Louisville-Vermont Postgame Notes

November 16, 2018 | Men's Basketball

Louisville 86, Vermont 78 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

By: Garett Wall

SERIES
• Friday's game marked the first ever meeting between Louisville and Vermont on the hardwood.
• With the victory, the Cardinals have a 5-0 record all-time against current members of the America East Conference.

TEAM
• Chris Mack becomes the fourth UofL head coach to begin his career with the Cardinals with a 3-0 record joining C.V. Money (1932-33), Peck Hickman (1944-45), and David Padgett (2017-18).
• Tuesday's game is Louisville's second and final unbracketed game in the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Cardinals registered a 105-54 win against Southern in their first NIT Season Tip-Off game on Tuesday. The NIT Season Tip-Off will continue for Louisville against Tennessee on Nov. 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The event will conclude with the Cardinals facing either Kansas or Marquette on Nov. 23 at the Barclays Center.
• Louisville is 134-21 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its ninth season as the home for the Cardinals.
• The Cardinals have won 68 of their last 71 non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center spanning the last nine seasons.
• The Cardinals have won 49 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 28 years, including a perfect 36-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
• Louisville has opened with a 3-0 record in 10 consecutive seasons overall.
• The Cardinals have scored 85 or more points in each of their first three games for the second time in three seasons but just the third time in the last 28 seasons.
• Louisville finished Friday's game with a season low 33 free throw attempts, which was still two more than the team's high point last season (achieved against Boston College on Jan. 21, 2018).
• The Cardinals have outrebounded their opponents in each of their three games this season, including a 30-24 margin in Friday's victory over the Catamounts.
• Louisville moved to 2-0 all-time in games played on Nov. 16 adding Friday's win to the 88-73 victory against Butler in 2010 in the first game played in the KFC Yum! Center.

PLAYER
• Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals in scoring for the second straight game as the sophomore finished with a career-best 22 points, two more than his previous high of 20 set on Tuesday against Southern.
   o Nwora is the first Louisville freshman or sophomore to score 20 points or more points in back-to-back games since Donovan Mitchell had 26 points (Virginia Tech), 21 points (North Carolina) and 25 points (Syracuse) on Feb. 18-26, 2017.
   o Nwora was 7-for-11 from the field matching his career highs in both shots made and attempted achieved against Southern.
   o Nwora registered his 12th career double-figure scoring performance, including the third this season.
• Darius Perry matched a career high with his 17 points equaling the total achieved against George Mason on Nov. 12, 2017.
   o Perry set career highs in shots made and attempted as the sophomore guard was 6-for-10 from the field.
   o Friday's game marked the third double-figure scoring performance in as many outings this season for Perry and the fifth overall in his career.
• V.J. King reached double-figures in scoring for the second time in three games this season as the junior finished with a season-high 14 points overall.
   o Friday's performance marked the 23rd career double-figure scoring outing for King.
• Steven Enoch had 14 points on Friday, his third straight double-figure performance for the Cardinals.
   o Enoch had season highs with his six made field goals on eight attempts.
• Ryan McMahon set career highs in free throws made and attempted as the redshirt junior was 8-for-8 on Friday.
• Christen Cunningham dished out a season-high four assists.