Louisville-St. Francis Brooklyn Postgame Notes

Louisville 85, St. Francis Brooklyn 41
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

SERIES
• Tuesday marked just the second meeting all-time between Louisville and St. Francis Brooklyn and the first since an NIT first round matchup at Madison Square Garden in 1954 won by the Terriers.
• The Cardinals improved to 8-1 all-time against current members of the Northeast Conference.

TEAM
• Saturday's game was the third of four contests for the Cardinals in the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational. They will conclude the event Saturday night against Saint Louis at Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Louisville improved to 4-0 overall for the seventh consecutive season.
• The Cardinals have won 38 consecutive home games in the month of November spanning the last 24 years, including a perfect 25-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
• Louisville has opened its season with four wins by 24 or more points for the first time in school history.
• The Cardinals improved to 4-0 this season when outrebounding their opponent and finished at +18 or better on the glass for the third straight game after holding a 51-24 advantage against St. Francis Brooklyn.
• Louisville has scored 80 or more points in each of the first four games of its season for the second straight season.
• With just nine turnovers on Tuesday night, Louisville has committed nine or fewer turnovers in seven of its last eight games dating back to last season.
• Entering the game ranked third nationally in field goal percentage defense at 29.0 percent, the Cardinals stayed near that mark on Tuesday limiting the Terriers to just 29.8 percent (14-of-47).
• Tuesday's game marked the third time in four games this season Louisville has limited its opponent to 14 or fewer made field goals.
• Louisville moved to 130-6 in the last 15 seasons (4-0 this season) when shooting 50 percent or better from the field after finishing at season-high 53.8 percent (35-of-65).
• Tuesday's performance was the Cardinals' highest field goal percentage since making 58.0 percent (29-for-50) at Boston College on Jan. 28, 2015.
• In Rick Pitino's 15 seasons as head coach, Louisville has a 183-41 record against non-conference opponents, including a 125-12 mark at home. The Cardinals are 49-3 at the KFC Yum! Center against non-conference foes.
• Louisville produced four runs of 8-0 or better on Tuesday – an 11-0 run in the first half and 9-0, 11-0 and 14-0 runs in the second half. Through four games this season, the Cardinals have 13 runs of 8-0 or better, while last season, they had 52 runs of 8-0 or better.
• The Cardinals improved to 163-9 over the last 15 seasons under Rick Pitino when scoring 80 or more points, including 4-0 this season.
• The Cardinals moved to 85-13 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 fourth time in as many games this season after finishing with 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the field.
• Lee has scored 14 or more points in all four games, including at least 21 in each of the last two outings.
• Lee also finished with season highs in rebounds (eight) and assists (four) in 35 minutes of action on Tuesday night.
• Freshman Raymond Spalding registered his second straight double-figure scoring performance with a 12-point outing.
• In his last two games, Spalding has totaled 30 points while connecting on 14-of-17 shots from the field.
• Freshman Donovan Mitchell turned in his second double-figure scoring effort of the season finishing with 11 points while setting season highs for shots made and attempted from the field (5-for-6).
• Mitchell also matched a season-high with six rebounds for the second consecutive game.
• Sophomore Quentin Snider reached double figures in scoring for the second time this season and the eighth time in his last 15 games after registered 10 points on Tuesday.
• Snider has scored nine or more points in all four games this season.
• Sophomore Chinanu Onuaku pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds on Tuesday and has finished with nine or more rebounds in three straight games.
• Graduate student Trey Lewis dished out a season-high seven assists and added a season-high six rebounds.
• Sophomore Anas Mahmoud scored a career-best seven points on Tuesday night. He also set career highs for shots made and attempted from the field after finishing 3-for-4.

Players Mentioned

Damion Lee

Trey Lewis

Anas Mahmoud

Donovan Mitchell

Chinanu Onuaku

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

University of Louisville Athletics