Louisville-Hartford Postgame Notes

Nov. 19, 2013

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#2/#3 Louisville 87, Hartford 48
KFC Yum! Center - Nov. 19, 2013

LOUISVILLE TEAM NOTES

Tuesday's matchup was the second of four games for Louisville in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff. The Cardinals will next travel to Uncasville, Conn., for the final two games of the event on Saturday at 2 p.m., ET against Fairfield and on Sunday at either 1 or 3 p.m., against either North Carolina or Richmond.
With the win, Louisville extended its overall winning streak to 20 games adding to its school record total. The current winning streak dates back to the five-overtime loss at Notre Dame (104-101) on Feb. 9, 2013.
The Cardinals forced a season-high 25 turnovers on Tuesday marking the highest total for a Louisville opponent since North Carolina A&T had 27 turnovers in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Championship on March 21.
Louisville finished with a season-high 16 steals on Tuesday, their highest total since finishing with 20 steals in the NCAA win over North Carolina A&T.
With seven turnovers on Tuesday, Louisville has committed 10 or fewer turnovers in seven straight games dating back to last season, the longest such streak in Rick Pitino's 13 seasons with the Cardinals.
Through four games, the Cardinals have committed just 25 turnovers (6.25 per game) while forcing opponents into 87 turnovers (21.7 per game). Last season, Louisville had 57 turnovers while forcing 89 turnovers through four games.
Louisville improved to 3-0 this season when winning the battle on the glass finishing with a 35-29 rebounding advantage.
The Cardinals were 31-for-62 from the field on Tuesday marking the third straight game they have shot at least 50 percent from the field. Louisville had four straight games of 50-percent or better during the first four games of last year's NCAA Championship.
The Cardinals have made at least 31 field goals in each of the last three games, the longest such streak since late January 2005 when they had a three-game stretch of 33 vs. Tennessee (Jan. 22, 2005), 35 vs. Marquette (Jan. 26, 2005) and 33 vs. Tulane (Jan. 29, 2005).
Tuesday marked the second straight game the Cardinals have not trailed. Louisville's last deficit came in the opening minute of the Nov. 12 win over Hofstra when they trailed 2-0. The Cardinals evened the score at 2-2 with 19:04 left in the first half to start an 11-0 run.
Tuesday's game was just the second all-time between Louisville and Hartford. The Cardinals are 2-0 overall against the Hawks with the previous win (104-69) coming on Nov. 17, 2007 in Freedom Hall.
Friday's matchup was the 61st game played at the KFC Yum! Center for the Cardinals, who improved to 54-7 overall in the fourth season of the downtown facility.

LOUISVILLE PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Montrezl Harrell matched a career-high with 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting (career-high made field goals) while pulling down a game-high nine rebounds. He also matched a career-high with three assists.
Harrell also had six dunks (one away from the single game school record held by Pervis Ellison) doubling his season total to 12 through the first four games.
Playing his 100th career game as a Cardinal, senior guard Russ Smith became the 30th player in Louisville basketball history to reach 1,300 career points after scoring 14 on Tuesday to increase his overall total to 1,310. Smith is 36 points behind No. 29 on the Cardinals' career scoring leaderboard, John Reuther (1962-65) with 1,346.
Smith has scored in double figures in all four games this season and 12 of the last 13 overall.
Junior guard Chris Jones reached double figures in scoring for the third time in four games finishing with 11 points. He also added four assists and matched a career-high with four steals in 23 minutes.
Through the first four games this season, Jones has 17 assists, 11 steals and just two turnovers in 100 minutes played.
Junior Chane Behanan had his second straight double-figure scoring game on Tuesday finishing with 11 points on 3-for-3 shooting from the field.
Freshman Terry Rozier scored a career-high seven points in 14 minutes of action.

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Players Mentioned

Chane Behanan

Montrezl Harrell

Chris Jones

Terry Rozier

Russ Smith

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