Virginia Tech Hokies vs Louisville Cardinals

College Basketball
71-85
Final
KFC Yum! Center

Lead tracker

VT leadsBiggest lead VT 2, LOU 20
H1H2
LOU leads
Team1H2HT
VT224971
LOU374885

Who won: Louisville 85-71

The Louisville Cardinals beat the Virginia Tech Hokies 85-71 on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at KFC Yum! Center. The Louisville outscored the Virginia Tech 37-22 in the 1st half. Mikel Brown Jr. led the Louisville in points (20). Jailen Bedford led the Virginia Tech in points (24).

Win probability

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Play by play

  1. End of Game
  2. End of 2nd half
  3. H2 0:28
    +2

    Christian Gurdak makes 10-foot jumper

    VT 71 - 85 LOU
  4. H2 0:28

    Christian Gurdak Offensive Rebound.

  5. H2 0:31

    Tobi Lawal misses layup

  6. THREEH2 0:42

    Three! Jumper, 23 ft

    J'Vonne Hadley

    J'Vonne Hadley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sananda Fru assists)

    VT 69 - 85 LOU
  7. H2 1:10

    Isaac McKneely Defensive Rebound.

  8. H2 1:13

    Tobi Lawal misses 24-foot three point jumper

  9. SLAMH2 1:31

    Alley oop dunk, 4 ft

    Sananda Fru

    Sananda Fru makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Mikel Brown Jr. assists)

    VT 69 - 82 LOU
  10. H2 2:00
    +1

    Ben Hammond makes free throw 2 of 2

    VT 69 - 80 LOU
  11. H2 2:00
    +1

    Ben Hammond makes free throw 1 of 2

    VT 68 - 80 LOU
  12. H2 2:00

    Foul on Ryan Conwell.

  13. H2 2:02

    Ben Hammond Steal.

  14. H2 2:02
    TO

    J'Vonne Hadley bad pass turnover

  15. H2 2:06

    J'Vonne Hadley Defensive Rebound.

  16. H2 2:10

    Amani Hansberry misses 27-foot three point jumper

  17. H2 2:22

    Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.

  18. H2 2:23

    Mikel Brown Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2

  19. H2 2:23
    +1

    Mikel Brown Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2

    VT 67 - 80 LOU
  20. H2 2:23

    Foul on Jailen Bedford.

  21. H2 2:46

    Virginia Tech Timeout

  22. THREEH2 2:47

    Three! Jumper, 23 ft

    Ben Hammond

    Ben Hammond makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden Schutt assists)

    VT 67 - 79 LOU
  23. H2 2:53

    Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.

  24. H2 2:55

    Isaac McKneely misses driving layup

  25. H2 3:28
    +2

    Ben Hammond makes 10-foot pullup jump shot

    VT 64 - 79 LOU

Leaders

VTLOU
Points
Jailen Bedford
24
Mikel Brown Jr.
20
Assists
Ben Hammond
5
Mikel Brown Jr.
6
Rebounds
Tobi Lawal
9
Sananda Fru
10