Louisville Basketball: 5 Players To Watch In The Duke Game
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at the five players to watch when Louisville basketball squares off against the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday afternoon.
The Louisville basketball team has a huge game against Duke on Saturday afternoon and they need to win to finally get above .500 in ACC play for the first time this season. The Cards are coming off a decent win against Pittsburgh, but they are looking for their first legit conference win of the season.
Louisville won their last match-up against Duke, but that was largely in thanks to Damion Lee. However, the Cards will need a new hero to step up against the Blue Devils this time around.
Take a look at the five players you need to watch in Saturday’s game:
5. Jayson Tatum | Duke Blue Devils
While he has only played in nine games, the freshman superstar is quietly becoming one of the best players in the nation. He is currently second on the team in scoring per game and is also dominating on the boards. It’s imperative that the Cards slow him down this weekend.
It’s been pretty impressive to see how well he has done in only a small sample of games this year, especially when you realize that his lowest scoring total of his NCAA career was ten against Maine.
However, the most impressive things about Tatum has been his performance in ACC play. Take a quick look at his scoring totals:
- 22 points vs. Boston College
- 21 points vs. Florida State
- 19 points vs. Georgia Tech
- 18 points vs. Virginia Tech
Let’s just hope that Tatum has his first bad game against the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon because if not, Louisville will have a tough time handling the plethora of scorers that Duke has on their roster. However, we have said that before and the Cards rose up to the challenge each time.