LOUISVILLE -- El Ellis put on a show for the home crowd at the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday night against Western Kentucky, leading the host Cardinals and first-year head coach Kenny Payne to his first-ever collegiate head coaching win with a 94-83 victory.
El -- stands for Elbert -- posted his first career double-double with career highs of 30 points and 10 assists as the senior point guard helped Louisville (1-9) get that first win in what has been the program's worst start since the early 1940s.
It may be Elbert, but that El could well have stood for something else against the Hilltoppers -- Elite.