Cardinals Host Albany on Wednesday Night

GAME 11
Date: Dec. 20, 2017
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (122-16 in 8th year)
Television: ESPNU - Jordan Bernfield, play-by-play; Dino Gaudio, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) - Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 83, XM 83, Internet 83)
Series History: First Meeting
UofL National Ranking: unranked (receiving votes in the USA Today & AP polls)
Officials: Tim Nestor, Pat Driscoll, Keith Kimble
Next UofL Game: Dec. 23 vs. Grand Canyon, KFC Yum! Center, 1 p.m. ET (ACC Network Extra)

Louisville will play its fourth and final game of the Houzz Gotham Classic presented by TicketIQ as the Cardinals face the State University of New York at Albany Great Danes on Wednesday in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville beat Memphis 81-72 in the showcase game of the Gotham Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday as the Cardinals buried a season-high 14 three-pointers. Quentin Snider was named the Most Outstanding Player of the event with 19 points and five assists (3-of-4 three-pointers).

Deng Adel leads the Cardinals in scoring with 16.0 points per game. Quentin Snider ranks second on the team, averaging 11.6 points per game while dishing out a team best 38 assists. Spalding leads the team on the boards with 9.6 rebounds per game and ranks third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per game. Freshman Jordan Nwora leads the team from behind the arc, shooting 45.5 percent on the year.

Albany (11-2) has won five of its last six, including a 68-65 victory over Canisius on Dec. 16 in its last outing as Charles Travis led the Great Danes with 24 points. Albany is 16th in the nation in rebounding margin (+9.5) and has won two of its three games in the Gotham Classic.

The Great Danes return four starters from last season's 21-14 team that reached the finals of the America East tournament before falling to St. Peter's in the first round of the postseason College Insider Tournament. UAlbany's Joe Cremo – who passed 1,000 career points earlier this season -- and David Nichols were America East Preseason All-Conference selections. Cremo (17.8 ppg), Nichols (15.7) and Travis Charles (14.9) are all among the top 12 scorers in the America East.

This will be the first time Louisville has played an Albany team. Albany is only the second America East foe the Cardinals have ever faced. UofL has a 3-0 record against American East member Hartford, including an 87-52 victory in the last matchup on Nov. 17, 2015 in the KFC Yum! Center.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville leads the nation in blocked shots (8.5 bpg) and ranks 13th in field goal percentage defense (.375) and 15th in FT% (.783).
Quentin Snider has averaged a team-high 16.3 points, made 9-of-16 three-pointers and handed out 14 assists over the last four games. He scored his 900th career point with 19 points and five assists vs. Memphis and was named the Gotham Classic Most Outstanding Player.
UofL made a season-high 14 three-pointers in 26 attempts (.538) vs. Memphis. The Cardinals have connected on a collective 41.2 percent of their threes over the last four games (40-of-97).
Louisville has won 61 of its last 63 nonconference games at home in the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals have won 25 of their last 26 home games against non-conference opponents.
Tri-captain Anas Mahmoud blocked seven shots vs. Memphis. He is 10th in career blocked shots at UofL (154) and is fourth in the nation in blocks (4.0). He blocked a career-high nine shots vs. Siena with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
UofL has shot a combined 48.9 percent from the field over the last five games (153-of-313). Louisville has a 35-6 record during the month of December over the last six years, winning 23 of its last 28 in that month.
Louisville is one of just four schools which have won 20 or more games in each of the last 15 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga).

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Anas Mahmoud

Jordan Nwora

Quentin Snider

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