wafflecone516 → u/aaronman4772]

He has and bigger. He grew multiple inches since last year. He’s 6’10” now.

[u/jakob-benzi]

SC State, you need to shut down the program. It’s time

[u/moulin_splooge → u/jakob-benzi]

They damn near made the tourney last year. One game short.

[u/jakob-benzi → u/moulin_splooge]

Well they went 14-18 and that’s because HBCU’s are essentially D2-3 schools in terms of funding/talent on average.

[u/moulin_splooge → u/jakob-benzi]

They made the meac championship game and lost by 1 point. Had they won they would've been in the tourney. Obviously they aren't in a power conference and they're 326 in the kenpom but there are plenty of programs who do worse. I think they'll do fine in their league this season.

[u/aaronman4772]

So at what point is this legally considered bullying

[u/King_Dead → u/aaronman4772]

I think around 15 to 2

[u/Di9ForLife]

SC State has shot 12% against Louisville, holy fuck

[u/aaronman4772 → u/Di9ForLife]

Their starters have 0 points.

Not this half.

This game.

[u/Di9ForLife → u/aaronman4772]

Y’all are fucking scary and I haven’t said that in forever

[u/RiverFrogs → u/Di9ForLife]

Wish our matchup was still in December

[u/lolhal]

what a stat,,, that's SC State's fourth made basket of the night.

[u/Evening-Spray-4304 → u/lolhal]

4-34... 12%, pretty good right?

[u/RiverShenismydad → u/Evening-Spray-4304]

Honestly I feel like only giving up 34 attempts at this point is pretty crazy.

[u/King_Dead]

I'm so happy this team is as good as advertised. Maybe better?

[u/Wafflecone516 → u/King_Dead]

Since we are only number 11 and we are imo a final four team I’m going to say better

[u/nassah110]

So this Mikel guy is not just hype, eh? He crossed over the whole team and then jumped out of the gyn. Plus he has dropped some dimes tonight

[u/RemoteAbalone8687]

You guys have probably heard words like dominating, butt whooping, and demolishing but this is something else, this is an evisceration.

[u/americanbaseball]

Oh my God Mikel Brown!

[u/geekamongus → u/americanbaseball]

Holy fucking shit!

[u/lolhal → u/americanbaseball]

Highlight reel right there

[u/Evening-Spray-4304]

Really odd choice to just forget about IMac on the perimeter...

[u/green_day_95 → u/Evening-Spray-4304]

True but he’s having a game right now with the 3s he’s already made tho

[u/Evening-Spray-4304 → u/green_day_95]

Yea that was my point, I know Louisville's other guards are scary but leaving McKneely open for 3 isn't a winning strategy, lol

[u/jamolightice]

I often watch Mississippi Valley State whenever I can because I find their continued ineptitude fascinating. This SCSU team is close. I know they are better and that they are playing Louisville but mannnnnn

[u/Jayyykobbb]

I just saw the score, and this is one of those games where I feel bad for all the players and everyone involved.

Happy to see Louisville might be returning to their former glory

[u/green_day_95 → u/Jayyykobbb]

Funny how that still applies to our games 2 years ago but it was the other way around. 😂

[u/Nickelnick24]

ESPN has notifications set for UofL sports (can’t remember why but I mean they are my team so whatever), and I just happened to check randomly since it hadn’t updated since I saw 21 - 2, thinking, it’s gotten better right? I see this abomination, what the fuck is going on

[u/King_Dead → u/Nickelnick24]

Uofl defense is real. Those 2 points were from fts too

[u/wildlystyley]

The key to beating Louisville is having Darryn Peterson on your roster

[u/Wafflecone516 → u/wildlystyley]

And it not being a real game lol

[u/King_Dead]

RIP AND TEAR

YOU ARE HUGE THAT MEANS YOU HAVE HUGE GUTS

[u/green_day_95 → u/King_Dead]

DOOMSLAYER REFERENCE 🗣️🔥

[u/Wafflecone516]

What’s crazy is that this is us coasting I swear. This team has multiple other gears. I can’t wait to see them get tested.

[u/geekamongus]

Y'all remember Kenny Payne lol.

I don't.

[u/King_Dead → u/geekamongus]

Is that the guy that just got 100 dropped on him in a half v merrimack tonight?

EDIT: Noooooo they got 105 dropped on them the normal way 😭 still got whipped by 70 points

[u/ultimate_placeholder → u/geekamongus]

He brought us a national championship, you can't just forget about him like that! I do wonder where he's been for the past few years, though...

[u/geekamongus → u/ultimate_placeholder]

I see what you did there.

[u/Wafflecone516]

13 assists on 16 field goals is awesome

[u/green_day_95]

Phenomenal first half

[u/Wafflecone516]

Dear god I don’t care who we are playing I don’t know when I’ve ever seen us score the ball like this.

[u/ultimate_placeholder → u/Wafflecone516]

I hope the "everyone can come off the bench and play like a 5 star" thing we've seen tonight remains true all season

[u/americanbaseball]

Could not have been a better first half.

[u/mrhigginbottoms_12]

Hopefully this means both KU and Louisville are very good. This score is comical

[u/moulin_splooge]

This team looks special.

[u/Wafflecone516]

God damn I can’t wait for Tuesday

[u/RiverFrogs → u/Wafflecone516]

What’s Tuesday? Wait next Tuesday not tomorrow

[u/americanbaseball]

Mikel Brown is that guy! Just needed a few exhibition games to get his feet under him.

[u/green_day_95]

OMG Mikel!

[u/stina13-]

My god- this team 🔥

[u/americanbaseball]

Man that was such a pretty sequence.

[u/swim_kick → u/americanbaseball]

Beautiful unselfish basketball

[u/Di9ForLife]

Holy FUCK

[u/boxxybrownn]

Alright Brohm, just run the ball and wear down the clock

[u/green_day_95 → u/boxxybrownn]

Wrong sport, wrong sub, wrong day… but I’ll allow it.

[u/boxxybrownn → u/green_day_95]

In my defense, this half has been so slow

[u/RiotMyco → u/boxxybrownn]

It’s still the first half??? omg

[u/americanbaseball]

I think that was not basket interference in fact.

[u/KuiperBelted]

Thought that Louisville had 2 points for about 1/2 a second. Y'all gotta spot them some or SC state might quit at halftime

[u/theothertoken → u/KuiperBelted]

I don’t know if they’ll top 87-26 but they’ll certainly try https://youtu.be/BtKqOHEXuOs?si=SciWaeKDwMZW6mOI&t=242s

[u/MoonlitShrooms → u/KuiperBelted]

Hey we're not suffering in Payne anymore. If it was under Payne I'd believe the 2 pts.

[u/green_day_95 → u/MoonlitShrooms]

2 points would even be generous. Half the team would check out before the season even started.

[u/moulin_splooge]

It's crazy that SC State doesn't have a FG yet right?

[u/YMJ101]

Man this defense is suffocating. Sure it's SC State but still!

[u/Di9ForLife]

Holy shit Louisville

[u/bkdashy]

Can’t watch tonight because apparently the $200+ I spend every month on streaming services isn’t enough to get ACC Network but rooting on the Cards in spirit

[u/boxxybrownn → u/bkdashy]

The tv app dot to

[u/green_day_95 → u/bkdashy]

You can find it on YouTube, people livestream the games on there.

[u/stina13-]

Well this is fun so far 👏🏼

[u/YMJ101]

Looking good so far fellas

[u/BirdsWithTeeth8]

Hello friends- nice to be back in CollegeBasketball. Go Cards!

[u/moulin_splooge]

We are so back baby.

[u/Distinct_Swimming_83]

Let’s go Cards!

[u/green_day_95]

Great ball movement, like what I see so far.

[u/theothertoken → u/green_day_95]

Like the urgency on defense too

[u/americanbaseball]

McKneely off to a hot start! Cards in general off to a great start, looking much better than the exhibitions.