Louisville MBB Postgame Notes vs. Central Arkansas

SERIES NOTES

With Wednesday's result, Louisville is now 1-0 all-time against Central Arkansas.
Louisville is now 241-82 all-time in first-time meetings.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville is 136-21 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its ninth season as the home for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals are now 78-5 in non-conference games at the KFC Yum! Center spanning the last nine seasons.
Louisville has scored at least 80 points in six of eight games this season.
- The Cardinals have won 147 consecutive games when scoring at least 85 points in regulation.
Louisville scored a season-high 52 first half points on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 49 against Southern on Nov. 13.
- The Cardinals' 29-point lead (52-23) at the break was also a season-best, outdoing their 23-point halftime edge against Southern.
- Louisville has led at halftime in seven of its eight games this season.
Louisville's defense had its best night of the year, allowing just 41 points.
- The 41 points were the lowest total by a Louisville opponent since allowing just 41 to Pittsburgh on Jan. 14, 2016.
- Wednesday marked Central Arkansas' lowest output since Feb. 7, 2013 when the Bears scored just 36 against Stephen F. Austin.
UofL held the Bears scoreless for more than five minutes on three different occasions on Wednesday.
- 5:49 scoreless from 12:07 to 6:18 in the first half, 5:35 scoreless from 12:13 to 6:38 in the second half, and 6:07 scoreless from 6:07 to 0:00 in the second half.
Louisville limited UCA to just 25 percent (16-of-64) shooting in the win on Wednesday.
- The Bears entered the night shooting 46 percent from the field as a team before its lowest shooting performance of the season.
- Central Arkansas made just 16 field goals on the night, the lowest total of any UofL opponent this year.
The Cardinals continued their dominance at the free throw line, making 15 free throws to just seven attempts for UCA.
- Louisville has made more free throws than the opponent has attempted in five of eight games.
Louisville's 40 points in the paint on Wednesday were its highest total of the season.
Louisville registered a season-best 20 assists in Wednesday's win, its most since turning in 23 at Pittsburgh on Feb. 11, 2018.

PLAYER NOTES

Steven Enoch notched a career-high 16 points in Wednesday's victory, one more than his previous high set in the season opener against Nicholls State and against South Florida last season while at Connecticut.
- Enoch scored Louisville's first 10 points of the game, getting the Cards out to a 10-2 lead at the first media timeout.
- The junior has scored in double figures in five of eight games this season.
- Enoch also grabbed a career-best nine rebounds.
- His nine rebounds were a team-high, the second time he's led the Cards on the glass this season.
Jordan Nwora finished with his seventh double-figure scoring performance in eight games this season as the sophomore had 21 points in Wednesday's win.
- Nwora came up just two points shy of his career-high and crossed the 20-point mark for the fourth time this season.
- Wednesday's game marked the 16th career double-figures scoring outing for Nwora.
- Nwora has led the Cardinals in scoring in four of eight games this season.
- Nwora matched his career-best effort from the 3-point line, knocking down all four of his attempts on the night.
V.J. King ended the night with a season-high 17 points in Wednesday's victory.
- King matched his career-high with eight made field goals, also done against Virginia on Feb. 6, 2017.
- The junior has scored in double-figures 24 times in his career.
- King also matched his career-best in assists with four, done previously versus Wake Forest on Jan. 27, 2018.
Christen Cunningham finished Wednesday night with five assists, matching his high in a Louisville uniform.
- The graduate transfer had 51 games with at least five assists while at Samford and has done it twice as a Cardinal.
Malik Williams equaled his career-high with six rebounds, set on Dec. 11, 2017 against Bryant.
Jacob Redding hit his only field goal attempt, a 3-pointer, to match his season-high with three points.

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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

V.J. King

Jordan Nwora

Jacob Redding

Malik Williams

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