No. 4 Cardinals Host North Carolina Central on Sunday

GAME 4
Date: Nov. 17, 2019
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (147-25 in 10th year)
Television: ACC Network - Will Flemming, play-by-play; Chris Spatola, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84, Internet 84)
Series History: first meeting; UofL has a 242-82 all-time record against first-time
foes, including 53-2 since 2002-03.
UL National Ranking: 4th Associated Press, 5th USA Today (preseason)
Officials: Mark Schnur, Jerry Heater, Justin Porterfield
Next UofL Game: Nov. 20 vs. USC Upstate, KFC Yum! Center, 7 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville plays its third of five straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center and its second game in the Global Sports Shootout as the Cardinals face the North Carolina Central Eagles on Sunday. Louisville won its 52^nd straight home game in the month of November when the Cardinals beat Indiana State 91-62 on Wednesday as Jordan Nwora scored a game-high 21 points and Dwayne Sutton posted his sixth career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Louisville limited the Sycamores to 33.9 percent shooting from the field while shooting a season-high 58.5 percent itself, including making nine of its first 10 shots of the game.

Louisville has five players averaging double figures through three games. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 21.7 points per game, while pulling down 7.7 rebounds a game. Ryan McMahon is second on the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game while freshman Samuell Williamson ranks third with 11.3 points per game. Both Dwayne Sutton and Steven Enoch average 10.7 points per game. Enoch leads the team on the boards with 12 rebounds per game. Darius Perry leads the team with 19 assists.

NC Central, which dropped its season opener 94-64 at Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 9 and beat USC Upstate 73-64 in its last game on Nov. 11, will play a Global Sports Shootout game at Akron on Friday prior to facing the Cardinals. After Sunday's game, NC Central will play at Youngstown State on Nov. 19. Randy Miller, Jr. led the Eagles with 29 points against USC Upstate, making 5-of-6 three-pointers, while Jibiri Blount added a double-double performance with 16 points and 19 rebounds.

NCCU posted an 18-16 record last season, winning its third straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament title and the league's automatic berth in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, where it fell to North Dakota State in the First Four. NCCU is No. 328 in the Kenpom rankings through Nov. 13. NCCU won the 1989 NCAA Division II National Championship before transitioning to Division I in 2010.

Louisville has an 11-0 all-time record against current Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members, having previously faced six of its 13 members. In its last matchup against a MEAC team, Louisville beat Savannah State 87-26 in the KFC Yum! Center on Nov. 24, 2014. North Carolina Central is one of four first-time opponents for the Cardinals this season (also Youngstown State, USC Upstate, Texas Tech). UofL is 242-82 in first-time meetings, including 53-2 since 2002-03.

CARD FILES

Louisville leads the ACC in field goal percentage (.541, 12th in the nation) and three-point percentage (.431, 27th in the nation) and are second in free throw percentage (.778, 47^th in the nation). Louisville is second in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency by Kenpom.com.
Louisville's 91-62 victory over Indiana State was its 150th consecutive win when scoring 85

or more points in regulation.

Steven Enoch leads the ACC and is 13^th in the nation in rebounding (12.0 rpg). He has produced double-digit rebounding performances in each of his first three games, as many as he had in 34 games last season. He has two double-doubles this year (five career), including 17 points, a career-high 14 rebounds and career-best three blocked shots vs. Youngstown State two games ago.
UofL has won 52 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 28 years, including a 39-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville has a 45-6 record during the month of November over the last eight years, winning 25 of its last 29 games.
Louisville has won 75 of its last 79 nonconference games at home in the KFC Yum! Center, spanning the last 10 seasons.
Jordan Nwora has topped 20 points in his first three 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. The preseason ACC Player of the Year, Nwora was selected to the five-person preseason Associated Press All-America team and earned that recognition from multiple other outlets.

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Samuell Williamson

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