Men's Basketball Faces Georgia Tech on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, January 23

Atlanta, GA

4:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Georgia Tech

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Men's Basketball Faces Georgia Tech on Saturday Afternoon

January 22, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Louisville will play its next two on the road beginning with Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 19
Date: Jan. 23, 2016
Time: 4:05 p.m.
Site: McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, Ga. (8,500)
Television: ESPN2 Mike Couzens, play-by-play; Chris Spatola, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Doug Ormay, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84)
Series History: UofL leads 16-13 (9-4 in Louisville, 3-4 in Atlanta, 4-5 neutral)
Last Meeting: UL 52, Georgia Tech 51 (Feb. 23, 2015 in Atlanta, Ga.)
UofL National Ranking: 16th USA Today, 17th Associated Press
Officials: Roger Ayers, Sean Hull, Tim Comer
Next UofL Game: Jan. 27 at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network/WAVE-TV in Louisville)

Louisville will play its next two on the road beginning with Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta. Louisville beat Florida State 84-65 on Wednesday as Quentin Snider scored 20 points – the second-highest of his career – and Chinanu Onuaku posted his fifth straight double-double with 11 points, 14 rebounds and two blocked shots.

The Cardinals are led by four players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the quartet of top scorers with 16.6 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.2 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 9.1 per game while averaging 10.6 points per game.
Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.7 per game while averaging 10.4 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 49.3 percent from the field while holding opponents to 36.1 percent shooting. Louisville leads the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 22.6 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 42.4 rebounds and 13.4 assists per game.

Georgia Tech (11-7, 1-4) has dropped four of its last five, falling 78-77 at home to Virginia Tech on Jan. 16 in its last outing as Marcus Georges-Hunt led the Yellow Jackets with 27 points. Their lone ACC victory was a 68-64 win over then- No. 4 Virginia on Jan. 9. Georgia Tech has had the week off before facing the Cardinals.

Georges-Hunt, a senior forward, is Georgia Tech's top scorer and ranks 18th in the ACC (15.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 42 assists). Senior forward Charles Mitchell leads the ACC in rebounding (11.0 rpg, 12.2 ppg) with more than a third of his boards coming off the offensive glass (72 of 198 rebounds). Georgia Tech ranks 14th nationally in fewest turnovers per game (10.2) and is 21st nationally in rebounding margin (+8.2). Georgia Tech is 60^th in the RPI and 59th in the Sagarin Ratings through Jan. 20.

Louisville has a 16-13 series advantage over Georgia Tech, winning the last three matchups. In last year's meeting, Louisville recovered from a 13-point deficit with 9:40 remaining to win 52-51 in Atlanta as Terry Rozier led the Cardinals with 22 points, including 18 in the second half (2-23-15). UofL took its first lead of the second half with 59 seconds left in the game.

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Louisville's academic performance in the recently completed 2015 fall semester was impressive, with 13 of 15 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade point average. The Cardinals posted a collective 3.36 GPA for the 2015 Fall Semester, just short of the team record of 3.47 achieved in 2013.
Chinanu Onuaku has five straight double-doubles, including 11 points, 14 rebounds and two blocked shots vs. Florida State in his last game. He has averaged 11.1 rebounds over the last nine games, grabbing double-digit boards in seven of those games. In league games only, he leads the ACC in rebounding (12.6), field goal percentage (. 638) and blocks (2.6).
Trey Lewis needs three points for 1,300 career points. Damion Lee passed 1,800 points for his career against Clemson.
Louisville's 138 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL leads the nation in field goal percentage defense (.361) and scoring margin (+22.6), is second in rebound margin (+12.3) and third in scoring defense (58.2).
Louisville is 15th in the nation in field goal percentage (.492). UofL has shot above 50 percent in 10 of its 18 games. The Cards shot 50 percent or above on eight occasions all last season.
UofL has a 45-14 record in conference games over the past four seasons.
Louisville has a 61-35 record over the last 10 years on its opponents' home court.