Postgame Notes

No. 7 Louisville 88, Syracuse 68
February 26, 2017
KFC Yum! Center (22,482)

SERIES

Louisville owns an 18-8 series advantage over Syracuse, winning five of the last six meetings
Head coach Rick Pitino is 15-11all-time against Syracuse, including 12-5 while at Louisville. His teams have won 15 of the last 20 games against the Orange, including the 1996 national title game while serving as the head coach at Kentucky.

TEAM

Louisville moved to 15-1 at home this year and improved to 114-15 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, now in its seventh season as the home of the Cardinals.
Louisville has a 57-18 record (.760) in February over the last nine years (since 2007-08), winning 23 of its last 31 games in the month.
The Cardinals have won 11 of their last 14 games to improve to 23-6 overall and 11-5 in the ACC.
Louisville has a 36-8 record in its conference home games over the last five years (.818), including a 15-2 record over the last two seasons in ACC games in the KFC Yum! Center.
Holding a 41-25 lead at the break, the Cardinals improved to 18-2 this season when leading at the half.
The Cardinals won their 137th-consecutive game when scoring 85 or more points in a game, with head coach Rick Pitino improving to 117-0 in his UofL coaching career when totaling that many points in a game.
Louisville shot 56.9 percent from the field, connecting on 33-of-58 field goal attempts, marking the seventh time this year the Cards have connected on more than 50.0 percent of its attempts from the floor. Louisville is 7-0 in those contests.
Louisville improved to 20-2 this season when outrebounding its opponent after finishing with a 33-25 edge on the glass against Syracuse.
The Cardinals, who connected on nine 3-pointers, moved to 13-0 this season when hitting seven or more 3-point field goals in a game.
Louisville improved to 25-1 in Sunday conference games over the last 11 seasons.

PLAYER

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell reached double-figures in scoring for the ninth-straight game and the 15th time in 16 games with Sunday's 25-point performance. It marked the eighth time this season he scored 20 or more points in a game.
Over the last nine games, Mitchell is averaging 22.0 points per game over that span.
Mitchell has scored in double figures 22 times this season and 35 times in his two collegiate seasons.
Mitchell tied a career-high by hitting 6 of 10 3-point field goals, marking the 10^th time this season that he has connected on three or more 3-point field goals in a game this season. He also drilled six on two other occasions this season – versus Pittsburgh on Jan. 24 and NC State on Jan. 29.
In the last 15 games, Mitchell has averaged 19.9 points per outing while making 44.9 percent (49-for-109) of his three-point shots.
Sophomore Ray Spalding matched his career-high by scoring 18 points on 8 of 9 shooting from the floor. He also tallied 18 points versus North Florida on Nov. 21, 2015.
Spalding notched his second career double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while also matching a season-high with a pair of steals. His other double-double performance was an 18-point and 12 rebound game versus North Florida on Nov. 21, 2015.
Junior Anas Mahmoud reached a new career-high with four steals, breaking his previous high of three versus Florida State on Jan. 20, 2016.
Sophomore forward Jaylen Johnson, who entered the game with two 3-point field goals this season, connected on his lone attempt in the game, which gave him trifectas in consecutive games.
Junior Quentin Snider, who scored 12 points, reached double figures for the 15th time in 23 games this season and has 35 career double-figure scoring games.
Sunday's game also marked the 15th time this season Snider has finished with four or more assists.
With 17 points, sophomore Deng Adel has now scored 408 points in his first two seasons with the Cardinals. He tied his career-high by netting 7 of 9 attempts from the free throw line. He also connected on seven versus William Mary on Nov. 14.
Adel scored in double figures for the 18^th time this season and the first time since tallying 11 points against Syracuse on Feb. 13.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Anas Mahmoud

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

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