Cardinals Host Georgia Tech on Tuesday for Senior Night

Tuesday, March 1

LOUISVILLE, KY

8:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

GEORGIA TECH

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Cardinals Host Georgia Tech on Tuesday for Senior Night

February 29, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Cards face Georgia Tech in the final home game of the season

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 30
Date: March 1, 2016
Time: 8:06 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (98-14 in 6th yr.)
Television: ACC Network (WAVE-TV in Louisville) - Justin Kutcher, play-by-play; Mike Gminski, analyst
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 81, XM 81).
Series History: Louisville leads 17-13 (9-4 in Louisville, 4-4 in Atlanta, 4-5 neutral)
Last Meeting: UL 75, Georgia Tech 71 (Jan. 23, 2016 at Atlanta, Ga.)
UofL National Ranking: 11^th Associated Press (Feb. 22)
Officials: Roger Ayers, William Humes, Clarence Armstrong
Next UofL Game: March 5 at Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

With two games remaining in its season, Louisville will play its final home game on Tuesday against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Senior Day. It is the annual "Wear Red for the Seniors" game, with fans encouraged to wear red attire. The team will wear special red adidas uniforms that will be worn for that game only. Louisville fell 73-65 at No. 12/11 Miami on Feb. 27 as the Cardinals missed 10 of their last 11 shots over the closing five minutes of the game.

The Cardinals are led by two players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the duo of top scorers with 16.3 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.7 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 8.6 per game while averaging 9.8 points per game. Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.6 per game while averaging 9.7 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 47.9 percent from the field while holding opponents to 38.4 percent shooting. Louisville is second in the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 15.4 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 38.6 rebounds and 13.8 assists per game.

Louisville will play its final home game on Tuesday against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Senior Day. Georgia Tech (17-12, 7-9 ACC) has won four straight and five of its last six, including a 75-71 victory over Boston College on Feb. 27 as Marcus Georges-Hunt totaled 23 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals while making all seven of his field goal attempts.

Georges-Hunt, a senior forward, is Georgia Tech's top scorer and ranks sixth in the ACC (17.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 84 assists). Senior forward Charles Mitchell ranks fourth in the ACC in rebounding (9.8 rpg, 28th in NCAA). Georgia Tech is 27^th nationally in fewest turnovers per game (10.1) and is 28th nationally in rebounding margin (+6.9). Georgia Tech is 72th in the RPI and 56th in the Sagarin Ratings through Feb. 28.

Louisville has a 17-13 series advantage over Georgia Tech, winning the last four matchups. Earlier this season, UofL recovered from an eight-point, second-half deficit to win 75-71 in Atlanta (1-23-16) as Anas Mahmoud (now out with an ankle sprain) scored a career-high 15 points and grabbed four rebounds.

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Louisville has won 16 of its last 17 Senior Day games, including last year's 59- 57 victory over No. 2 ranked Virginia (13 of the last 14 under Pitino).
Louisville has won 20 games for the 14th straight season. The Cardinals are one of four schools to have won 20 or more games each of the past 14 seasons.
Chinanu Onuaku was honored on the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, one of four ACC players with the recognition. He has nine double-doubles in ACC play. He grabbed his 400th career rebound at Pitt.
Louisville's academic performance in the 2015 fall semester was impressive, with 13 of 15 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade point average. The Cardinals posted a collective 3.36 GPA for the 2015 fall semester, just short of the team record of 3.47 achieved in 2013.
Louisville's 145 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL is second the nation in scoring margin (+15.4), seventh in scoring defense (61.2), 10th in field goal percentage defense (.388), 20th in rebound margin (+7.6) and 20th in offensive rebounds (13.6).
Damion Lee needs seven points to reach 2,000 for his career, including his three seasons at Drexel. Trey Lewis scored his 1,500th career point at Miami in his last game, a figure which includes his time at Penn State and Cleveland St.