No. 14 Louisville is in an all-out sprint to the regular-season finish line.Winners of seven straight and 17 of their last 18 games, the Cardinals continue their push for a share of an Atlantic Coast Conference title Wednesday night against California in the middle game of a three-game homestand.Louisville’s latest win was a 79-68 decision Saturday against Pittsburgh. Wisconsin transfer Chucky Hepburn had the game of his life with a career-high 37 points, 24 of them in the first half, when he made 6-of-6 3-pointers. No ACC player has scored more points in a first half this season.It was no surprise the ACC picked Hepburn on Monday as its Player of the Week.”Chucky had a game that he’s going to tell his grandchildren about,” said first-year Cardinals coach Pat Kelsey. “That stretch of four minutes before half was amazing … it kind of looked like Steph Curry out there. I played basketball my whole life and I’ve never been in a zone like that. I struggled to score in an empty gym.”Hepburn is leading the team in scoring (16.3 ppg) and assists (6.0), while James Madison transfer Terrence Edwards Jr. hasn’t skipped many beats in his new league, hitting for 15.1 ppg. Reyne Smith (13.8) and J’Vonne Hadley (12.3 ppg, 7.3 rebounds) also supply double-figure scoring.Louisville’s recent surge also has brought the fans back to KFC Yum! Center. Saturday’s crowd of 18,459 was its largest home audience of the year in the 22,000-seat facility, which once was packed for every game before the program’s multi-year skid that resulted in Kelsey taking the job prior to this season.”This team reflects the character, the toughness, the grit of the city of Louisville,” Kelsey said.While the Cardinals are surging, the Golden Bears (13-16, 6-12) have endured predictable struggles while playing in an east coast-based league for the first time. But they did clinch a berth in next week’s ACC tourney Saturday by stopping Boston College 82-71 in Berkeley.