Louisville-Clemson Postgame Notes

SERIES
•   Louisville is 5-1 all-time against Clemson, including 4-0 at home.
•   Since joining the ACC, the Cardinals have a 2-1 record against the Tigers.
•   Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has a 3-2 career record against Clemson, including a 3-1 mark with the Cardinals.

TEAM
•   Louisville moved to 11-1 at home this season and improved to 110-15 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
•   With the victory, Louisville improved to 16-3 overall for the fifth consecutive season.
•   Thursday's result matched the largest margin of victory for Louisville in an ACC game (+32) equaling the 79-47 home win against Boston College on Feb. 6, 2016.
•   UofL produced four runs of 8-0 or better on Thursday and the Cardinals have a total of 37 runs of 8-0 or better this season.
•   The 56.3 percent shooting from the field (36-of-64) for Louisville was a season high and the highest percentage since finishing at 58.8 percent (40-for-68) against Kennesaw State on Dec. 16, 2015.
•   The 36 made field goals for the Cardinals were the most since connecting on 40 shots from the field against Kennesaw State on Dec. 16, 2015.
•   The Cardinals improved to 14-1 this season when outrebounding an opponent after finishing with a 45-25 edge on the glass.
•   Thursday's performance marked the second largest rebounding margin this season for the Cardinals (+20) behind only the 52-29 advantage against Evansville on Nov. 11.
•   Including Thursday's game, Louisville has finished with 45 or more rebounds nine times this season.
•   The Cardinals have blocked four or more shots in 14 of 19 games this season, including Thursday's win.
•   UofL is 175-9 over the last 16 seasons under Pitino when scoring 80 or more points, including 6-0 this season.
•   The Cardinals are 132-6 in the 16 seasons when shooting 50 percent or better from the field, including 2-0 this season.
•   Louisville moved to 324-49 over the last 16 seasons under Pitino when holding opponents to less than 70 points.

PLAYER
•   Louisville junior Donovan Mitchell had 18 points, all in the first half, marking his sixth straight game scoring in double-figures. He has reached double-figures in scoring in nine of the last 10 games, 13 times overall this season and 26 times in his career.
•   In his last 10 games, Mitchell has averaged 16.0 points per outing.
•   Mitchell matched a career-high with eight made field goals equaling the total against Indiana on Dec. 31, 2016.
•   Sophomore Deng Adel equaled a career-high with 18 points matching the total first set against Kentucky on Dec. 21, 2016.
•   Adel connected on a trio of three-pointers matching his career high total achieved two times previously – Nov. 24, 2016 against Wichita State and Dec. 31, 2016 against Indiana.
•   Junior Jaylen Johnson registered his third career double-double scoring 12 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
•   Thursday's game marked the ninth time this season and the 11th time in his career Johnson has reached double-figures in scoring.
•   Johnson has finished with 10 or more rebounds five times this season.
•   Senior Mangok Mathiang registered his sixth double-figure scoring game of the season and the 10th of his career with Thursday's 12-point performance.
•   Mathiang's six made field goals matched a career-high equaling the total achieved against Saint Louis on Nov. 28, 2015 and against Southern Illinois on Dec. 7, 2016.
•   With 14 points on Thursday, freshman V.J. King reached double-figures in scoring for the fifth time this season and the first time since finishing with 13 points against Texas Southern on Dec. 10.
•   With one blocked shot on Thursday, junior Anas Mahmoud has registered at least one block in each of his 16 games this season and in 20 straight games overall dating back to last season.
•   Louisville played without junior guard Quentin Snider, who suffered a strained hip flexor in last Saturday's win over Duke. It marked the first time Snider has missed a game with an injury.

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

V.J. King

Anas Mahmoud

Mangok Mathiang

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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