Louisville-Georgia Tech Postgame Notes

SERIES
• Louisville owns a 20-13 advantage in the all-time series with Georgia Tech, which dates back to 1950.
• The Cardinals have won seven straight games against the Yellow Jackets, including all five contests as ACC foes.
• Louisville is 11-4 all-time at home against Georgia Tech, including a 2-0 mark at the KFC Yum! Center.

TEAM
• Louisville is 129-18 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its eighth season as the home for the Cardinals.
• Through its first 25 games this season, Louisville has produced 43 runs of 8-0 or better, including three such runs against Georgia Tech.
• Thursday's game marked the sixth time this season the Cardinals have limited an opponent to 60 points or less.
• With five blocked shots against Georgia Tech, the Cardinals extended their streak of consecutive games with a blocked shot to 258 dating back to the 2010-11 season.
• Louisville was 27-of-54 from the field (50 percent) on Thursday marking the seventh time this season they have made at least half of their shots from the field.
       o The Cardinals are 6-1 this season when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
• The Cardinals made 60 percent (12-of-20) of their three-point attempts against Tech marking the highest percentage from beyond the arch since connecting on 66.6 percent (12-for-18) against Virginia Tech on Jan. 27, 2016.
• With just 10 turnovers on Thursday, Louisville has committed 10 or fewer turnovers eight times this season.
       o The Cardinals are 10-0 this season when finishing with 10 or less turnovers.
• The 15 steals for the Cardinals against the Yellow Jackets were the most since finishing with 16 steals against Savannah State on Nov. 24, 2014.
       o UofL has registered 10 or more steals nine times this season and they have won all nine of those games.
• Louisville dished out its third highest assists total of the season on Thursday finishing with 18 against Georgia Tech.

PLAYER
• Freshman Jordan Nwora served as Louisville's leading scorer for the second time this season after finishing with 16 points against Georgia Tech.
       o Nwora established season highs in three-pointers made and attempted after connecting on 5-of-7 shots from beyond the arc.
       o Nwora matched a season high with his 10 field goal attempts.
       o After totaling just four steals through Louisville's first 11 ACC games, Nwora set a season high with his four steals in 21 minutes against the Yellow Jackets.
       o Thursday's game marked Nwora's seventh double-figure scoring performance of the season.
• Senior Anas Mahmoud reached double figures in scoring for the second straight game, the ninth time this season and the 16th time in his career with Thursday's 12-point night.
       o Mahmoud added two blocked shots marking the 23rd time this season and the 77th game in his career he has swatted at least one shot.
• Junior Ray Spalding delivered his fourth straight double-figure scoring game and his 16th overall this season (28th career) after finishing with 11 points overall.
• Freshman Malik Williams scored a season-high 11 points while matching a season high with four made field goals.
       o Williams also equaled a season high with his trio of three-point baskets.
• Senior Quentin Snider matched a season-high with his seven assists in the win over Georgia Tech.
• Sophomore Ryan McMahon equaled a career high with five assists on Thursday.
       o McMahon registered a career high with four steals while also swatting his fourth career blocked shot.
       o McMahon made two of his four three-point attempts marking the ninth time in his 18 games this season he has connected on two or more three-pointers.
• Freshman Darius Perry made his first collegiate start in the victory against the Yellow Jackets.
• Junior Deng Adel did not played in Thursday's game against Georgia Tech due to an ankle injury suffered versus Syracuse.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Anas Mahmoud

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

Malik Williams

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