Louisville-Pittsburgh Postgame Notes
January 14, 2016 | Men's Basketball
#20/#21 Louisville 59, #17/#20 Pittsburgh 41
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
SERIES
• Louisville has won seven straight against Pittsburgh and improved to 11-5 all-time in the series.
• The Cardinals moved to 7-1 all-time at home against the Panthers.
• Head coach Rick Pitino improved to 11-9 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 10-5 mark with the Cardinals.
• Thursday's game marked the lowest combined score in the history of the 16-game Louisville-Pittsburgh series. The previous low was 106 points in the Cardinals' 64-42 win in the first ever game between the programs on Dec. 20, 1947.
TEAM
• Louisville has won at least 14 of its first 17 games in five of the last six seasons, including the 14-3 start this season.
• The Cardinals have won 28 of their last 52 games against AP ranked opponents.
• The 41 points for Pittsburgh equal the fewest points allowed by Louisville this season and are the fewest allowed in a regular season conference game since a 59-41 win at USF on Feb. 17, 2013.
• The Cardinals also limited Pittsburgh to its lowest point total since suffering a 62-39 loss to Rutgers on Jan. 11, 2012.
• Thursday marked the fifth time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to fewer than 20 points in a half after Pittsburgh finished with 17 points. It ranked as the second lowest scoring first half for a Louisville opponent this season behind only the 16 points for WKU on Dec. 19.
• Pittsburgh finished 1-for-11 from behind the three-point line marking the fewest made three-pointers for a Louisville opponent since Florida State was 1-for-10 in an 81-59 victory for the Cardinals on Feb. 28, 2015.
• Thursday marked the fifth time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to less than 30-percent shooting from the field after Pittsburgh finished 14-of-49 for 28.6 percent.
• The four assists for Pittsburgh were the fewest for a Louisville opponent since Savannah State had just three in the Cardinals' 87-26 win on Nov. 24, 2014.
• The Cardinals forced a season-high 19 turnovers by the Panthers, which also equaled a season-high for a Louisville opponent matching the totals for UMKC and Utah Valley.
• Louisville reached double-figures in steals for the fifth time this season after finishing with 10 in Thursday's win.
• The Cardinals produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Thursday – a 9-0 run in the first half and an 11-0 run in the second half. Through 17 games this season, Louisville has 39 runs of 8-0 or better, while last season, they had 52 runs of 8-0 or better.
• The Cardinals improved to 12-0 at home this season and 93-13 all-time at KFC Yum! Center, now in its sixth season as the home of Louisville basketball.
• Louisville improved to 306-47 in the last 15 seasons under Pitino when limiting an opponent to less than 70 points, including a 13-1 record this season.
• The Cardinals have limited their opponents to 57 or fewer points in 10 of 17 games this season.
PLAYER
• Sophomore Chinanu Onuaku recorded his fourth straight double-double and the seventh of his career after matching a career-high with 18 points and pulling down a game-high 10 rebounds.
• The 18 points equaled his total against Hartford on Nov. 17, 2015 and marked his 11th double-figure scoring performance of the season.
• The 13 field goal attempts for Onuaku equaled a career-high matching the total against Hartford.
• Onuaku matched a career-high with his four made free throws, which he has accomplished four times overall.
• Thursday's game marked the third time this season Onuaku has led the Cardinals in scoring.
• Onuaku has recorded five straight games with 10 or more rebounds.
• Graduate student Damion Lee bounced back from his first single digit scoring effort as a Cardinal with an 18-point effort.
• Thursday marked the 90th career double-figure scoring performance for Lee, including his 16th this season.
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KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
SERIES
• Louisville has won seven straight against Pittsburgh and improved to 11-5 all-time in the series.
• The Cardinals moved to 7-1 all-time at home against the Panthers.
• Head coach Rick Pitino improved to 11-9 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 10-5 mark with the Cardinals.
• Thursday's game marked the lowest combined score in the history of the 16-game Louisville-Pittsburgh series. The previous low was 106 points in the Cardinals' 64-42 win in the first ever game between the programs on Dec. 20, 1947.
TEAM
• Louisville has won at least 14 of its first 17 games in five of the last six seasons, including the 14-3 start this season.
• The Cardinals have won 28 of their last 52 games against AP ranked opponents.
• The 41 points for Pittsburgh equal the fewest points allowed by Louisville this season and are the fewest allowed in a regular season conference game since a 59-41 win at USF on Feb. 17, 2013.
• The Cardinals also limited Pittsburgh to its lowest point total since suffering a 62-39 loss to Rutgers on Jan. 11, 2012.
• Thursday marked the fifth time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to fewer than 20 points in a half after Pittsburgh finished with 17 points. It ranked as the second lowest scoring first half for a Louisville opponent this season behind only the 16 points for WKU on Dec. 19.
• Pittsburgh finished 1-for-11 from behind the three-point line marking the fewest made three-pointers for a Louisville opponent since Florida State was 1-for-10 in an 81-59 victory for the Cardinals on Feb. 28, 2015.
• Thursday marked the fifth time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to less than 30-percent shooting from the field after Pittsburgh finished 14-of-49 for 28.6 percent.
• The four assists for Pittsburgh were the fewest for a Louisville opponent since Savannah State had just three in the Cardinals' 87-26 win on Nov. 24, 2014.
• The Cardinals forced a season-high 19 turnovers by the Panthers, which also equaled a season-high for a Louisville opponent matching the totals for UMKC and Utah Valley.
• Louisville reached double-figures in steals for the fifth time this season after finishing with 10 in Thursday's win.
• The Cardinals produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Thursday – a 9-0 run in the first half and an 11-0 run in the second half. Through 17 games this season, Louisville has 39 runs of 8-0 or better, while last season, they had 52 runs of 8-0 or better.
• The Cardinals improved to 12-0 at home this season and 93-13 all-time at KFC Yum! Center, now in its sixth season as the home of Louisville basketball.
• Louisville improved to 306-47 in the last 15 seasons under Pitino when limiting an opponent to less than 70 points, including a 13-1 record this season.
• The Cardinals have limited their opponents to 57 or fewer points in 10 of 17 games this season.
PLAYER
• Sophomore Chinanu Onuaku recorded his fourth straight double-double and the seventh of his career after matching a career-high with 18 points and pulling down a game-high 10 rebounds.
• The 18 points equaled his total against Hartford on Nov. 17, 2015 and marked his 11th double-figure scoring performance of the season.
• The 13 field goal attempts for Onuaku equaled a career-high matching the total against Hartford.
• Onuaku matched a career-high with his four made free throws, which he has accomplished four times overall.
• Thursday's game marked the third time this season Onuaku has led the Cardinals in scoring.
• Onuaku has recorded five straight games with 10 or more rebounds.
• Graduate student Damion Lee bounced back from his first single digit scoring effort as a Cardinal with an 18-point effort.
• Thursday marked the 90th career double-figure scoring performance for Lee, including his 16th this season.
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