Men's Basketball Travels to Syracuse for a Big Monday Clash

GAME 26
Date: Feb. 13, 2017
Time: 7:01 p.m.
Site: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. (35,446)
Television: ESPN - Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Fran Fraschilla, analyst; Allison Williams, reporter.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS, 840 AM) - Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Luke Hancock, analyst.
(Sirius channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81) Also: ESPN Radio - Marc Kestecher, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst
Series History: UofL leads 16-8 (8-3 in Louisville, 3-5 in Syracuse, 5-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 72, Syracuse 58 (Feb. 17, 2016 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: fourth USA Today, fourth Associated Press
Officials: Michael Roberts, Michael Stephens, John Gaffney
Next UofL Game: Feb. 18 vs. Virginia Tech, KFC Yum! Center, 1 p.m. ET (ACC Network/WAVE-TV in Louisville)

Louisville will play on ESPN's Big Monday on the road for the second straight week as the Cardinals visit the Syracuse Orange in Syracuse, N.Y. Louisville won for the eighth time in its last 10 games in prevailing 71-66 over Miami on Saturday as the Cardinals used a 13-0 second-half run to help overcome a 14-point first-half deficit. Donovan Mitchell and Deng Adel scored 18 points each to pace the Cardinals.

Mitchell leads three Cardinals who are averaging double figures. He is averaging 15.1 points per game and 4.7 rebounds. Quentin Snider ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game along with a team leading 76 assists. Deng Adel rounds out the top scorers with 11.4 points per game. Jaylen Johnson and Mangok Mathiang lead the Cardinals on the boards with 6.3 rebounds per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 45.1 percent from the field and 38.6 percent from behind the arc. UofL is averaging 40.0 rebounds per game while holding opponents to 34.2 rebounds a game.

Syracuse (16-10, 8-5 ACC) had won five straight games -- including victories over top 10 teams Florida State and Virginia -- before falling 80-75 at Pittsburgh on Feb. 11 in its last game as John Gillon and Andrew White each scored 20 points for the Orange.

The Orange are 17th nationally in steals (8.3 spg), 33^rd in blocked shots (5.1 bpg), 29th in three-point field goal
percentage (.392), 28th in assists turnovers ratio (1.35) and 43rd in assists per game (16.2). Syracuse is No. 71 in the RPI, No. 38 in the Sagarin Ratings and No. 41 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 11.

Louisville has a 16-8 series advantage over Syracuse, winning three of the last four meetings. In last year's matchup,
the Cardinals won 72-58 in the KFC Yum! Center (2-17-16) as Damion Lee led UofL with 15 points and Chinanu Onuaku added 13 points and a season-high matching 15 rebounds. UofL twice beat Syracuse in the championship game of the Big East Tournament (2009, 2013). The teams will play twice this season, as the Orange visit Louisville on Feb. 26.

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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 ninth in the nation in field goal defense (.386), ninth in blocked shots (5.8 bpg), third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.287), 14th in scoring margin (+14.4) and 19^th in offensive rebounds per game (13.5).
Louisville has faced the nation's third toughest schedule according to the RPI through games of Feb. 11.
Louisville has won at least 20 of its first 25 games for the fifth time in the last six seasons.
In his last 12 games, Donovan Mitchell has averaged 19.1 points 4.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.2 steals and has made 35-of-83 three-pointers (.422). Mitchell leads the ACC and is 17th in the nation in steals (2.2 per game). He is among the top 30 candidates for the Naismith Trophy for national player of the year.
Louisville has a 54-17 record (.761) in February over the last nine years (since 2007-08), winning 20 of its last 27 in the month.
Louisville has a 27-15 record in its conference road games over the last five years (.643).
Louisville's 166 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 15 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga). UofL gained its 20th victory this season against Miami in its last game on Feb. 11.

Men's Basketball Travels to Syracuse for a Big Monday Clash

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Damion Lee

Mangok Mathiang

Donovan Mitchell

Chinanu Onuaku

Quentin Snider

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