Pitino, Sosa Preview Wednesday's Game against Oral Roberts
December 15, 2009 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 15, 2009
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino and senior guard Edgar Sosa met with members of the media on Tuesday at the Yum! Center to preview Wednesday's game against Oral Roberts. The Cards and Golden Eagles will tip off at 7:07 p.m. ET at Freedom Hall and the game will be televised by WHAS-TV in Louisville.
U of L will play its fourth of eight straight games at home through the month of December. Louisville dropped its second straight as the Cardinals fell 91-83 to Western Carolina on Saturday. Sosa led the Cards with 16 points and Preston Knowles added 15 points in his return from injury. Samardo Samuels is pouring in a team-high 15.4 points per game, while Jared Swopshire leads the team with 6.3 rebounds.
Oral Roberts (6-5), which has beaten Stanford and Missouri this year, has won three of its last four games, but fell 60-54 at Indiana State last Sunday in its last outing. Sophomore Dominique Morrison totaled 17 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Golden Eagles in that contest. Oral Roberts had participated in three straight NCAA Tournaments (2006-08) before missing the post season last year. Oral Roberts is no. 199 in the early ratings percentage index (RPI) rankings and is no. 186 in the Sagarin Ratings through games of Dec. 13.
Louisville has split its only two previous meetings with Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles won 96-93 over U of L on March 14, 1974 in the NCAA Midwest Region semifinals played at ORU's Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Cardinals won 122-76 in Freedom Hall on Jan. 2, 1993, the third-highest point total ever for a U of L team.
GAME FACTS - Louisville (5-3) vs. Oral Roberts (6-5)
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 16
Time: 7:07 p.m. ET
Site: Crum Court / Freedom Hall (18,865), Louisville, Ky. (UofL 673-139 all-time in Freedom Hall)
TV: WHAS (Ch. 11 in Louisville) will televise the game with Drew Deener (play-by-play) and Bob Valvano (analyst)
Radio: WKRD (790 AM, 101.7 FM) with Paul Rogers (play-by-play) and Doug Ormay (analyst); Also:joined in progress on WHAS (840 AM)
SIRIUS: SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ch. 130
Series History: Tied 1-1 all-time (1-0 in Louisville, 0-1 in Tulsa)
National Ranking: Neither team is ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll and Associated Press Poll this week
Satellite Coordinates: AMC 6, Transponder K21V, Ch. A (KU digital; downlink frequency 12111 vertical; data rate: 18.30Mb; symbol: 13.235)
Officials: Mike Kitts, Wally Rutecki, Mike Roberts
Next U of L Game: Dec. 19 vs. Western Kentucky in Billy Minardi Classic, 4:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
