Men's Basketball Travels to Purdue for ACC Big Ten Challenge

GAME 5
Date: Nov. 28, 2017
Time: 8:01 p.m.
Site: Mackey Arena (14,804), West Lafayette, Ind.
Television: ESPN - Dave Flemming, play-by-play; Dan Dakich, analyst; Jeff Goodman, reporter.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 134, XM 195, Internet 957)
Series History: UofL trails 6-11 (4-4 in Louisville, 1-5 in West Lafayette, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 71, Purdue 63 (Nov. 30, 2016 at KFC Yum! Center, ACC/Big Ten Challenge)
UofL National Ranking: 18th USA Today, 19th Associated Press
Officials: D.J Carstensen, Terry Oglesby, Paul Szelc
Next UofL Game: Dec. 3 vs. Seton Hall, KFC Yum! Center, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

Louisville will play its first road game of the season as the Cardinals visit the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind. on Tuesday in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Louisville (4-0) beat St. Francis (Pa.) 84-72 on Nov. 24 as Ray Spalding produced career-highs of 19 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks. The Cardinals forced 19 turnovers and committed just nine, their second straight game with single-digit turnovers. Six players scored in double-digits for UofL.

Deng Adel leads the Cardinals in scoring with 17.5 points per game. Spalding ranks second on the team with 12.0 points per game while freshman Jordan Nwora is averaging 10.0 points per game. Spalding leads the team on the boards with 9.3 rebounds per game. Quentin Snider leads the team with 16 assists.

Purdue (5-2) has won five of its first seven games, including an 89-64 victory over then No. 2 Arizona on Nov. 24 in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

All five starters average scoring in double figures, led by sophomore guard Carsen Edwards (18.0 ppg). Senior guard Dakota Mathias is tied for 12th in the nation in three-point percentage (.571) and is 14th in assists turnover ratio (5.5) while averaging 16.1 points per game. Mathias had 24 points and six assists vs. Arizona.

The Boilermakers have an 11-6 series advantage over the Cardinals. Louisville won last year's matchup 71-64 over the Boilermakers in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in the KFC Yum! Center (11-30-16) as Ray Spalding came off the bench to total 11 points and nine rebounds for UofL.

CARDINAL NOTES

Card File — Louisville has won its first four games for the nine consecutive season. The Cardinals have opened 5-0 each of the last seven years ... UofL has won its first road game in six of the last seven seasons entering Tuesday's game at Purdue ... Louisville has a 69-44 record over the last 11 years on its opponent's home court (.611) ... Louisville is among 16 programs in the nation that have won at least 70 percent of its games over the last 17 years. Louisville has a .746 winning percentage over the last 17 seasons, sixth best in the nation.

Cardinal Spurts — Through its first four games this season, Louisville has produced nine runs of 8-0 or better, including an 8-0 and 10-0 run vs. St. Francis in its last game. The Cardinals had a season-best 12-0 run against George Mason on Nov. 12. Louisville has forced its opponents into 12 scoring droughts of three minutes or more, including a drought of 3:06 in the first half by St. Francis in its last game. UofL's defense produced a season-best 5:59 period of scoreless defense.

Men's Basketball Travels to Purdue for ACC Big Ten Challenge

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jordan Nwora

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

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