Louisville Basketball Postgame Notes

December 23, 2017 | Men's Basketball

- www.GoCards.com -

By: Ira Green

Postgame Notes
Louisville 74, Grand Canyon 56
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
December 23, 2017

SERIES

Louisville moved to 3-0 all-time against Grand Canyon, with a 2-0 mark in games played in the KFC Yum! Center.
The Cardinals own a 14-1 record against current members of the Western Athletic Conference.

TEAM

Louisville finished the home portion of its nonconference schedule with a 9-1 mark.

The Cardinals are 37-6 in December over the last six years.
Louisville has won 16 of its last 17 games played immediately before Christmas.
Louisville is 124-16 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which opened in 2010.
Louisville put together a 43-point second half, its eighth game this season scoring 40 in the final period. It's the most points since equaling that total against Memphis in the final 20 minutes.
The Cardinals scored at least 70 points for the 11th time this season and hold a 10-1 mark when hitting that plateau.
Louisville collected 10 steals in the victory, its third game this season in double digits.
Through 12 games this season, Louisville has produced 24 runs of 8-0 or better, including two 8-0 against Grand Canyon.
Louisville's defense forced 19 turnovers, translating into 21 points for the Cardinals. It's tied for the second most turnovers by a Louisville opponent this season (St. Francis Brooklyn, 19, Nov. 24).
Louisville stifled Grand Canyon to just 22 of 55 (40.0 percent) from the field, the 10th opponent this season to shoot 40 percent or lower.
The Cardinals registered 18 of their points from the free-throw line, the fourth time this season scoring at least 15 from the charity stripe.
Louisville pulled down 15 offensive rebounds in the game and converted those possessions into 13 second-chance points.
Louisville overcame an 11-3 deficit and held a 31-25 lead at the break, putting the Cardinals at 7-0 on the year when leading at halftime.

PLAYER

Junior Ray Spalding registered his seventh career double-double, fifth this season. He totaled career highs of 21 points and 16 rebounds, going 8 of 13 from the floor.

Spalding had 10 defensive rebounds in the game, the most since Deng Adel pulled down 10 against Southern Illinois on Dec. 7, 2016.
He logged three steals in the contest, tying his sophomore season total of 22.

Junior Deng Adel finished the game with 14 points and two assists. He reached double figures for the 36th time in his career, 12th time in 13 games this season.
Senior Anas Mahmoud had three blocks in the victory, boosting his career total to 166. He remains ninth on the school's career list and 11th on the NCAA Division I active career leader list.
Senior Quentin Snider scored eight of his 12 points in the second half, his seventh-consecutive game in double digits.