Pat Kelsey breaks down Louisville's strategy after Chucky Hepburn's school record

The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Florida State Seminoles 89-81 on Saturday. Guard Chucky Hepburn drew 11 fouls and converted 17 free throws to set a school record.

Cardinals coach Pat Kelsey hailed Hepburn's performance, explaining how the guard drew so many fouls.

“That’s very, very, very efficient basketball,” Kelsey said in the postgame press conference. “Like we say, the highest percentage shot in the game is a free throw. So, when we talk about the shots we want to generate, you obviously want to try to generate the highest percentage shot in the game first, and that’s free throws."

He said some of his players settled for tough shots in the first half, but that changed in the second.

“So, that’s just playing off the attack, playing downhill, but you have to play poised as well. I felt like there were some times in the first half, we had several guys that were shooting a couple of what we call Simone Biles shots around the rim. And if you shoot Simone Biles shots, those are high degree of difficulty shots.”

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Hepburn led the team with 29 points. He is averaging 15.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. The Cardinals (22-6, 15-2) are second in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.

Pat Kelsey's Louisville Cardinals continue winning momentum

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The Louisville Cardinals built on their win against the Seminoles by defeating the Virginia Tech Hokies 71-66 on Tuesday. The Cardinals led 34-26 at halftime and maintained their advantage in the second half to secure the win.

Pat Kelsey praised Mike Young's Virginia Tech team for putting up a challenge against his side.

"Give Virginia Tech a lot of credit," Kelsey said. "I have a ton of respect for Mike Young. ... Feel like every time you play against him, you feel like you're getting opened up and getting operated on.

"He's an unbelievable tactician. His kids play really hard. I thought played really hard. they battled us. We don't get beat on the backboard very often, and we got beat tonight. So that's a big tip of cap to them."

The Cardinals have only three games left to play. They face the Pittsburgh Panthers on Saturday before playing against the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal.