Cardinals Travel to Duke for a Big Monday Matchup

Monday, February 8

Durham, N.C.

7:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Duke

LOUISVILLE V BOSTON COLLEGE | TREY LEWIS

February 07, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Cards play in second consecutive Big Monday game at Duke

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 24
Date: Feb. 8, 2016
Time: 7:02 p.m.
Site: Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C. (9,314)
Television: ESPN -- Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Jay Bilas, analyst; Kaylee Hartung, reporter.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS, 840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Doug Ormay, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84) Also: ESPN Radio -- Bill Rosinski, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst.
Series History: UofL trails 4-6 (1-2 in Louisville, 1-1 in Durham, 2-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: Duke 63, UofL 52 (Jan. 17, 2015 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: 18th USA Today, 19th Associated Press
Officials: Michael Roberts, Michael Stephens, Roger Ayers
Next UofL Game: Feb. 13 at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Louisville will make another appearance on ESPN's Big Monday in consecutive weeks as the Cardinals visit the Duke Blue Devils in Durham, N.C. The Cardinals will wear special black retro uniforms designed with elements from 1980s UofL teams. Louisville won for the fifth time in six games in beating Boston College 79-47 on Feb. 6 as the Cardinals moved into a tie for the ACC lead.

The Cardinals are led by three players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the trio of top scorers with 17.0 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.3 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 8.8 per game while averaging 10.1 points per game.
Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.7 per game while averaging 9.6 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 48.3 percent from the field while holding opponents to 37.6 percent shooting. Louisville leads the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 19.1 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 40.6 rebounds and 13.5 assists per game.

Duke (17-6, 6-4), which has been ranked in the nation's top 25 much of the season, has won three of its last four games, including an 88-80 victory over NC State on Feb. 6 in their last game as Grayson Allen scored 28 points.

Allen, a sophomore guard, is second in the ACC in scoring (20.9 ppg, 18th in the nation) and is fifth in minutes played (35.0 mpg). Through Feb. 6, Duke is fifth nationally in scoring (84.8), 10th in fewest turnovers (10.0), 17th in scoring margin (+13.3) and 23rd in three-point field goal percentage (.391). Duke is 23rd in the RPI and 12th in the Sagarin Ratings through Feb. 6.

Louisville trails 4-6 in its series with Duke, but the Cardinals have won four of the last six matchups. Duke won 63-52 at Louisville last season (1-17-15) as Terry Rozier led the Cardinals with 17 points.

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UofL Coach Rick Pitino will coach his 1,000th game when the Cardinals face Duke on Feb. 8. Pitino has a 741-258 record in 31 seasons.
Louisville is seeking its 14th straight 20-win season. The Cardinals are one of four schools to have won 20 or more games each of the past 13 seasons.
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.
Chinanu Onuaku and LSU's Ben Simmons are the only two players in Power 5 conferences with seven double-doubles in league play. He had eight points and 13 rebounds vs. Boston College on Saturday.
Louisville's 142 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL leads the nation in scoring margin (+19.1), is fourth in scoring defense (59.8), seventh in field goal percentage defense (.376), ninth in rebound margin (+9.9) and eighth in offensive rebounds (14.5).
Damion Lee posted his seventh 20-point game of the season against North Carolina with 24 points, five rebounds and 4-of-7 shooting on three-pointers. He passed the 1,900 mark for career scoring against North Carolina. He missed the Cards' last game with a bruised knee.