South Florida Bulls vs Louisville Cardinals, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round

College Basketball

25-9

79-83

Final

24-10

KeyBank Center

TV: TNT

Team	1H	2H	T
USF	27	52	79
LOU	37	46	83

Who won: Louisville 83-79

The Louisville Cardinals beat the South Florida Bulls 83-79 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship East Region 1st Round on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Louisville outscored the South Florida 37-27 in the 1st half. Isaac McKneely led the Louisville in points (23). Joseph Pinion led the South Florida in points (27).

Leaders

USFLOU

Points

Joseph Pinion

27

Isaac McKneely

23

Assists

Joseph Pinion

6

Ryan Conwell

6

Rebounds

Izaiyah Nelson

9

Sananda Fru

10

Scoring

2nd Half

15:03

JumpShot

Ryan Conwell makes 24-foot three point jumper

35-54

14:51

DunkShot

Izaiyah Nelson makes 1-foot dunk (Joseph Pinion assists)

37-54

14:26

JumpShot

Isaac McKneely makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Conwell assists)

37-57

13:17

LayUpShot

Wes Enis makes layup

39-57

13:04

LayUpShot

Kobe Rodgers makes driving layup

39-59

12:50

JumpShot

Isaac McKneely makes 25-foot three point jumper (J'Vonne Hadley assists)

39-62

12:41

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 27-foot three point jumper (Gavin Hightower assists)

42-62

12:29

MadeFreeThrow

Sananda Fru makes free throw 2 of 2

42-63

11:53

LayUpShot

Joseph Pinion makes layup (Wes Enis assists)

44-63

11:23

JumpShot

Isaac McKneely makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Rodgers assists)

44-66

10:31

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gavin Hightower assists)

47-66

10:05

LayUpShot

Khani Rooths makes layup

47-68

10:00

LayUpShot

Izaiyah Nelson makes layup (Joseph Pinion assists)

49-68

10:00

MadeFreeThrow

Izaiyah Nelson makes free throw 1 of 1

50-68

9:32

MadeFreeThrow

Izaiyah Nelson makes free throw 1 of 2

51-68

9:32

MadeFreeThrow

Izaiyah Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2

52-68

9:24

LayUpShot

Vangelis Zougris makes layup (Isaac McKneely assists)

52-70

9:20

LayUpShot

Izaiyah Nelson makes layup (Joseph Pinion assists)

54-70

9:00

DunkShot

Joseph Pinion makes 1-foot dunk

56-70

8:34

MadeFreeThrow

Gavin Hightower makes free throw 1 of 2

57-70

8:32

MadeFreeThrow

Isaiah Jones makes free throw 1 of 2

58-70

8:32

MadeFreeThrow

Isaiah Jones makes free throw 2 of 2

59-70

8:11

DunkShot

Sananda Fru makes 1-foot dunk (Ryan Conwell assists)

59-72

7:42

TipShot

Izaiyah Nelson makes 0-foot tip in layup

61-72

7:11

JumpShot

Isaac McKneely makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Conwell assists)

61-75

5:54

LayUpShot

Gavin Hightower makes driving layup

63-75

5:24

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gavin Hightower assists)

66-75

4:19

LayUpShot

Gavin Hightower makes layup

68-75

3:46

DunkShot

Sananda Fru makes 1-foot dunk (Ryan Conwell assists)

68-77

3:23

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 7-foot pullup jump shot

70-77

3:19

MadeFreeThrow

Adrian Wooley makes free throw 1 of 2

70-78

1:58

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 7-foot jumper

72-78

0:30

MadeFreeThrow

J'Vonne Hadley makes free throw 1 of 2

72-79

0:25

LayUpShot

Gavin Hightower makes driving layup

74-79

0:15

MadeFreeThrow

J'Vonne Hadley makes free throw 1 of 2

74-80

0:15

MadeFreeThrow

J'Vonne Hadley makes free throw 2 of 2

74-81

0:10

TipShot

Izaiyah Nelson makes 0-foot tip in dunk

76-81

0:10

MadeFreeThrow

Ryan Conwell makes free throw 1 of 2

76-82

0:10

MadeFreeThrow

Ryan Conwell makes free throw 2 of 2

76-83

0:05

JumpShot

Joseph Pinion makes 23-foot three point jumper (Wes Enis assists)

79-83

Scores shown as USF-LOU.

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