Louisville-North Florida Postgame Notes

Louisville 89, North Florida 61
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

SERIES
• Saturday marked the first ever meeting between Louisville and North Florida.
• The Cardinals improved to 7-1 all-time against current members of the Atlantic Sun, including a 5-1 mark against Stetson and a 1-0 record against Lipscomb.

TEAM
• Saturday's game was the second of four contests for the Cardinals in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational.
• Louisville improved to 3-0 overall for the seventh consecutive season.
• The Cardinals have won 37 consecutive home games in the month of November spanning the last 24 years, including a perfect 24-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
• Louisville has won its first three games by 28 or more points for the first time in school history.
• UofL has scored 80 or more points in each of the first three games of its season for the second straight season. Last season, the Cardinals scored 80 or more in their first four games.
• In Rick Pitino's 15 seasons as head coach, Louisville has a 182-41 record against non-conference opponents, including a 124-12 mark at home. The Cardinals are 48-3 at the KFC Yum! Center against non-conference foes.
• Louisville produced four runs of 8-0 or better on Saturday – 11-0 and 8-0 runs in the first half and 11-0 and 8-0 runs in the second half. Through three games this season, the Cardinals have nine runs of 8-0 or better, while last season, they had 52 runs of 8-0 or better.
• The Cardinals' 12 steals on Saturday were the most since finishing with 14 against Cal State Northridge on Dec. 23, 2014.
• Saturday marked the second straight season the Cardinals have registered a +30 or better rebounding advantage in a single game after finishing with a 53-22 margin against North Florida. Last season, Louisville outrebounded Jacksonville State 60-26 on Nov. 17, 2014.
• The Cardinals improved to 162-9 over the last 15 seasons under Rick Pitino when scoring 80 or more points, including 3-0 this season.
• Louisville moved to 129-6 in the last 15 seasons (3-0 this season) when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
• The Cardinals improved to 84-13 all-time at KFC Yum! Center, now in its sixth season as the home of Louisville basketball.

PLAYER
• Graduate student Damion Lee led the Cardinals in scoring for the third time in as many games finishing with a season-high 24 points.
• Lee also set season highs for shots made (10) and attempted (16) from the field and rebounds (seven).
• Freshman Raymond Spalding earned his first collegiate double-double and finished with season highs in points (18), rebounds (12) and minutes played (31).
• Spalding also had season highs in shots attempted and made finishing 8-for-10 from the field.
• Spalding finished with four steals and two blocked shots after entering the game with none of either in the first two games this season.
• Graduate student Trey Lewis scored a season-high 15 points. He also set season highs for shots attempted and made from the field finishing 7-for-16.
• Sophomore Quentin Snider made his first start of the season and the 11th of his career on Saturday.
• Snider equaled a season-high with six assists to go along with nine points.
• Junior Mangok Mathiang scored a season-high eight points and matched a season-high with three blocked shots.
• Sophomore Chinanu Onuaku matched a career-high with five assists and equaled a season-high with nine rebounds on Saturday.
• Freshman Deng Adel missed Saturday's game with a sprained left knee. Adel started each of Louisville's first two games this season.

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Damion Lee

Trey Lewis

Mangok Mathiang

Chinanu Onuaku

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

University of Louisville Athletics