Men's Basketball Hosts St. Francis on Tuesday Night

Saturday, November 21

LOUISVILLE, KY

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University of Louisville

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November 23, 2015 | Men's Basketball

Cardinals close out four game home stand on Tuesday

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 4
Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational
Date: Nov. 24, 2015
Time: 7:05 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (84-13 in 6th yr.)
Television: Regional Sports Networks (Fox Sports South in Louisville) - Wes
Durham, play-by-play; Daymeon Fishback, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 83)
Series History: Louisville trails 0-1
Last Meeting: St. Francis 60, UofL 55 (March 6, 1954 at Madison Square Garden, NIT First Round)
UofL National Ranking: unranked (receiving votes in both polls)
Officials: Tim Nestor, Jerry Heater, Tony Chiazza
Next UofL Game: Nov. 28 vs. Saint Louis, 8 p.m. ET, Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Inv., Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (American Sports Networks)

Louisville will play its fourth straight at home to start the season as the Cardinals play the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers in the Cards' third game of the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational on Tuesday.

Louisville dominated the second half in beating North Florida 89- 61 last Saturday, blowing open a two-point game at halftime while shooting 61.8 percent in the period and limiting the Ospreys to 28 percent accuracy.

Four Cardinals are averaging double figures, Damion Lee is the leading scorer with 18.7 points per game. Chinanu Onuaku is the second leading scorer and leading rebounder on the team with 11.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Trey Lewis ranks third on the team in scoring with 11.0 points per game while Quentin Snider rounds out the top scorers with 10.0 points per game. Snider also leads the team in assists, averaging 5.3 per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 51.5 percent from the field while holding opponents to 29.0 percent shooting. They are also shooting 39.1 percent from behind the arc while holding opponents to just 28.8 percent. They are averaging 47.7 rebounds and 16.3 assists per game.

St. Francis Brooklyn (1-2) dropped its season opener 75-49 at Boston College on Nov. 14, beat Mount Saint Vincent 93- 67 on Nov. 17, and fell 76-60 at Saint Louis on Nov. 21 in their first game of the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational.

Senior guard Tyreek Jewell led the Terriers with 12 points against Saint Louis. St. Francis Brooklyn -- which posted a 23-12 record last season, won the Northeast Conference regular season title and reached its first postseason appearance in 51 years by playing in the NIT -- is picked to finish fifth in the NEC. Amdy Fall, the 2015 NEC Defensive Player of the Year, returns for the Terriers.

Louisville lost its only previous matchup with St. Francis Brooklyn, falling 60-55 in the 1954 National Invitation Tournament in New York's Madison Square Garden (3-6-54) as Vlad Gastevich led the Cardinals with 11 points. The post-season tournament featured 12 teams at that time.

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Louisville's 126 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch. Louisville and Wichita State are the only schools in the nation to win 30 games in three of the last four seasons, including a school-record 35 victories amassed by Louisville's 2012- 13 NCAA Championship team.
UofL has won 37 consecutive home games in November spanning the last 24 years, including a perfect 24-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
Raymond Spalding had an impressive game off the bench against North Florida, producing his first double-double with 18 points, 12 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots.
Quentin Snider's 5.3 assists per game ranks him third in the ACC. He matched a career-high with six assists in each of his last two games, equaling the total he first accomplished against North Carolina on March 12, 2015. Snider has committted just three turnovers this year.
With just eight turnovers against North Florida, Louisville has committed nine or fewer turnovers in six of its last seven games dating back to last season.
UofL ranks third nationally in field goal percentage defense (.290).
Louisville has just two players – Mangok Mathiang and David Levitch -- who have played with the Cardinals more than a year. The Cardinals return just 17 percent of its scoring from last season, the lowest for a UofL team in 43 years.