Louisville Postgame Notes vs. Pittsburgh

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.

TEAM NOTES

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 – 1^st half at Georgia Tech (Jan. 19)
  - 18 points – 2^nd 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.

PLAYER NOTES

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.
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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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

Jordan Nwora

Malik Williams

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