University of Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes

Jan. 11, 2010

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The Cardinals forced the Wildcats into 17 first-half turnovers and the Cardinals had nine steals and four blocks at the conclusion of the first half.
Tonight's crowd of 20,076 is tied for the ninth largest in the history of Freedom Hall.
Freshman Peyton Siva, who drilled his first 3-point field goal since hitting one against Louisiana-Lafayette on 12/23/09, buried career-high 2-of-4 trifectas tonight versus Villanova. Siva also scored a career-high 12 points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field. His previous high was nine points in a win over Morgan State on 11/22/09.
The Cardinals tied a school record for free throws made in a conference game by hitting 39-of-45 from the charity stripe against Villanova tonight. While members of the Metro Conference, the Cardinals made 39 against Virginia Tech on 2/10/86. The 39 charity tosses made by the Cardinals were the most this season since Louisville hit 33-of-41 against Morgan State on 11/22/09.
Sophomore Samardo Samuels scored 21 points, marking the third time this year that Samuels scored better than 20 points in a game, and the first since tallying a career-high 29 against Louisiana-Lafayette on 12/23/09. From the free throw line, Samuels connected on a perfect 13-for-13 from the charity stripe. His 13 free throws made were the most in his career, besting his previous career-high of 11 that he connected on in wins over Morgan Stare on 11/22/09 and Oral Roberts on 12/16.
The Cardinals recorded 12 steals, which was the fourth time this year that Louisville recorded double-digits in steals. It was the second-highest total this season (16 vs. USF).
Louisville blocked six shots in the loss to Villanova tonight, which was the third-highest total this season.
Louisville shot a season-low 31.7 percent from the field, tying a season-low by hitting just 19 field goal attempts. The Cardinals hit 19-of-59 (32.2 percent) in a loss to Kentucky on 1/2/10.

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University of Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes

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