Louisville-Pittsburgh Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville owns a 15-5 advantage in the all-time series with Pittsburgh, which dates back to 1947.
•   The Cardinals have won 11 straight games against the Panthers.
•   Louisville is 9-1 all-time at home against Pittsburgh, including a 7-0 mark at the KFC Yum! Center.

TEAM
•   Louisville is 125-16 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its eighth season as the home for the Cardinals.
•   The Cardinals have won their conference opening game in eight of the last 10 seasons, including five of the last six.
•   Through its first 14 games this season, Louisville has produced 29 runs of 8-0 or better, including three such runs against Pittsburgh – a 17-0 run in the first half and two 10-0 runs in the second half. The 17-0 run was the second longest run of the season behind only the 18-0 run against Siena on Dec. 6.
•   Louisville closed Tuesday's game shooting 50 percent from the field (28-of-56) – the second highest field goal percentage this season trailing only the 55.7 percent (39-of-70) against Bryant.
•   The Cardinals shot 54.8 percent (17-for-31) from the field in the first half, the second highest field goal percentage in the first half of a game this season behind only the 58.3 percent (21-for-36) in the first half against Bryant on Dec. 11, 2017.
•   Louisville's 42-29 rebounding advantage against Pittsburgh was the second largest margin on the glass this season behind only the 46-29 edge against Bryant (12/11/17).
•   With 10 steals against the Panthers, the Cardinals have accumulated 10 or more steals in four times this season.
•   Pittsburgh started five freshmen in a game for the first time in school history. Tuesday's game marked the second straight game a Louisville opponent has started five freshmen.
•   The Cardinals moved to 14-1 all-time in games played on Jan. 2.

PLAYER
•   Senior Quentin Snider registered his 47th career double-figure scoring performance, including the 10th this season, with Tuesday's game-high 19 points.
        o   Snider has led the Cardinals in scoring four times this season.
        o   The seven made field goals by Snider on Tuesday marked a season-high total.
        o   In his last nine games, Snider has averaged 15.2 points per contest while scoring a season-high 19 points three times in that stretch.
        o   With four assists against Pittsburgh, Snider has dished out four or more assists in five straight games and nine of 14 games overall this season.
•   Junior Deng Adel delivered his 38th career double-figure scoring game, including the 13th in 14 games this season, with Tuesday's 12-point effort.
        o   Overall, Adel has scored in double figures in 16 of his last 17 games dating back to last season.
        o   With his 12 points, Adel surpassed the 700-point plateau in career scoring reaching 701 points overall.
•   Sophomore Ryan McMahon earned his second double-figure scoring outing of the season and the fourth in his two seasons with 10 points on Tuesday.
        o   McMahon made all four of his shots from the field, including a pair of three-pointers in his 13 minutes of action.
•   With his 10 points against the Panthers, junior Ray Spalding earned his ninth double-figure scoring game of the season and the 21st of his career.
        o   Spalding achieved career highs in both free throws attempted (10) and free throws made (6) in the win.
•   Making just his second start of the season, freshman Malik Williams totaled eight points, his second highest output behind only the nine points against Indiana on Dec. 9, 2017.
        o   Williams set a season high with four made field goals while his eight field goal attempts equaled a season high.
•   Senior Anas Mahmoud blocked a pair of shots on Tuesday and has swatted at least one shot in 67 career games, including 13 of 14 outings this season.

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Anas Mahmoud

Ryan McMahon

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

Malik Williams

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