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Louisville-Savannah State Postgame Notes
November 24, 2014 | Men's Basketball
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LOUISVILLE TEAM NOTES
• Monday's game was the Cardinals' third in the Global Sports Showcase, a five-team round robin event played at various campus sites.
• Monday's contest was the third of six straight for Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center, where they improved to 68-9 all-time.
• Louisville extended its home winning streak against non-conference foes to 29 games dating back to December 2011.
• With Monday's victory, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino moved within one win of reaching 700 collegiate wins during his Hall of Fame career (overall record of 699-245 in 30 seasons).
• The 61-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 the Cardinals' largest margin of victory in a home game since a 64-point victory (104-40) over Morehead State on Dec. 27, 2004 at Freedom Hall.
• The 26 points for Savannah State are the fewest for a Louisville opponent since the Cardinals won 20-13 at Georgetown College on Feb. 4, 1947. No opponent has scored fewer points in a Louisville home game since Nichols Hospital had 22 in an 87-22 Louisville win on Feb. 19, 1944.
• The 10 made field goals for Savannah State are the fewest allowed by the Cardinals since Arkansas State made only 10 of its 41 shots on Nov. 22, 2011.
• Savannah State shot 19.6 percent (10-for-51) from the field on Monday, the second lowest field goal percentage by a Louisville opponent since 1972-73 trailing only the 19.0 percent (11-of-58) by Iona on Dec. 29, 2007.
• Savannah State's tough night offensively on Monday included going 0-for-16 on three-pointers to become the second opponent in Louisville's last six games to finish a game without making a three-point basket. Saint Louis was 0-for-15 from behind the arc in the Cardinals' NCAA tournament win on March 22, 2014.
• Savannah State's seven points in the first half of Monday's game are the fewest points allowed in a half by Louisville since 1972-73. It surpasses the 11-point second half totals by San Francisco (Dec. 8, 2010) and Cincinnati (March 7, 1981).
• Fewest opponent points in a half (since 1972-73)
1. 7 - Savannah State - 11/24/14 (41-7, 1st half)
2. 11 - San Francisco - 12/8/10 (36-11, 2nd half)
2. 11 - Cincinnati - 3/7/81 (20-11, 2nd half)
4. 12 - Arkansas State - 11/22/11 (22-12, 1st half)
5. 13 - Samford - 11/15/12 (42-13, 1st half)
• The 34-point halftime advantage (41-7) is the largest halftime lead for Louisville since its 42-point lead (58-16) after 20 minutes against Rutgers on March 13, 2014 at the American Conference Championship.
• Louisville shot a season-high 52.5 percent (31-of-59) from the field - the best field goal percentage for the Cardinals since finishing at 53.3 percent (32-of-60) against Temple on Feb. 27, 2014.
• The Cardinals forced 26 turnovers for Savannah State, the most for a Louisville opponent since Rutgers finished with 26 on March 13, 2014.
• Louisville finished with a season-high 17 assists - the highest total since finishing with 22 against Houston on March 24, 2014.
• Louisville improved to 152-9 in the last 14 seasons under the guidance of Pitino when scoring 80 or more points.
• The Cardinals improved to 276-42 when holding an opponent to less than 70 points during the last 14 seasons.
LOUISVILLE PLAYER NOTES
• Junior Montrezl Harrell led four Louisville players scoring in double-figures with 15 points, the third time in four games he has led the Cardinals in scoring.
• Senior Wayne Blackshear finished with 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the field marking his third straight game scoring in double figures. It is the first time he has scored 10 or more in three straight games since February 2014 when had 10 against UCF (Feb. 1), 13 at Temple (Feb. 14) and 10 against Rutgers (Feb. 16).
• Freshman Chinanu Onuaku added 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting marking his third straight game with 10 or more points.
• Onuaku finished one rebound shy of his third straight double-double but did equal Harrell with a team-high nine rebounds.
• Sophomore Anton Gill scored a career-high nine points, one better than his eight-point performance against Jacksonville State one week ago.
• Gill added a career best four steals, three better than his previous single game high.
• Freshman Jaylen Johnson scored his first career collegiate points finishing with seven on 3-of-4 shooting from the field, including making his only three-point attempt.
• Johnson also added a career best five rebounds in the win while playing 11 points.
• Freshman Trent Gilbert also scored his first collegiate points finishing with six points on 2-for-3 shooting from the field with all of those attempts coming from behind the three-point line.
• Freshman Quentin Snider dished a career-best three assists and added a career-high two steals in Monday's victory.
