You could feel the air as it was sucked out of the crowd when Jordan Nwora was visibly in pain, grabbing his shoulder and quickly escorted to the locker room. A minute or two later, the crowd was brought back to life as Louisville basketball’s leading scorer willed his way back onto the bench, clearly still in some pain. Outside of that and a few moments where Pittsburgh drew within five, the top-ranked Cardinals had smooth sailing in the late Friday night victory.
The victory, which is Louisville’s second ACC win this season, was never really in doubt.