Louisville-SIU Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville holds a 4-2 edge in the all-time series with Southern Illinois, which dates back to 1964.
•   The Cardinals have a 3-1 advantage at home against the Salukis.
•   Louisville is 100-39 all-time against current members of the Missouri Valley Conference, including 3-0 this season.

TEAM
•   Head coach Rick Pitino earned his 399th victory at Louisville with Wednesday's result.
•   UofL improved to 104-14 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
•   Attendance at the KFC Yum! Center surpassed the 2.5 million mark on Wednesday as the crowd of 18,894 took the total number of fans to see the Cardinals play in the facility to 2,515,173.
•   The Cardinals have won 51 of their last 52 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center.
•   Wednesday's game marked the fifth time this season Louisville has limited an opponent to less than 70 points.
•   Finishing with a 43-31 edge on the glass, the Cardinals improved to 7-1 this season when outrebounding an opponent.
•   The five offensive rebounds for SIU on Wednesday were the fewest for a Louisville opponent since Miami had just four on Feb. 24, 2016.
•   The 17 turnovers for the Salukis marked the fifth time this season UofL has forced an opponent into 16 or more turnovers.
•   Wednesday's game marked the sixth time in nine outings this season Louisville has limited an opponent to less than 20 made field goals.
•   The Cardinals had nine blocks on Wednesday, the fifth time this season they have swatted eight or more shots in a game.
•   UofL produced three runs of 8-0 or better on Wednesday and the Cardinals have a total of 17 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   The Cardinals have attempted 25 or more free throws in four of their nine games this season, including Wednesday's win.
•   Louisville moved to 319-48 in the last 16 seasons under head coach Rick Pitino when holding an opponent to fewer than 70 points, including a 6-1 mark this season.

PLAYER
•   Senior Mangok Mathiang led the Cardinals in scoring for the second time this season after finishing with a season-high 15 points.
•   The six made field goals for Mathiang matched a career-high equaling the total against Saint Louis on Nov. 28, 2015.
•   Wednesday's game marked the eighth career double-figure scoring performance for Mathiang.
•   Sophomore Deng Adel registered his first career double-double scoring 12 points and pulling down a career-best 12 rebounds.
•   The double-double was the third of the season for a Louisville player (Jaylen Johnson has the other two).
•   The 12 rebounds by Adel surpassed his previous career high of seven against Boston College on Feb. 6, 2016.
•   Wednesday marked the first time this season Adel has led the Cardinals in rebounding.
•   The 12-point performance by Adel was his ninth career double-figure scoring game, including the fifth this season.
•   Junior Jaylen Johnson finished with a career-best six blocked shots, twice as many as his previous high of three against Evansville on Nov. 11, 2016.
•   The six blocks for Johnson equal the single-game high for a Louisville player this season matching the six blocks for Anas Mahmoud against Wichita State on Nov. 24, 2016.
•   Johnson added 10 rebounds for his fourth double-figure rebounding performance of the season.
•   Wednesday's contest marked the second straight game without Mahmoud, who suffered a concussion on Nov. 30 against Purdue.

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Anas Mahmoud

Mangok Mathiang

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