Men's Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh on Sunday

GAME 26
Date: Feb. 11, 2018
Time: 1:06 p.m.
Site: Peterson Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. (12,508)
Television: ACC Network/WAVE-TV in Louisville - Wes Durham, play-by-play; Bobby Cremins, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 83, XM 83, Internet 83)
Series History: UofL leads 15-5 (9-1 in Louisville, 6-1 in Pittsburgh, 0-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 77, Pittsburgh 51 (Jan. 2, 2018 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: unranked (receiving votes in the USA Today poll)
Officials: Lee Cassell, Clarence Armstrong, Tony Chiazza
Next UofL Game: Feb. 17 vs. North Carolina, KFC Yum! Center, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Louisville will play on the road for the first time in four games as the Cardinals travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. to face the Pittsburgh Panthers for the second time this season on Sunday. Louisville (17-8, 7-5 ACC) snapped a three-game losing skid in beating Georgia Tech 77-54 on Thursday in the KFC Yum! Center. Jordan Nwora's 16 points led the Cardinals, who collected 15 steals, forced 20 turnovers, made 12-of-20 three-pointers (.600), and limited the Yellow Jackets to 36.4 percent accuracy from the field. Four of Louisville's last six games are on the road.

Deng Adel leads the Cardinals in scoring with 15.5 points per game. Quentin Snider ranks second on the team, averaging 12.1 points per game while dishing out a team best 101 assists. Spalding leads the team on the boards with 9.0 rebounds per game and ranks third on the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game. Freshman Jordan Nwora leads the team from behind the arc, shooting 43.9 percent on the year.

Pittsburgh (8-17, 0-12 ACC) has dropped all of its ACC games, including a 72-48 loss at Clemson on Feb. 8 in its last game when Terrell Brown led the Panthers with 19 points and eight rebounds. Pittsburgh is No. 178 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 209 by Ken Pomeroy and No. 167 in the RPI
through Feb. 8.

Louisville has a 15-5 series advantage over Pittsburgh and the Cardinals have won the last 11 matchups. It is UofL's second-longest current winning streak against an ACC opponent, as the Cardinals have won their last 13 against Virginia Tech. UofL won 77-51 earlier this season in Louisville in its ACC opener (1-2-18) as Quentin Snider led UofL with 19 points.

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville is third in the nation in blocked shots (6.6 bpg) and ranks 19th in field goal percentage defense (.399) and 43rd in steals per game (7.6). Center Anas Mahmoud is seventh in the nation in blocked shots (3.12) and Ray Spalding is 23rd in offensive rebounds (3.32).
Louisville has held seven of its 12 ACC opponents to 40 percent or below shooting from the field. UofL limited Georgia Tech to 36.4 percent shooting after it previous three opponents had shot a collective 48.5 percent from the field. The Cards have collected nine or more steals in seven league games (season high 15 vs. Georgia Tech).
Louisville has a 30-19 record in its conference road games over the last six years (.612). UofL has the fifth-most conference road wins in its four years in the ACC with 16.
Louisville is one of just four schools which have won 20 or more games in each of the last 15 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga).
Louisville has blocked a shot in 258 consecutive games dating back to 2011. Anas Mahmoud has blocked a shot in 77 career games and is fourth in career blocked shots (191).
Louisville has a 58-20 record during the month of February over the last 10 years (.744), winning 23 of its last 34 in that month (5-2 last year).
Louisville achieved a collective 3.083 grade-point average for the 2017 fall semester, with nine of 14 current student-athletes earning a 3.0 or better GPA (19th consecutive semester with at least a team 3.0 GPA). UofL is one of only two schools in the nation to have perfect men's basketball multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores each of the past four years. A league-high six Cardinals were named to the 2017 All-ACC Academic Team.

University of Louisville Athletics

Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Anas Mahmoud

Jordan Nwora

Quentin Snider

Ray Spalding

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