Men's Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh

GAME 21
Date: Jan. 24, 2017
Time: 7:01 p.m.
Site: Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. (12,508)
Television: ESPNU - Rich Hollenberg, play-by-play; Dino Gaudio, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) - Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst. (Sirius channel 134, XM 381, Internet 961)
Series History: UofL leads 13-5 (8-1 in Louisville, 5-1 in Pittsburgh, 0-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 85, Pittsburgh 80 (Jan. 11, 2017 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: 14th USA Today, 13th Associated Press
Officials: Les Jones, Tim Nestor, Jeff Clark
Next UofL Game: Jan. 29 vs. NC State, KFC Yum! Center, 1 p.m. ET (ACC Network/ WAVE-TV in Louisville)

Louisville plays its second straight on the road as the Cardinals visit the Pittsburgh Panthers in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Tuesday. Louisville fell for the first time in five games as the Cardinals lost 73-68 at No. 10 Florida State on Saturday. Playing its second game without injured starting guard Quentin Snider (strained hip flexor), the Cardinals fought back from an early 14-0 deficit and held FSU to a season-low 36.7 percent from the field. Tony Hicks led UofL with a season-high 16 points and Mangok Mathiang added 13 points and 13 rebounds.

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell leads three Cardinals who are averaging double figures. Mitchell is averaging 13.4 points per game and 5.0 rebounds. Quentin Snider, who is out with an injury for two to three weeks, ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game along with a team leading 72 assists. Deng Adel rounds out the top scorers with 10.9 points per game. Jaylen Johnson leads the Cardinals on the boards with 6.4 rebounds per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 33.9 percent from behind the arc. UofL is averaging 41.5 rebounds per game while holding opponents to 34.9 rebounds a game.

Pitt (12-7, 1-5 ACC) had won six of seven games before dropping its last four, including falling 79-74 at NC State on Jan. 17 in its last outing as Michael Young led the Panthers with 25 points. It is the second time UofL and Pitt have met in less than two weeks. Pitt has been off for the past week. Pitt has been off for the past week.

The Panthers, which have four senior starters, are 51st in the nation in assists turnovers ratio (1.28) and 39th in free throws made (17.1 per game). Jamel Artis (22.0 pg) and Young (21.1 ppg) are the ACC's top two scorers and rank 11th and 21st, respectively, in the nation in scoring. Artis leads the ACC in three-point percentage (.447, 51-of-114, 14th in nation) and has made 24-of-46 in six ACC games (.522). Pittsburgh is No. 38 in the RPI, No. 60 in the Sagarin Ratings and No. 64 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 22.

Louisville has a 13-5 series advantage over Pittsburgh and the Cardinals have won the last nine matchups. UofL prevailed 85-80 in Louisville (1-11-17) as Quentin Snider -- who will miss Tuesday's game with a strained hip flexor -- led the Cardinals with 22 points and five assists. Pitt's Jamel Artis poured in 43 points, a KFC Yum! Center record and the most scored by an ACC player in nine years. Pitt is one of the Cardinals' four ACC repeat opponents this season.

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Louisville posted a collective 3.18 grade point average for the recently completed 2016 fall semester, with 11 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better GPA.
Louisville is sixth in the nation in blocked shots (6.3 bpg) and eighth in field goal defense (.380), sixth in three-point field goal percentage defense (.290) and 10th in offensive rebounds per game (14.5). Louisville has faced the nation's toughest schedule according to the RPI.
Louisville has won at least 16 of its first 20 games in six of the last seven seasons.
In his last seven games, Donovan Mitchell has averaged 17.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and made 18-of-47 three-pointers (.383). Mitchell is second in the ACC and is 26th in the nation in steals (2.1 per game).
Louisville has a 37-17 record during the month of January over the last seven years, including a 21-8 record in the last four years.
Louisville has a 25-14 record in its conference road games over the last five years (.641).
UofL Coach Rick Pitino, who has a 407-138 record in his 16th season at Louisville, won his 400th victory with the Cardinals on Dec. 10. He won his 750th career collegiate victory when the Cards beat Wichita State on Nov. 24. He is one of five active coaches with at least 750 victories.
Louisville's 162 victories over the last six years are the fifth-most wins in the nation in that stretch. The Cards are one of just three teams to win at least 30 games in three of the last five seasons (30-10 in 2011-12, 35-5 in '12-13, 31-6 in '13-14).
Louisville is one of just four schools which have won 20 or more games in each of the last 14 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga).

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Tony Hicks

Jaylen Johnson

Mangok Mathiang

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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