No. 2 Cardinals Host USC Upstate on Wednesday Night

GAME 5
Date: Nov. 20, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (148-25 in 10th year)
Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 138, XM 194, Internet 956)
Series History: first meeting; UofL has a 243-82 all-time record against first-time foes, including 54-2 since 2002-03.
UL National Ranking: No. 2 Associated Press, No. 2 USA Today
Officials: Roger Ayers, Lee Cassell, Matt Potter
Next UofL Game: Nov. 24 vs. Akron, KFC Yum! Center, 6 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville plays its fourth of five straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center and its third game in the Global Sports Shootout as the Cardinals face the USC Upstate Spartans on Wednesday. Louisville won its 53rd straight home game in the month of November when the Cardinals beat North Carolina Central 87-58 on Sunday.

UofL shot a blistering 66.7 percent from the field (30-of-45), its best since making 70 percent of its field goals in a 94-67 victory over No. 16 Tulane on Feb. 27, 1993, a span of 901 games and 26 years. The Cardinals limited NC Central to 33.3 percent shooting, the third straight game holding their opponent below 34 percent.

Louisville has five players averaging double figures through four games. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 20.5 points per game, while pulling down 6.5 rebounds a game. Ryan McMahon is second on the team in scoring with 12.3 points per game while Steven Enoch is averaging 11.8 points per game. Senior Dwayne Sutton is averaging 11.0 points while freshman Samuell Williamson rounds out the top scorers with 10.8 points per game. Enoch leads the team on the boards with 10.3 rebounds per game. Darius Perry leads the team with 26 assists.

USC Upstate has dropped three of its first four games of the season, falling 80-57 at ACC member
Virginia Tech on Nov. 13 in its last outing. The Spartans will play at Akron on Nov. 18 prior to facing the Cardinals. Predicted to finish 11th in the Big South Conference this season, USC Upstate posted a 6-26 record last season under first-year coach Dave Dickerson, who previously was the head coach at Tulane (2005-10).

Sophomore guard Everette Hammond is the top scorer for the Spartans, averaging 13.0 points per game, while sophomore forward Bryson Mozone is the top rebounder, averaging 10.5 points and 6.5 rebounds. USC Upstate is No. 344 teams in the Kenpom rankings through Nov. 17.

Louisville has an 3-0 all-time record against current Big South Conference members, having previously faced three of its 11 members (1-0 vs. Gardner-Webb, 1-0 vs. UNC Asheville, 1-0 vs. Radford). In its last matchup against a Big South team, Louisville beat Gardner-Webb 78-49 in the KFC Yum! Center on Dec. 18, 2010. USC Upstate is one of four first-time opponents for the Cardinals this season (also Youngstown State, North Carolina Central, Texas Tech). UofL is 243-82 in first-time meetings, including 54-2 since 2002-03.

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Louisville leads the nation in field goal percentage (.566) and is ninth in the nation in three-point percentage (.443, leads the ACC). Louisville is second in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency by Kenpom.com.
UofL has won its first four games of the season for the 10th time in the last 11 years. The Cardinals have started 5-0 in seven of the last 10 years entering Wednesday's game.
Louisville's No. 2 AP ranking is the highest the Cardinals have been ranked since they were No. 2 on March 18, 2013 in the final poll of the season.
Steven Enoch is second in the ACC in rebounding (10.3 rpg, 46th in the nation). He has produced double-digit rebounding performances in three of his first four games, as many as he had in 34 games last season. He has two double-doubles this year (five career).
UofL has won 53 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 28 years, including a 40-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville has a 46-6 record during the month of November over the last eight years, winning 26 of its last 30 games.
Louisville has won 76 of its last 80 nonconference games at home in the KFC Yum! Center, spanning the last 10 seasons.
Darius Perry is third in the ACC in assists (6.5 apg, 23rd in the nation), more than four times his average assists from last season.
Jordan Nwora has topped 20 points in three of his first four games and is fourth in the ACC in scoring (20.5 ppg). Nwora had 13 games with 20 or more points last season. The preseason ACC Player of the Year, Nwora was selected to the preseason AP All-America team.

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Samuell Williamson

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