No. 16 Louisville Hosts Virginia on Saturday Afternoon

GAME 21
Date: Jan. 30, 2016
Time: 1:06 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (94-13 in 6th yr.)
Television: CBS (WLKY-TV in Louisville) Kevin Harlan, play-by-play; Bill Raftery, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Doug Ormay, analyst (Sirius channel 134, XM 194)
Also: ESPN Radio -- Adam Amin, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst.
Series History: UofL trails 4-6 (3-3 in Louisville, 1-3 in Charlottesville)
Last Meeting: UofL 59, Virginia 57 (March 7, 2015 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: 14th USA Today, 16th Associated Press
Officials: Les Jones, Brian O'Connell, Tim Clougherty
Next UofL Game: Feb. 1 vs. North Carolina, KFC Yum! Center, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN Big Monday)

Louisville will play the first of three straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday. The game is a "White Out,'" with fans encouraged to wear white for the game. Louisville won its fourth straight with a 91-83 victory at Virginia Tech on Wednesday as the Cardinals made 12-of-18 three-pointers (.667).

The Cardinals are led by three players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the trio of top scorers with 17.2 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.7 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 9.0 per game while averaging 10.6 points per game.
Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.5 per game while averaging 9.8 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 49.1 percent from the field while holding opponents to 36.9 percent shooting. Louisville leads the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 20.9 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 41.4 rebounds and 13.7 assists per game.

Virginia (16-4, 5-3), ranked 11^th nationally by AP and 12th in the USA Today poll, won its third straight in winning 72-71 at Wake Forest on Tuesday with Darius Thompson's three-pointer at the buzzer capping a rally from 10 points down with 1:23 to go. Malcolm Brogdon led UVa with 28 points, seven rebounds and three steals in the game.

Second in the nation in turnovers per game (9.3), Virginia is eighth in field goal percentage (.496), eighth in assists-to-turnovers ratio (1.60), 11th nationally in scoring defense (61.9), 17th in three-point field goal percentage (.399), and 20^th in free throw percentage (.750). Malcolm Brogdon (17.6 ppg) has nine games of 20 or more points this season and has moved into the top 20 all-time scorers at Virginia. Junior guard London Perrantes leads the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (.527, 39-of-74) and senior forward Anthony Gill is second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.601).

Louisville trails Virginia 4-6 in its series, but has won two of the last three meetings. The teams split last year's matchups. Virginia prevailed 52-47 in Charlottesville (2/7/15). The Cardinals were behind 24-13 at halftime of the game and cut a 13-point, second-half deficit to three before falling as Terry Rozier led Louisville with 16 points. In Louisville, Mangok Mathiang's jumper with 2.7 seconds remaining provided the winning margin as the Cardinals beat No. 2 Virginia 59-57 (3/7/15) in the final game of the regular season. Montrezl Harrell led UofL with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

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Louisville's academic performance in the 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.
At Virginia Tech, Damion Lee posted season highs with 29 points, six assists, six three-pointers (in seven attempts) and 11 free throws (in 12 attempts). Lee needs 18 points to reach 1,900 for his career.
Chinanu Onuaku had six straight double-doubles, the first Cardinal to achieve that feat in 22 years. He missed that mark with nine points and five rebounds in 14 minutes before fouling out at Virginia Tech in his last game. In league games only, he leads the ACC in rebounding (11.3) and blocked shots (2.3) and is second in field goal percentage (.613).
Louisville's 140 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL leads the nation in scoring margin (+20.9), is second in field goal percentage defense (.369), fifth in scoring defense (60.0), sixth in rebound margin (+10.8) and eighth in offensive rebounds (14.8).
Louisville is 15th in the nation in field goal percentage (.491). UofL has shot above 50 percent in 11 of its 20 games, including .519 at Virginia Tech in its last game. The Cards shot 50 percent or above on eight occasions all last season.

No. 16 Louisville Hosts Virginia on Saturday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Montrezl Harrell

Damion Lee

Trey Lewis

Mangok Mathiang

Chinanu Onuaku

Terry Rozier

Quentin Snider

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