Men's Basketball Opens Play in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday Night

GAME 4
Date: Nov.23, 2016
Time: 9:30 p.m.
Site: Battle 4 Atlantis, Imperial Arena (3,900), Paradise Island, Bahamas
Television: AXS-TV - Kenny Rice, play-by-play; Seth Davis and Tom Walsh, analysts. (AXS-TV is available in Louisville on TWC/Spectrum channel 928, AT&T Uverse 1106, DirecTV 340/1340, and DISH 167)
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84, Internet 84)
Only Previous Meeting: UofL 64, ODU 53 (Nov. 24, 2007 in Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev.)
UofL National Ranking: 10th USA Today, 10th Associated Press
Next UofL Game: Nov. 24 vs. Wichita State or LSU, Battle 4 Atlantis, 2:30 or 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN or AXS-TV)

After playing its first three games at home in the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville travels to Paradise Island, Bahamas to face the Old Dominion Monarchs (2-0) in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday. It is the first of three games for the Cardinals at the Atlantis resort in the eight-team event. Louisville has won its first three games, beating Long Beach State 88-56 on Nov. 17 in its last outing as seven Cardinals scored eight or more points.

Four Cardinals are averaging double figures after the first three games of the season. Junior Jaylen Johnson leads the Cardinals in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. Sophomore Deng Adel is second in scoring with 11 points per game. Sophomore Donovan Mitchell is third in scoring with 10.7 points per game while freshman VJ King is second in scoring with 10.3 points per game. Quentin Snider leads the team in assists with 12 this season.

As a team the Cardinals are shooting 46 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from behind the arc. UofL is averaging 50.7 rebounds per game while holding opponents to just 36 rebounds a game.

Old Dominion posted a 25-13 record last season, reached the Conference USA championship game and won the inaugural Vegas 16 postseason tournament title. Old Dominion beat James Madison 62-55 in its opener on Nov. 11 and prevailed 64-61 at Richmond on Nov. 14 in its last game.

Old Dominion posted a 25-13 record last season, reached the Conference USA championship game and won
the inaugural Vegas 16 post-season tournament title. The Monarchs return three starters and four of its top seven
scorers. Dating back to last season, ODU has won 12 of its last 13 games. The Monarchs took an eight-day trip to Spain in August.

Louisville defeated ODU 64-53 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Nov. 24, 2007 in the only previous meeting
between the two schools as Terrence Williams scored 20 points and Earl Clark added 11 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Cardinals.

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Jaylen Johnson has produced double-doubles in two of the Cardinals' first three games and missed a third by one rebound. He is tied for the ACC lead and 31st nationally in rebounding (11.3 per game). He had scored in double figures twice in his career entering the season and the two double-doubles are his first.
Louisville has blocked double-digit shots in two of its first three games (10 vs. Evansville, 11 vs. William & Mary). It was the first time in six years that the Cardinals had 10 or more swats in back-to-back games. UofL's 30 rejections ranks second in the nation in blocked shots.
Louisville's 149 victories over the last six years are the fifth-most wins in the nation in that stretch. The Cards are one of just three teams to win at least 30 games in three of the last five seasons (30-10 in 2011-12, 35-5 in '12-13, 31-6 in '13-14).
Louisville is one of just four schools which have won 20 or more games in each of the last 14 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga).
Louisville has scored over half of its points inside the paint this season (134 of 257 points).
UofL Coach Rick Pitino needs two victories to reach 750 in his collegiate career and six wins for his 400th victory at Louisville. He is one of five active coaches with at least 740 victories.
UofL is third in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.296).
UofL's academic performance has been impressive, as the team posted a collective 3.38 grade point average for the most recent 2016 spring semester, with 14 of 15 student athletes achieving a 3.0 or better GPA. A league-high seven Cardinals were named to the 2016 All-ACC Academic Team.

Men's Basketball Opens Play in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Wednesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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