Louisville-Duke Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville has won back-to-back games against Duke and is 6-7 all-time against the Blue Devils, including a 3-2 mark at home.
•   Since joining the ACC, the Cardinals have a 2-2 record against the Blue Devils.
•   Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has a 3-4 career record against Duke, including a 2-2 mark with the Cardinals.

TEAM
•   Louisville moved to 10-1 at home this season and improved to 109-15 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
•   Saturday's official attendance was 22,686, the second highest total of the season for the Cardinals trailing only the 22,783 at the KFC Yum! Center for Louisville's win over Kentucky on Dec. 21, 2016.
•   UofL produced two runs of 8-0 or better on Saturday and the Cardinals have a total of 33 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   The 47 field goal attempts matched a season-low for Duke equaling the total in its 77-75 loss to Kansas on Nov. 15.
•   The 47 field goal attempts were a season low for a Louisville opponent. It marked the fourth time this season the Cardinals have limited a foe to less than 50 field goal attempts.
•   Louisville has finished with more field goal attempts than its opponent in 15 of 18 games this season, including Saturday's win.
•   The 69 points for the Blue Devils rank as the second lowest total of the season behind only the 65 in the Dec. 19 win over Tennessee State.
•   The Cardinals forced Duke to commit a season-high 18 turnovers, two more than its previous high total.
•   Saturday's game marked the first time this season Louisville has finished with the same number of rebounds as an opponent.
•   The Cardinals, who entered the game ranked second in the nation in blocked shots, equaled a season-low with two blocks.
•   Louisville moved to 323-49 over the last 16 seasons under Pitino when holding opponents to less than 70 points.

PLAYER
•   Louisville junior Anas Mahmoud set career highs for points (17) and rebounds (11) while registering his first career double-double.
•   Mahmoud equaled career highs in field goals made (6) and field goals attempted (9).
•   Mahmoud set career highs in free throws made (5) and attempted (7).
•   In his last five games, Mahmoud has scored in double figures three times while averaging 9.4 points overall.
•   With one blocked shot on Saturday, Mahmoud has registered at least one block in each of his 15 games this season and in 19 straight games overall dating back to last season.
•   Saturday's game marked the first time this season Mahmoud has led the Cardinals in either scoring or rebounding.
•   With 15 points on Saturday, sophomore Donovan Mitchell reached double figures in scoring for the fifth straight game, the eighth time in the last nine games, the 12th time this season and the 25th time in his career.
•   In his last nine games, Mitchell has averaged 15.7 points.
•   Mitchell has dished out three or more assists in each of the last five games.
•   Junior Quentin Snider registered his fourth straight double-figure scoring game finishing with 13 points against Duke.
•   Snider has 31 career double-figure scoring games, including 11 this season.
•   Snider finished with a game-high six assists marking the third straight game and the sixth time this season he has distributed five or more assists in a game.
•   Snider also matched a career high with steals against Duke equaling his totals against Indiana earlier this season and Utah Valley last season.
•   Sophomore Ray Spalding earned his second straight double-figure scoring performance with 11 points Saturday.
•   Spalding was 5-for-7 on free throws setting career highs in both category.

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