Cardinals Travel to Wake Forest on Wednesday

GAME 21
Date: Jan. 30, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Site: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. (14,665)
Television: Raycom (WAVE-TV in Louisville; other stations click the link on the right:) – Evan Lepler, play-by-play; Corey Alexander, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS, 840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (XM channel 384, Internet 975)
Series History: Louisville leads 5-2 (2-0 in Louisville, 1-1 in Winston-Salem, 2-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 96, Wake Forest 77 (Jan. 27, 2018 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: 15th Associated Press, 16th USA Today
Officials: Jamie Luckie, Lee Cassell, Jerry Heater
Next UofL Game: Feb. 2 vs. North Carolina, KFC Yum! Center, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Louisville, ranked 15th by AP and 16th in the USA Today poll, plays three of its next four on the road starting with its final game in January as the Cardinals visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Wednesday.

Louisville won its fifth straight and ninth in the last 11 games as the Cardinals prevailed at home over Pittsburgh last Saturday. Jordan Nwora scored a game-high 17 points for UofL while Steven Enoch produced his second double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The Cardinals are very balanced on the offensive end, with four players averaging over eight points. Sophomore Jordan Nwora leads the Cardinals in in scoring and rebounding with 18.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Christen Cunningham is second on the team in scoring with 10.5 points and leads the team with 83 assists on the year. Dwayne Sutton ranks third on the team in scoring with 9.9 points along with 6.7 rebounds per game. Steven Enoch averages 9.8 points per game along with 5.4 rebounds per game.

Wake Forest (8-11, 1-6 ACC) has dropped six of its seven ACC games, including falling 65-61 to Boston College in its last game on Jan. 26 as Jaylen Hoard totaled 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Wake Forest ranks 15th in the nation in free throws made per game (17.6), 19th in free throws attempted per game (24.3) and 47th in offensive rebounds per game (12.2). Wake Forest is No. 133 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 150 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI), No. 186 in the NET rankings and No. 167 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 27.

Louisville has a 5-2 series advantage over Wake Forest, winning three of the last four matchups. UofL prevailed 96-77 over Wake Forest in last year's meeting in Louisville (1-27-19) as V.J. King (7-of-9 field goals) and Quentin Snider scored 15 points each to lead UofL.

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Louisville's current five-game win streak is its longest conference win streak in the Cardinals' five years in the ACC. UofL's 6-1 ACC record matches its best ACC start (also 2015-16).
Jordan Nwora is the second-most improved scorer in the nation with his 18.2 scoring average up 12.5 ppg from his 5.7 average last year. He is just the third Louisville player over the last 17 years to score 25 or more points in back-to-back games (career-high 32 points vs. Boston College, 25 at Georgia Tech).
Steven Enoch produced his second career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds in his last game against Pitt. UofL is 9-2 when Enoch scores in double figures. He is averaging 12.3 points, 7.0 points and shot 58 percent from the field over the last six games.
Christen Cunningham became just the third UofL player in the last 47 years to hand out 11 assists without a turnover when he accomplished that feat at Georgia Tech. In his last nine games, he has shot 58.8 percent from the field – including 47.8 percent on three-pointers (11-of-23) -- while averaging 13.4 points and 5.9 assists.
UofL has scored 80 or more points in 12 of its 20 games (79.4 ppg) and the Cardinals are 14th in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency by Ken Pomeroy. UofL is second in the ACC in scoring offense for conference games (81.1 ppg).
Dwayne Sutton has had double-doubles in three of the last six games. He has scored in double digits in eight of the last 11 games.
Louisville's 2019 signing class is ranked second in the nation by ESPN.com, fifth by Rivals.com and fifth by 247sports.com.

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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

V.J. King

Jordan Nwora

Quentin Snider

Dwayne Sutton

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