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Louisville-Jacksonville State Postgame Notes
November 17, 2014 | Men's Basketball
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LOUISVILLE TEAM NOTES
• Louisville improved to 14-0 in home-openers under the guidance of head coach Rick Pitino and has won 20 of its last 22 home-openers overall.
• Monday's contest was the Cardinals' first in the Global Sports Showcase, a five-team round robin event played at various campus sites.
• The home-opener was also the first of six straight games for Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center, where they improved to 67-9 all-time.
• The 49-point difference on Monday was Louisville's largest margin of victory since the 61-point win over Rutgers (92-31) on March 13, 2014 in the Cardinals' American Conference Championship opener.
• It was also the Cardinals' largest margin of victory in a win at home since defeating Missouri-Kansas City 99-47 (+52) on Dec. 8, 2012.
• Monday's margin was Louisville's largest advantage in a home-opener since defeating South Alabama 92-38 (+54) on Nov. 18, 2001 at Freedom Hall in the first game for Pitino with the Cardinals.
• The 60 rebounds on Monday for the Cardinals are their highest total on the glass since pulling down 60 against East Carolina on Jan. 19, 2005 (92-41 win at Freedom Hall).
• Louisville's 30 offensive rebounds are the most since finishing with 30 offensive boards against Morgan State on Dec. 30, 1998 (95-47 win at Freedom Hall).
• The Cardinals' +34 advantage on the glass on Monday is the program's largest rebounding margin in a single game in the last 16 seasons. The previous high for rebounding advantage since the 1998-99 season was +30 (56-26) against Morgan State on Dec. 30, 1998.
• During a span of a little more than 20 minutes of game action covering the final 10:07 of the first half and the first 10:34 of the second half, the Cardinals outscored the Gamecocks 54-9 overall. That stretch included three runs of 13-0, 18-0 and 21-0 for Louisville.
• Louisville improved to 150-9 in the last 14 seasons under the guidance of Pitino when scoring 80 or more points.
• The Cardinals improved to 274-42 when holding an opponent to less than 70 points during the last 14 seasons.
LOUISVILLE PLAYER NOTES
• Junior Montrezl Harrell led five Louisville players scoring in double-figures with 15 points marking his 14th straight game with 10 or more points.
• With 13 points on Monday and 18 points in last Friday's season-opener, sophomore Terry Rozier has scored 10 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time since putting together a stretch of four-straight double-digit scoring performances on Feb. 16-27, 2014.
• Senior guard Chris Jones matched a career-high with six rebounds in Monday's win. Jones also added 10 points giving him back-to-back performances of 10 or more points.
• The five steals on Monday for Jones were just one shy of matching his career high of six achieved twice last season.
• Senior Wayne Blackshear pulled down a career-best nine rebounds on Monday surpassing his previous high total of eight set twice during the 2012-13 season.
• Blackshear also added a career best five assists, two better than his previous high of three against Northern Iowa on Nov. 22, 2012.
• The 12 points for Blackshear are the most for him since his 13-point performance at Temple on Feb. 14, 2014.
• After missing his only attempt from the field in his collegiate debut last Friday, freshman Chinanu Onuaku was 5-for-5 on Monday scoring a career-best 12 points.
• Onuaku also added a career-high 10 rebounds for his first collegiate double-double.
• Sophomore Mangok Mathiang matched a career high with 10 rebounds on Monday equaling his total against College of Charleston on Nov. 9, 2013.
• All 15 available players on the Louisville roster saw game action in Monday's game.
• Four players for the Cardinals made their collegiate debuts on Monday - freshmen Dillon Avare, Trent Gilbert, Anas Mahmoud and Matz Stockman.
