Donovan Mitchell Sports Louisville Themed Shoes, Watches Cardinals Beat Duke

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah guard Donovan Mitchell wore a Louisville Cardinals themed edition of his signature Adidas shoes and watched his former college team upset the Duke Blue Devils before the Jazz tipped off against the Sacramento Kings.

Mitchell and the Jazz hosted the Kings at Vivint Smart Home Arena on Saturday, January 18. The Jazz guard’s college squad played at Cameron Indoor Stadium earlier on Saturday afternoon.

The Jazzman watched his No. 11 ranked Cardinals upset the No. 3 Blue Devils 79-73 on their home court from the sidelines during pregame warmups before the Sacramento vs. Utah game.

Mitchell wore a pair of Cardinals themed version of his Adidas D.O.N Issue #1 signature kicks in support of his college squad.

Donovan is rocking the Louisville colorway of the Issue #1's tonight. Just knocked down a three to give the Jazz a 9-6 lead. #TakeNote

— Zak Hicken (@zakhicken) January 19, 2020

“That’s a big win,” said Mitchell after the final seconds of the Louisville vs. Duke game expired.

Mitchell’s alum improved to 15-3 on the season with the victory. The Jazz will also have bragging rights over Utah head coach Quin Snyder who played his college ball at Duke.

“That’s a big win!”@spidadmitchell making sure he saw @LouisvilleMBB get the WIN.#GoCards pic.twitter.com/L7Gin2f8xG

— Louisville Athletics (@GoCards) January 19, 2020

Mitchell and the Jazz were hot to start their game against the Kings in Salt Lake City and owned a 63-49 advantage at halftime.

The third-year guard scored 16 points on 4-10 shooting during the first 24 minutes of the game. Mitchell shot 3-7 from downtown while pulling down a rebound and dishing out an assist in 18 minutes of play. He posted a +13 plus-minus rating at the break.

Donovan had a great start tonight, three big-time threes in the first quarter and has 16 points at the half. #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/gTNM67WiPb

— Zak Hicken (@zakhicken) January 19, 2020