No. 11 Louisville Closes Out Season at Virginia on Saturday Night

GAME 31
Date: March 4, 2016
Time: 8:36 p.m.
Site: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, Va. (14,593)
Television: ESPN - Dave O'Brien, play-by-play; Dick Vitale, analyst; Allison Williams, reporter.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84).
Series History: Louisville trails 4-7 (3-4 in Louisville, 1-3 in Charlottesville)
Last Meeting: Virginia 63, UL 47 (Jan. 30, 2016 at KFC Yum! Center.)
UofL National Ranking: 11^th Associated Press
Officials: Bryan Kersey, Mike Eades, Louis Andrakakos

Louisville will close out its 2015-16 season on Saturday as the Cardinals face the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va. Louisville will wear special black adidas uniforms that will be worn only on that occasion. Louisville, which has won four of its last five games, prevailed 56-53 over Georgia Tech on Senior Night on Tuesday as the Cardinals limited the Yellow Jackets to 36.7 percent shooting from the field while forcing 17 turnovers.

The Cardinals are led by three players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the trio of top scorers with 16.2 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.4 per game. Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.6 per game while averaging 10.0 points. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 8.6 per game while averaging 9.7 points per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 47.5 percent from the field while holding opponents to 38.7 percent shooting. Louisville is third in the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 15.0 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 38.5 rebounds and 13.6 assists per game.

Virginia (23-6, 12-5 ACC), ranked fourth in both the AP and USA Today coaches polls, has won 10 of its last 12 games, including beating Clemson 64-57 on March 1 in its last outing as Malcolm Brogdon scored 18 points and Anthony Gill added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers.

Through March 1, Virginia is third in the nation in scoring defense (60.1), fifth in turnovers per game (9.3), seventh in assists-to-turnovers ratio (1.57), 14th in field goal percentage (.489), 11th in three-point field goal percentage (.407) and 12^th in free throw percentage (.760). Virginia is 34-1 in home ACC games over the last four seasons. The Cavaliers have a current 19-game home win streak. Malcolm Brogdon (18.5 ppg, 4th in ACC) has 15 games of 20 or more points this season and has moved into the top 15 all-time scorers at Virginia. Junior guard London Perrantes leads the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (.509, 58-of-114) and senior forward Anthony Gill is second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.553).

Louisville trails Virginia 4-7 in its series and has split the last four meetings. Earlier this season, Virginia prevailed 63- 47 in Louisville (1/30/16) as Ray Spalding and Deng Adel each scored 12 points off the bench to pace the Cardinals. Coach Rick Pitino has a 1-2 record against Virginia.

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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 10 double-doubles in ACC play (second in league), including 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots vs Georgia Tech in his last game. He grabbed his 400th career rebound at Pitt.
A league-high seven Cardinals were named to the 2016 All-ACC Academic Team. 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 (team record: 3.47 GPA in 2013).
Louisville's 146 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL is third the nation in scoring margin (+15.0), sixth in scoring defense (60.9), ninth in field goal percentage defense (.387), 20th in offensive rebounds (13.4) and 27th in rebound margin (+7.1).
Damion Lee scored 14 points against Georgia Tech on Tuesday to reach 2,000 for his career, including his three seasons at Drexel. Trey Lewis scored his 1,500^th career point at Miami last Saturday, a figure which includes his time at Penn State and Cleveland State.

University of Louisville Athletics

No. 11 Louisville Closes Out Season at Virginia on Saturday Night

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Damion Lee

Trey Lewis

Chinanu Onuaku

Quentin Snider

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