Louisville-Kentucky Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville trails 16-34 in the all-time series against Kentucky, which began in 1913.
•   Wednesday's game ended the four-game winning streak in the series for the Wildcats.
•   Louisville improved to 84-68 all-time against current members of the Southeastern Conference.
•   Wednesday's contest marked the fourth time in the last six games in the series the final margin of victory has been five or fewer points.

TEAM
•   Louisville moved to 107-14 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
•   The Cardinals have won 54 of their last 55 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   Louisville has a 31-4 record during the month of December during the last five years, including 5-0 this season.
•   With the win, the Cardinals moved to 11-1 for the seventh consecutive season.
•   UofL produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Wednesday and the Cardinals have a total of 25 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   Finishing with a 40-36 advantage on the glass, Louisville is 10-1 this season when outrebounding its opponent.
•   Wednesday's game marked the eighth time in 12 games this season the Cardinals have registered at least five blocked shots.
•   The Cardinals held the Wildcats to their lowest three-point percentage of the season at 22.7 percent (5-for-22).
•   Louisville also limited Kentucky to its second lowest field goal percentage this season at 39.7 (23-of-58).
•   The 29 free throws for UK were the second highest total for a Louisville opponent this season behind only the 32 for Old Dominion in the Cardinals' overtime win on Nov. 23.
•   The Cardinals have dished out 10 or more assists in all 12 games this season.
•   Louisville finished with a season-low six points off the bench.

PLAYER
•   Junior Quentin Snider, named as the Most Valuable Player of the game by the Bluegrass Sports Commission, led the Cardinals in scoring for the fourth time this season after delivering a career-best 22 points, one more than his previous best of 21 points against NC State on Jan. 7, 2016.
•   Prior to Wednesday's Battle of the Bluegrass, Snider had not scored in either of his previous two meetings against Kentucky. He was 0-for-5 from the field in 28 minutes as a sophomore last season and did not attempt a shot in one minute of action as a freshman in 2014-15.
•   The 22 points for Snider were the most for a Louisville native against Kentucky since DeJuan Wheat's 23 points in an 88-86 win over the Wildcats on Jan. 1, 1995.
•   Snider also set career highs for field goals made (10) and attempted (19) and matched a career high with six rebounds.
•   Snider dished out five assists on Wednesday marking the eighth time in 12 games this season and the 28th time in his career he has finished with four or more assists in a game.
•   Wednesday's performance was the 27th career double-figure scoring game for Snider, including the seventh this season.
•   Snider also had two steals on Wednesday after registering a total of just one steal in Louisville's first 11 games.
•   Sophomore Deng Adel scored a career-high 18 points, two more than his previous high of 16 against William & Mary on Nov. 14, 2016.
•   Adel registered his 11th career double-figure scoring performance, including the seventh this season.
•   Junior Jaylen Johnson reached double figures in scoring for the seventh time this season and the ninth time at Louisville with Wednesday's 14-point performance.
•   Johnson matched a career-high with 11 field goals attempts.
•   Sophomore Donovan Mitchell registered his 20th career double-figure scoring game, including the seventh this season, connecting for 13 points on Wednesday.

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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