Postgame Notes

No. 8 Louisville 70, No. 19 Notre Dame 64
March 4, 2017
KFC Yum! Center (22,612)

SERIES

Louisville owns a 21-15 series advantage over Notre Dame, with the Cardinals owning a 13-3 advantage in Louisville. The win snapped a three-game losing streak to the Irish.
Head coach Rick Pitino is 15-11 all-time against Notre Dame, including 9-8 mark while at Louisville.

TEAM

Louisville finished its seventh season in the KFC Yum! Center at 16-1 this year and improved to 115-15 all-time. Louisville is 34-2 at home over the last two seasons.
Honoring seniors Mangok Mathiang, Tony Hicks and David Levitch before game, the Cardinals have won 15 of its last 16 Senior Day games. The senior class picked up its 105^th career win after the 71-64 win Saturday over Notre Dame.
The Cardinals have won 12 of their last 16 games to end the regular season at 24-7 overall and 12-6 in the ACC.
Louisville has a 37-8 record in its conference home games over the last five years (.822), including a 16-2 record over the last two seasons in ACC games in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville is 170-44 over the last six years.
Holding a 30-27 lead at the break, the Cardinals improved to 19-3 this season when leading at the half.
Louisville improved to 21-3 this season when outrebounding its opponent after finishing with a 44-27 edge on the glass against Notre Dame.
The Cardinals, who connected on nine 3-pointers, moved to 14-0 this season when hitting seven or more 3-point field goals in a game.
In the last 13 years in February and March, the Cardinals are now 84-31 during the last two closing months before starting conference tournament action.
Louisville improved to 66-25 during the month of March over the last 13 seasons, including a 33-9 mark over the last six years. Head coach Rick Pitino owns a 140-51 collegiate record in March, including a 77-32 mark at Louisville.
The Cardinals connected on 14-of-16 free-throw attempts for a season-best 87.5 percentage, besting the previous high of 86.7 percent against NC State on Jan. 29. Louisville is 32-of-38 (84.2) from the free-throw line in the last two contests.
The Cardinals held Notre Dame to 64 points, improving to 10-2 this season when allowing 60-69 points.
The Cardinals connected on 40.7 percent of their field-goal attempts, evening their mark at 4-4 when shooting worse from the field than the opposition.
With seven losses to close the regular season, the Cards ensure themselves their sixth-straight single-digit loss season.

PLAYER

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell reached double-figures in scoring for the 16th time in 18 games with Saturday's 20-point performance. It marked the ninth time this season and in his career, that he scored 20 or more points in a game, and the 10^th time in 11 games that he has scored 16 or more points in a contest.
Over the last 18 games, Mitchell is averaging 19.2 ppg and has made 55-of-132 3-point field goals (41.7)
Mitchell has scored in double figures 23 times this season and 36 times in his two collegiate seasons.
Senior Mangok Mathiang, who has three double-doubles this season, posted his fourth career double-double and second consecutive with a career-best 18 points and 11 rebounds versus Notre Dame, breaking his previous career of 17 points versus Saint Louis on Nov. 28, 2015. Over the last two games, the Melbourne, Australia, native is averaging 15.0 ppg. and 10.5 rpg.
With 18 points, Mathiang surpassed the 500-point plateau and has 511 during his UofL career.
Junior Quentin Snider, who scored 17 points this afternoon versus Notre Dame, reached double figures for the 17th time in 25 games this season and has 37 career double-figure scoring games. Since returning from a hip injury, Snider is averaging 14.2 ppg. and 4.3 apg. over the last seven games.
Snider equaled a career-high with four 3-point field goals made in the win over the Fighting Irish, connecting on that total for the fourth time in his tenure and the first since William and Mary on Nov. 16 of this season.
Saturday's game also marked the 16th time this season Snider has finished with four or more assists. The Louisville, Ky., native finished the regular season with 102 assists – the second-straight season producing over 100 helpers in a season. Entering tournament play, Snider owns a 2.68 assists-to-turnover ratio, which was third in the ACC. He owns 102 assists and 38 turnovers in 25 games.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Tony Hicks

David Levitch

Mangok Mathiang

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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