Louisville Postgame Notes vs. Miami

SERIES NOTES

Louisville holds an 11-4 lead in the all-time series with Miami, which dates back to 1951.
The Cardinals are 6-0 at home against the Hurricanes, including a 3-0 record at the KFC Yum! Center.

TEAM NOTES

The Cardinals have won nine of their last 11 conference openers, including six of the last seven.
- UofL has won six of its last seven conference openers at home.
- The Cardinals have won four of their five conference openers in the ACC.
Louisville is 140-22 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center, which is in its ninth season as the home for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals have won 148 consecutive games when scoring 85 or more points.
Through its first 14 games this season, Louisville has produced 25 runs of 8-0 or better, including runs of 11-0 in the first half and a pair of 8-0 runs in the second half.
Louisville erased a 15-point deficit (30-15 in the first half) in Sunday's win marking its largest deficit overcome in a victory since battling back from a 17-point difference (45-28) in the 73-69 win at Florida State on Jan. 10, 2018.
Sunday's performance marked the second time this season Louisville has scored 90 or points in a game and the first since the 104-54 win over Southern on Nov. 13, 2018.
The Cardinals set season highs for field goals made (33) and three-pointers made (13) while also matching a season high with 69 field goal attempts.
The 13 three-point baskets were the most for Louisville since they had 13 triples against Virginia Tech on Jan. 13, 2018.
The Cardinals committed a season low seven turnovers – their lowest total since finishing with just seven against Wake Forest on Jan. 27, 2018.
UofL had a season high five players score in double-figures in the win over the Hurricanes.
The 19 assists for Louisville landed just one shy of a season high total (20) achieved against Central Arkansas.
The Cardinals moved to 9-2 this season when outrebounding their opponent after finishing with a 39-35 edge on the glass.
With 15 offensive rebounds on Sunday, Louisville has registered 10 or more rebounds on the offensive glass eight times this season, including each of the last five games.
Louisville had one blocked shot on Sunday extending their streak to 283 consecutive games with a blocked shot.

PLAYER NOTES

Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals in scoring for the eighth time this season as the sophomore had a game-high 20 points.
- Sunday's performance marked the 22nd career double-figure scoring outing for Nwora, including the 13th this season.
- Nwora has scored 20 or more points in seven of his 14 games this season.
- Nwora equaled a season high with his eight field goals, the fourth time this season he has reached that total.
- In his last seven games, Nwora has averaged 19.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per contest while shooting 52.0 percent (50-for-96) from the field and making 20-of-39 (51.2 percent) of his three-pointers.
Malik Williams came off the bench to register his second career double-double totaling 19 points and 11 rebounds.
- The 19 points were a career-high total for Williams, who had 17 points in a win over Southern earlier this season.
- Williams set a career high with his 11 rebounds, one more than his 10 rebounds against Lipscomb this season.
- Williams also established career highs with his eight field goals made and 14 field goals attempted.
- With Sunday's outing, Williams achieved his seventh career double-figure scoring game, including the fourth this season.
Ryan McMahon registered his 10th career double-figure scoring performance, including the third this season, after totaling 12 points against Miami.
- McMahon dished out a career best nine assists, three more than his previous high total of six achieved against Southern earlier this season. McMahon's assist total on Sunday was also two more than Miami had as a team.
- With his trio of three-pointers on Sunday, McMahon has connected on three or more triples three times this season.
- McMahon set a career high with his nine three-point attempts, while his 10 field goal attempts equaled a career high.
Dwayne Sutton scored 13 points for his eighth double-figure scoring outing in two seasons with the Cardinals, including the seventh this season.
Christen Cunningham earned his sixth double-figure scoring game of the season and the 77th of his collegiate career after finishing with 11 points against the Hurricanes.
- Cunningham was 3-for-5 on three-pointers marking the second straight game he has made a trio of three-pointers.
- With his five assists on Sunday, Cunningham equaled a season-high achieving the total for the third time.

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