Louisville-Syracuse Postgame Notes

SERIES
• Louisville owns an 18-9 advantage in the all-time series with Syracuse, which dates back to 1964.
• The Cardinals have won three of their five games against the Orange since joining the ACC.
• Louisville is 9-4 all-time at home against Syracuse, including a 3-3 mark at the KFC Yum! Center.

TEAM
• Louisville is 128-18 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its eighth season as the home for the Cardinals.
• Through its first 24 games this season, Louisville has produced 40 runs of 8-0 or better, including one such run Monday against Syracuse with an 8-0 run in the second half.
• The 17 assists for the Cardinals against Syracuse matched their third highest total of the season.
• UofL had three different players match career highs in assists on Monday – Deng Adel with five, Anas Mahmoud with three and Ray Spalding with three.
• Louisville has finished with 15 or more assists seven times this season.
• With one blocked shot against Syracuse, the Cardinals extended their streak of consecutive games with a blocked shot to 257 dating back to the 2010-11 season.
• Monday's game marked just the third time this season Louisville has made 20 or more free throws in a game.
        o The Cardinals made a season-high 23 free throws in the win over Boston College on Jan. 21, 2018 while Monday's 20 free throws matched the total achieved in the win against George Mason on Nov. 12, 2017.
• The 34 points off the bench for Louisville against Syracuse marked the team's third highest total of the season behind only the 49 points against Southern Illinois on Nov. 21, 2017 and the 42 points against Wake Forest on Jan. 27, 2018.

PLAYER
• Junior Ray Spalding reached the double-figure scoring plateau for the 15th time this season and the 27th time in his collegiate career with Monday's team-high 18 points.
        o Spalding has led the Cardinals in scoring six times this season.
        o Spalding also added a team-high nine rebounds marking the 16th time this season he has pulled down eight or more rebounds in a game.
        o Finishing 7-for-8 from the field (87.5 percent), Spalding had his highest field goal percentage of the season.
        o The three assists for Spalding equaled a career-high matching the total achieved on four previous occasions.
• Senior Anas Mahmoud reached double figures in scoring for the eighth time this season and the 15th time in his career with Monday's 10-point effort.
        o Mahmoud matched a career high with three assists equaling the total achieved two previous times.
        o With one blocked shot, Mahmoud has swatted at least one shot in 22 games this season and 76 games in his collegiate career.
• Junior Deng Adel finished with 10 points on Monday marking his 48th career double-figure scoring performance, including the 23rd this season.
        o Adel has reached double figures in 26 of his last 27 games overall dating back to last season.
        o With five assists on Monday, Adel matched a career high total achieved on four previous occasions.
        o Adel finished with eight rebounds against Syracuse marking the sixth time this season he has finished with eight or more rebounds.
• Freshman Malik Williams scored nine points on Monday, matching his second highest total of the season and just one point shy of equaling his season high.
        o Williams made a season-high four field goals, one more than his previous high of three achieved three times.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Anas Mahmoud

Ray Spalding

Malik Williams

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