Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

No. 8 Louisville 94, Virginia Tech 90
February 18, 2017
KFC Yum! Center (21,524)

SERIES

Louisville is 31-8 all-time against Virginia Tech, winning the last 12 matchups.
Head coach Rick Pitino is 4-0 all-time against Virginia Tech during his collegiate coaching career.
The Cardinals are 3-0 versus the Hokies since joining the ACC.

TEAM

Louisville moved to 14-1 at home this year and improved to 113-15 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
With Saturday's victory, Louisville collected the program's 1,800th win over its 103 seasons. UofL is 10th in the nation with a 1,800-897 record.
Louisville has a 56-17 record (.767) in February over the last nine years (since 2007-08), winning 22 of its last 29 in the month.
The Cardinals have won 10 of their last 12 games to improve to 22-5 overall and 10-4 in the ACC.
Louisville has a 35-8 record in its conference home games over the last five years (.810), including a 14-2 record over the last two seasons in ACC games in the KFC Yum! Center.
The Cardinals matched a season high with 12 3-point field goals, equaling the total in wins over Pittsburgh (1/24) and NC State (1/29) in consecutive games. The Cards are 7-0 in games when they connect on 10 or more 3-pointers.
The Cardinals have connected on 10 or more 3-point baskets seven times this season, including four of the last seven games.
The Cardinals won their 136th-consecutive game when scoring 85 or more points in a game, with head coach Rick Pitino improving to 116-0 in his UofL coaching career when totaling that many points in a game.
Entering the game ranked 11th in the country in blocked shots, the Cards swatted four on Saturday, marking the 20th time in their last 27 games where they notched four or more blocks in a contest.
Louisville improved to 19-2 this season when outrebounding its opponent after finishing with a 33-25 edge on the glass against Virginia Tech.
With a season-low three turnovers on Saturday, the Cardinals have committed fewer than 10 turnovers in nine games this season, including in four of the last five games. It's the lowest since the team committed five against Virginia on Feb. 6.
It's the Cardinals' fewest turnovers in a conference game since committing one against Georgetown on Feb. 7, 2007.
In making 12-of-15 free throws on Saturday, the Cardinals have connected on at least 80 percent from the free throw line eight times this season, including four of the last six games.
Louisville shot 51.5 percent from the field, connecting on 35-of-68 field goal attempts, marking the sixth time this year the Cards have connected on more than 50.0 percent of its attempts from the floor.
Louisville held a 16-6 edge on the offensive glass and finished with a 26-3 advantage in second-chance points.
Virginia Tech set a KFC Yum! Center record for an opponent with 17 made 3s. That matched UofL's record at the KFC Yum! Center (Morgan State, Dec. 27, 2010).
- Virginia Tech set a record for a UofL opponent in a non-overtime game with 17 made 3s (WVU made 18 in the 2005 Elite Eight overtime game).
Virginia Tech's 90 points were the most by an opponent in the KFC Yum! Center and the most in a home game since Villanova totaled 92 in January 2010. The previous record by an opponent in the KFC Yum! Center was 87 by Memphis in December 2011.

PLAYER

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell reached double-figures in scoring for the seventh-straight game and the 13th time in 14 games with Saturday's 26-point performance. It marked the sixth time this season he scored 20 or more points in a game. Over the last seven games, Mitchell is averaging 21.7 points per game over that span.
Mitchell has scored in double figures 20 times this season and 33 times in his two collegiate seasons.
In the last 13 games, Mitchell has averaged 19.5 points per outing while making 44.4 percent (40-for-90) of his three-point shots.
Sophomore forward Jaylen Johnson, who opened the year by scoring a career-high 19 points versus Evansville, had his second-best scoring performance of the season by tallying 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor, while also grabbing eight or more boards for the 10th time this year. Johnson delivered his 13th double-figure scoring performance of the season and the 15th of his career with Saturday's effort.
Junior Quentin Snider, who missed six games with a hip flexor injury, scored 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, the seventh-straight game scoring in double figures.
Snider reached double figures for the 14th time in 21 games this season and has 34 career double-figure scoring games.
Saturday's game also marked the 14th time this season Snider has finished with four or more assists.
Snider was 3 of 6 on 3-point attempts on Saturday and has connected for three or more 3-pointers nine times this season, including six of his last seven games.

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Players Mentioned

Jaylen Johnson

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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