Louisville-Purdue Postgame Notes
November 30, 2016 | Men's Basketball
#14/#14 Louisville 71, #15/#16 Purdue 64 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
SERIES
•   With Wednesday's win, Louisville halted a three-game losing skid to Purdue and trails 11-6 in the all-time series, which dates back to 1945.
•   The Cardinals improved to 4-4 at home all-time against the Boilermakers.
•   Head coach Rick Pitino moved to 2-3 in his career against Purdue.Â
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TEAM
•   Louisville extended its home winning streak in the month of November to 42 consecutive games, which spans 25 seasons and includes a 29-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
•   UofL improved to 103-14 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.Â
•   The Cardinals have won 50 of their last 51 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   Louisville improved to 2-1 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with both victories coming at home.Â
•   UofL produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Wednesday and the Cardinals have a total of 12 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   Wednesday's outing marked the second time in the last three games Louisville has limited an opponent to 20 or fewer points in a half. Last season, the Cardinals held seven opponents to 20 or fewer points in a half.Â
•   The 19 points in the first half were the fewest in any half for Purdue since scoring 16 points in the second half against Wisconsin on March 14, 2015.Â
•   Louisville finished at a season-high 48.3 percent shooting (28-for-58) from the field, its highest field goal percentage since Feb. 24, 2016 when they shot 50.9 percent (27-of-53) at Pittsburgh.
•   The Cardinals finished with a narrow 35-34 edge on the glass marking the sixth time in seven games this season they have outrebounded an opponent.Â
•   Louisville forced Purdue into 17 turnovers on Wednesday marking the fourth time in seven games an opponent has committed 16 or more turnovers against the Cardinals.
•   Wednesday's performance marked the sixth time in seven games this season Louisville has held an opponent to less than 40-percent shooting from the field.Â
•   Louisville improved to 317-48 when holding an opponent below 70 points in its 16 seasons under Pitino.
PLAYER
•   Sophomore Ray Spalding finished with a season-high 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting from the field.
•   Spalding reached double-figures in scoring for the third time this season and the eighth time in his collegiate career.
•   Spalding also matched a season-high with nine rebounds while playing a season-high 26 minutes.
•   Senior Mangok Mathiang registered his third double-figure scoring outing of the season and the eighth of his career with Wednesday's 11-point performance.
•   Mathiang finished with a career-high 11 field goal attempts against Purdue, while the five made field goals set a season-high.
•   Junior Anas Mahmoud closed the game with nine points, one shy of his season-high scoring total.Â
•   Redshirt freshman Ryan McMahon matched season highs with six points on 2-for-2 three-point shooting.
•   The nine minutes of action for McMahon are the second most this season behind only the 15 minutes against Long Beach State on Nov. 17.Â
•   Sophomore Deng Adel matched a season-high with five rebounds, the fourth time in seven games he's finished with that total.
•   After not playing in three of the last four games, graduate student Tony Hicks registered 13 minutes against Purdue, the most since playing 18 minutes in the season-opener.
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•   With Wednesday's win, Louisville halted a three-game losing skid to Purdue and trails 11-6 in the all-time series, which dates back to 1945.
•   The Cardinals improved to 4-4 at home all-time against the Boilermakers.
•   Head coach Rick Pitino moved to 2-3 in his career against Purdue.Â
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TEAM
•   Louisville extended its home winning streak in the month of November to 42 consecutive games, which spans 25 seasons and includes a 29-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
•   UofL improved to 103-14 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.Â
•   The Cardinals have won 50 of their last 51 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   Louisville improved to 2-1 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with both victories coming at home.Â
•   UofL produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Wednesday and the Cardinals have a total of 12 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   Wednesday's outing marked the second time in the last three games Louisville has limited an opponent to 20 or fewer points in a half. Last season, the Cardinals held seven opponents to 20 or fewer points in a half.Â
•   The 19 points in the first half were the fewest in any half for Purdue since scoring 16 points in the second half against Wisconsin on March 14, 2015.Â
•   Louisville finished at a season-high 48.3 percent shooting (28-for-58) from the field, its highest field goal percentage since Feb. 24, 2016 when they shot 50.9 percent (27-of-53) at Pittsburgh.
•   The Cardinals finished with a narrow 35-34 edge on the glass marking the sixth time in seven games this season they have outrebounded an opponent.Â
•   Louisville forced Purdue into 17 turnovers on Wednesday marking the fourth time in seven games an opponent has committed 16 or more turnovers against the Cardinals.
•   Wednesday's performance marked the sixth time in seven games this season Louisville has held an opponent to less than 40-percent shooting from the field.Â
•   Louisville improved to 317-48 when holding an opponent below 70 points in its 16 seasons under Pitino.
PLAYER
•   Sophomore Ray Spalding finished with a season-high 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting from the field.
•   Spalding reached double-figures in scoring for the third time this season and the eighth time in his collegiate career.
•   Spalding also matched a season-high with nine rebounds while playing a season-high 26 minutes.
•   Senior Mangok Mathiang registered his third double-figure scoring outing of the season and the eighth of his career with Wednesday's 11-point performance.
•   Mathiang finished with a career-high 11 field goal attempts against Purdue, while the five made field goals set a season-high.
•   Junior Anas Mahmoud closed the game with nine points, one shy of his season-high scoring total.Â
•   Redshirt freshman Ryan McMahon matched season highs with six points on 2-for-2 three-point shooting.
•   The nine minutes of action for McMahon are the second most this season behind only the 15 minutes against Long Beach State on Nov. 17.Â
•   Sophomore Deng Adel matched a season-high with five rebounds, the fourth time in seven games he's finished with that total.
•   After not playing in three of the last four games, graduate student Tony Hicks registered 13 minutes against Purdue, the most since playing 18 minutes in the season-opener.
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