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Louisville-Pittsburgh Postgame Notes
February 11, 2015 | Men's Basketball
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LOUISVILLE TEAM NOTES
• Louisville won its sixth straight game against Pittsburgh increasing its all-time lead in the series to 10-5.
• Wednesday's victory clinched the Cardinals' 13th straight 20-win season.
• After holding a 27-22 lead after 20 minutes on Wednesday, Louisville improved to 78-1 over the last three seasons when leading at halftime, including an 18-0 mark this season.
• Louisville produced three runs of 8-0 or better on Wednesday -- a 9-0 run during a span of 1:50 early in the first half to flip a 4-0 deficit to a 9-4 lead, a 10-0 run during a stretch of 2:36 in the second half to change a 45-39 deficit to a 49-45 advantage and an 8-0 run during a span of 2:30 late in the second half to increase a 53-47 lead to 61-47. Overall, Louisville has created 43 runs of 8-0 or better in 24 games this season.
• Finishing 0-for-4 from beyond the arc, Wednesday marked the first time Louisville has not connected for a three-pointer in a game since Jan. 18, 1992 against Wyoming.
• The four three-point attempts on Wednesday are the fewest in a game by the Cardinals in head coach Rick Pitino's 14 seasons in Louisville. The previous low for three-point attempts by a Pitino-coached Louisville team was five against Davidson in the second round of the NCAA Championship on March 15, 2012.
• With a 39-29 advantage on the glass on Wednesday, Louisville improved to 13-2 this season when finishing with the rebounding edge.
• Wednesday marked the 13th time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to fewer than 60 points in a game.
• The Cardinals connected on 27-of-54 shots against Pittsburgh to improve to 7-0 this season when finishing at 50 percent or higher from the field.
• Over the past 14 years under Pitino, Louisville is 125-6 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
• Louisville blocked nine shots on Wednesday marking the eighth time this season they have finished with eight or more blocks in a single game.
• Louisville made 83.3 percent (15-for-18) of its free throws on Wednesday, the third highest percentage of the season.
• After finishing with a season-low three steals at Virginia last Saturday, Louisville had its second lowest total of the season on Wednesday closing the game with just three against Pitt.
• The Cardinals played their 90th game all-time at the KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday improving to 79-11 overall in the facility since its opening prior to the 2010-11 season.
LOUISVILLE PLAYER NOTES
• For the third time this season, Louisville had two players - Montrezl Harrell and Terry Rozier - finish with double-doubles in Wednesday's victory. The pair also accomplished the feat in the Jan. 31 win over North Carolina.
• Harrell earned his 21st career double-double and the ninth this season on scoring 28 points and pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds.
• Harrell finished with 20 or more points for the fifth time this season and was the Cardinals' leading scorer for the eighth time overall in 2014-15.
• Finishing 12-of-17 overall from the field, the 12 made field goals are a career high surpassing the 11 against Memphis on March 1, 2014.
• The 17 attempts for Harrell equal a career high marking the third time he has reached that total in shots.
• Harrell also finished with a career-best five blocked shots, one better than his previous high of four set four times.
• Rozier earned his second career double-double after scoring 22 points and finishing with 10 rebounds.
• Rozier has scored 20 or more points nine times this season, including five times in the last six games.
• Freshman Quentin Snider set new ACC career highs scoring four points in 15 minutes of game action.
• Senior Wayne Blackshear was limited to a season-low one minute of game action on Wednesday due to an aggravated hip pointer.
• With the absence of Blackshear, freshman Shaqquan Aaron played a career-best 24 minutes.
