Men's Basketball Travels to Georgia Tech

GAME 16
Date: Jan. 7, 2017
Time: 2:07 p.m.
Site: McCamish Pavilion, Atlanta, Ga. (8,600)
Television: ACC Network (WHAS-TV in Louisville) - Tom Werme, play-by-play; Dave Odom, analyst. (2:07 p.m. tipoff with a possible five minute slide to 2:12 p.m.)
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) - Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 132, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: UofL leads 18-13 (10-4 in Louisville, 4-4 at Georgia Tech, 4-5 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 56, Georgia Tech 53 (March 1, 2016 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: ninth USA Today, ninth Associated Press
Officials: Tim Nestor, Bert Smith, A.J. Desai
Next UofL Game: Jan. 11 vs. Pitt, KFC Yum! Center, 7 p.m. ET (Regional Sports Networks)

Louisville will play its second straight on the road as the Cardinals visit the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, Ga. On Saturday. Louisville lost for the second time in its last nine games in falling 77-70 at No. 23 Notre Dame as Donovan Mitchell totaled 20 points, five assists and five steals in his second straight game with 20 or more points. Anas Mahmoud matched a career high with six blocked shots and added six points, four rebounds and two assists. In dropping games to two nationally-ranked ACC foes, Louisville has opened its conference schedule 0-2 for the
first time since 1991-92.

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell leads three Cardinals who are averaging double figures. Mitchell is averaging 12.9 points per game and 5.1 rebounds. Quentin Snider ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game along with a team leading 54 assists. Deng Adel rounds out the top scorers with 10.7 points per game. Jaylen Johnson leads the Cardinals on the boards with 7.3 rebounds per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 43.6 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from behind the arc. UofL is averaging 41.6 rebounds per game while holding opponents to 35.8 rebounds a game.

Georgia Tech (9-5, 1-1 ACC) has won five of its last seven games. The Yellow Jackets have split their first two
ACC games, stunning No. 9 North Carolina 75-63 on Dec. 31 before falling 110-57 at No. 5 Duke in its last game on Jan. 4. Georgia Tech trailed Duke 61-30 at halftime, shot 34.9 percent from the field and was outrebounded 49-31.

The Yellow Jackets are fifth in the nation in blocked shots, averaging 6.6 per game and have limited opponents to 68.1 points (eighth in the ACC, 96th in the NCAA) and 39.9 percent shooting from the field (eighth in the ACC, 57th in the NCAA). Junior center Ben Lammers is averaging nearly a double-double for Georgia Tech (14.2 ppg, 9.9 rpg, .569 FG%) and is fourth in the nation in blocked shots (3.4 blocks per game). Georgia Tech is No. 152 in the RPI, 130th in the Sagarin Ratings and 141st in Ken Pomeroy's rankings through Jan. 4.

Louisville has an 18-13 series advantage over Georgia Tech and the Cardinals have won the last five matchups. The teams met twice last season, with Louisville winning 75-71 in Atlanta as Damion Lee scored 17 points and Anas Mahmoud added a career-high 15 points off the bench (1-23-16); and the Cardinals prevailed 56-53 in Louisville in
UofL's final home game of the season as Chinanu Onuaku led the Cardinals with 17 points and 11 rebounds (3-1-16) on Senior Day.

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Louisville posted a collective 3.18 grade point average for the recently completed 2016 fall semester, with 10 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better GPA.
Louisville has won at least 12 of its first 15 games for the seventh straight season. The Cards' best start in that stretch was 16-1 during UofL's 2012-13 NCAA Championship year.
Donovan Mitchell leads the ACC and is 18^th in the nation in steals (2.3 per game). He had five steals at Notre Dame in his last game, the second-most of his career. His 34 steals in 15 games is nine more than he had his entire freshman year.
Louisville has a 33-16 record during the month of January over the last seven years, including a 17-7 record in the last four years.
No. 23 Notre Dame was the fourth consecutive Top 25 Associated Press ranked opponent for Louisville, marking the first time the Cardinals ever faced four straight ranked opponents in the regular season.
UofL Coach Rick Pitino, who has a 403-137 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 158 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).

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Damion Lee

Anas Mahmoud

Donovan Mitchell

Chinanu Onuaku

Quentin Snider

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