Louisville-Long Beach State Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville improved to 3-0 all-time against Long Beach State with all three games being played at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   The Cardinals moved to 12-0 all-time against current members of the Big West Conference.

TEAM
•   Louisville extended its home winning streak in the month of November to 41 consecutive games, which spans 25 seasons and includes a 28-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
•   UofL improved to 102-14 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
•   The Cardinals have won 49 of their last 50 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   Louisville outscored Long Beach State 18-0 during a span of 4:04 during the first half. The Cardinals increased a 12-8 lead to a 30-8 advantage during the span.
•   Including its 18-0 run on Thursday, the Cardinals have produced seven runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   Louisville never trailed in Thursday's game marking the first time in three games this season the Cardinals never faced a deficit.
•   After finishing with a season-high 21 assists in Monday's win over William & Mary, the Cardinals had 20 assists on Thursday marking the first time they have registered back-to-back games with 20 or more assists since the 2010-11 season when they dished out 25 assists in consecutive games at Western Kentucky (Dec. 22, 2010) and against Morgan State (Dec. 27, 2010).
•   Louisville has limited each of its first three opponents to less than 60 points, the longest such streak since limiting four straight foes to less than 60 points last December – Eastern Michigan (53 points – Dec. 12, 2015), Kennesaw State (57 points on Dec. 16, 2015), Western Kentucky (56 points – Dec. 19, 2015) and UMKC (47 points – Dec. 22, 2015).
•   After limiting its opponents to 58 or fewer points 13 times last season, Louisville has accomplished the feat in each of its first three games this season.
•   The 76 attempts from the field for Louisville against Long Beach State were the most since finishing with 79 shots against Indiana on Dec. 9, 2014.
•   The Cardinals have connected on 30 or more shots from the field in three straight games, their longest streak since making at least 30 in four straight games last season – 38 vs. Grand Canyon (Dec. 5, 2015), 31 vs. Eastern Michigan (Dec. 12, 2015), 40 vs. Kennesaw State (Dec. 16, 2015) and 30 vs. WKU (Dec. 19, 2015).
•   Louisville improved to 171-9 over the last 16 seasons under head coach Rick Pitino when scoring 80 or more points.
•   The 21 offensive rebounds for Louisville on Thursday were the most since they had 24 against Clemson on Jan. 10, 2016.
•   UofL improved to 316-47 when holding an opponent below 70 points in its 16 seasons under Pitino.

PLAYER
•   Junior Jaylen Johnson registered his second double-double in the first three games of the season leading the Cardinals with 14 points and 11 rebounds on Thursday.
•   Johnson equaled a career high with his 11 shots from the field against Long Beach State.
•   Sophomore Deng Adel delivered his sixth career double-figure scoring performance and his second of the season finishing with 11 points.
•   Adel equaled career highs in shots made (five) and attempted (nine) in Thursday's win.
•   With 11 points against Long Beach State, senior Mangok Mathiang registered his first double-figure scoring performance since Nov. 28, 2015 when he finished with a career-best 17 points against Saint Louis.
•   Sophomore Ray Spalding registered his second straight double-figure scoring outing and the seventh of his collegiate career with 10 points on Thursday.
•   Spalding equaled a career high with three assists against the 49ers.
•   Freshman Ryan McMahon dished out a season-high five assists and reached the scoring the column for the first time in three games finishing with six points on a pair of three-point baskets.
•   Junior Quentin Snider had a season-high five assists against Long Beach State.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Mangok Mathiang

Ryan McMahon

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

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