Louisville Postgame Notes vs. Pittsburgh
January 26, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Louisville 66, Pittsburgh 51 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
SERIES NOTES
- Louisville now leads the all-time series 17-6 against Pittsburgh, including a 10-1 mark in Louisville.
- The Cardinals have won 13 of the last 14 meetings between the two programs.
- UofL is 9-1 against Pitt since joining the ACC.
- Louisville is 143-22 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its ninth season as the home for the Cardinals.
- The Cardinals are 12-1 on their home court this season and 4-0 at home in conference action.
- UofL is now 6-1 in ACC play, tying its best start (2015-16) in its five seasons in the conference.
- Louisville avenged its only loss in conference play on Saturday.
- The Cardinals are 28-2 since March 1, 2003 in home games against teams faced on the road earlier in the same season.
- UofL's 15-point win is its third-largest margin of victory in the past 45 years when shooting under 40 percent and collecting fewer than 40 rebounds.
- Feb. 22, 2011 – 55-37 at Rutgers (.353 FG, 35 rebounds)
- Jan. 28, 2004 – 64-48 vs. Houston (.345 FG, 38 rebounds)
- Jan. 26, 2019 – 66-51 vs. Pittsburgh (.393, 39 rebounds)
- Louisville's 66 points on Saturday were the fewest scored in a victory this season.
- The previous low total in a win was 70 at Seton Hall on Dec. 1.
- It is the second-lowest total for the Cardinals in any game this season, only topped by their 58 points against Kentucky.
- Louisville allowed just 51 points, matching its best defensive effort of the season in ACC play.
- The Cardinals also allowed 51 at Georgia Tech Jan. 19.
- UofL gave up just 18 points in the second half, its third half of the season with less than 20 points allowed.
- 16 points – 1st half at Georgia Tech (Jan. 19)
- 18 points – 2nd half vs. Central Arkansas (Dec. 5)
- Pittsburgh shot just 35 percent (19-of-54) on Saturday, becoming the eighth opponent Louisville has held under 40 percent on the year.
- After shooting 43 percent in the first half, the Panthers connected on just 26.9 percent (7-of-26) over the final 20 minutes.
- Louisville has limited an opponent to under 40 percent accuracy for a half on 17 occasions.
- UofL outrebounded Pittsburgh 39-36, improving to 13-3 when winning the rebounding battle.
- Louisville is a perfect 14-0 when shooting better from the field than its opponent after shooting 39 percent on Saturday to Pittsburgh's 35 percent.
- The Cardinals connected on 14-of-16 (88 percent) free throws in the win, their second-best effort from the stripe this season.
- UofL shot 92 percent (11-for-12) in the win at Seton Hall (Dec. 1).
- Pittsburgh attempted 13 free throws, moving the Cardinals to 11-1 when shooting more free throws than their opponent.
- Louisville knocked down 8-of-23 three-point attempts on Saturday, reaching at least eight made outside shots in 14-of-20 games this season.
- Louisville had two spurts of eight consecutive points and another of nine in Saturday's win.
- UofL has produced 38 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
- The Cardinals have forced their opponents into 33 scoring droughts of three minutes or more, including stretches of 3:13, 5:55 and 6:04 against Pitt.
- Jordan Nwora led all scorers with 17 points in Saturday's win.
- The sophomore has scored in double figures in 18 of his 20 games this season.
- Nwora went 3-for-4 from the free throw line, surpassing 100 made free throws for his collegiate career (101-for-136).
- Steven Enoch registered his second career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday.
- The 11 rebounds matched Enoch's career high, also done at North Carolina on Jan. 12.
- Enoch has scored in double figures 11 times this season, including five of the last six games.
- The Cardinals are 9-2 when he reaches double figures in scoring.
- The redshirt-junior is averaging 12.3 points over the last six contests.Â
- Malik Williams made a pair of three-pointers for his only six points in the victory.
- Williams has made two threes in three consecutive games and seven games overall.
- Christen Cunningham handed out seven assists in the win.
- Cunningham has at least five helpers eight times this season and six of the last seven games.
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