No. 4 Cardinals Host Indiana State on Wednesday Night

Wednesday, November 13

LOUISVILLE, KY

8:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Indiana State

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Louisville plays its second of five straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 3
Date: Nov. 13, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (146-25 in 10th year)
Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Malcom Huckaby, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 136, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: UofL leads 6-1 (3-1 in Louisville, 1-0 in Terre Haute, 2-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 83, Indiana State 43 (Dec. 8, 2008 at Freedom Hall, Louisville)
UL National Ranking: 4th Associated Press, 5th USA Today (preseason)
Officials: Raymie Styons, Tony Henderson, Clarence Armstrong
Next UofL Game: Nov. 17 vs. North Carolina Central, KFC Yum! Center, 5 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville plays its second of five straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Indiana State Sycamores on Wednesday. Louisville won its 19^th consecutive home opener when the Cardinals beat Youngstown State 78-55 on Sunday as Darius Perry produced his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 assists and only one turnover.

Louisville limited YSU to 31.3 percent shooting from the field while shooting 50.8 percent itself, including making its first 11 shots of the game. The Cardinals improved to 242-82 all-time against first-time opponents, including 53-2 since 2002-03.

Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 22 points per game, while pulling down nine rebounds a game. Ryan McMahon is second on the team in scoring with 16 points per game while Steven Enoch averages a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds per game. Darius Perry leads the team with 16 assists.

Indiana State (0-1) opened its season on Nov. 9 with a tight 86-81 loss at Dayton as three Sycamores scored in double figures, led by Tyreke Key's 21 points. After Wednesday's game, Indiana State will play Ball State on Nov. 17 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

Predicted to finish sixth in the Missouri Valley Conference this season, the Sycamores posted a 15-16 overall record a year ago and 7-11 MVC mark (eighth). Junior guard Tyreke Key, who led the MVC in scoring last season averaging 17.4 points a game, was honored on the MVC preseason first team. Indiana State is No. 159 in the Kenpom rankings through Nov. 10.

Louisville has won 51 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 28 years, including a 38-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville has a 6-1 series record against Indiana State, winning the last four matchups. In the last game between the two teams, Louisville prevailed 83-43 in the first game of the Marques Maybin Classic in Freedom Hall (12/6/08) as Earl Clark led the Cardinals with 16 points and 10 rebounds. UofL limited the Sycamores to 28 percent shooting from the field and forced 23 turnovers.

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UofL has won 51 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 28 years, including a 38-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville has a 44-6 record during the month of November over the last eight years, winning 24 of its last 28 games.
Louisville has won 74 of its last 78 nonconference games at home in the KFC Yum! Center, spanning the last 10 seasons.
Jordan Nwora has topped 20 points in his first two games with 23 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, and two steals at Miami; and 21 points and six rebounds vs. Youngstown State. Nwora had 13 games with 20 or more points last season.
Steven Enoch has produced double-doubles in the Cardinals' first two games of the season, the fourth and fifth of his career (11 points, 12 rebounds, one blocked shot vs. Miami; 17 points, career-high 14 rebounds, career-best three blocked shots vs. Youngstown State).
Jordan Nwora was selected to the five-person preseason Associated Press All-America team. The 2019 preseason ACC Player of the Year is the first UofL player to receive the preseason AP honor since Montrezl Harrell in 2014-15. Nwora is also a first-team choice by multiple entities.
Ryan McMahon, Dwayne Sutton and Malik Williams were elected team captains by a vote of their teammates.
Louisville is one of just four schools which have won 20 or more games in each of the last 17 seasons (also Kansas, Duke and Gonzaga).
UofL will play 12 games this season against teams ranked among the nation's Top 25 or those receiving votes in the preseason AP poll, including six games among teams in the top 13.