No. 3 Louisville Hosts Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday Night

GAME 12
Date: Dec. 18, 2019
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (153-25 in 10th year)
Television: ACC Network - Steve Schlanger, play-by-play; Debbie Antonelli, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 105, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: UofL leads 4-0 (3-0 in Louisville, 1-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 80, Miami (Ohio) 39 (Nov. 18, 2012 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: No. 3 Associated Press, No. 5 USA Today
Officials: Jamie Luckie, Tony Henderson, Brent Hampton
Next UofL Game: Dec. 28 at Kentucky, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky., 3:45 p.m. ET (CBS)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville will play its second straight in the KFC Yum! Center and its final home non-conference game as the Cardinals face the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks on Wednesday.

Louisville (10-1, 2-0 ACC) beat Eastern Kentucky 99-67 last Saturday, the Cardinals' top scoring effort and season-best matching assists total with 22. Louisville shot 63 percent from the field, its sixth game this season over 50 percent from the field. It was the Cardinals' 152nd consecutive victory when scoring 85 or more points in regulation as UofL scored a season-high 99 points in the victory.

Louisville has four players averaging over nine points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 21.3 points per game, while pulling down 7.5 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 11.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Ryan McMahon ranks third on the team with 9.7 points per game while connecting on 46.7 percent from behind the arc. Dwayne Sutton leads the team in rebounding with 8.1 per game while averaging 9.1 points. Darius Perry leads the team with 50 assists.

The Redhawks (5-5) have dropped four of their last five games, but beat Mississippi Valley State 79-67 on Dec. 15 in Oxford, Ohio its last game. Senior forward Bam Bowman led Miami with 20 points. Miami is 30th in the nation in free throw percentage (.764). Miami (Ohio) is No. 222 by KenPom, No. 225 in the NET ratings and No. 231 by the Sagarin Ratings through Dec. 15.

Louisville has won its four previous meetings against Miami, including an 80-39 victory in the KFC Yum! Center in the last matchup (11-18-12) as the Cardinals buried 12-of-23 three-pointers with Russ Smith leading the way with 23 points (5-of-7 threes). Miami committed 19 turnovers and shot 29.8 percent from the field for the game.

Louisville has a collective 27-5 record against current members of the Mid-American Conference, having faced seven of its 12 members. Miami is the second MAC member the Cardinals have faced this season, beating Akron 82-76 on Nov. 24.

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Louisville has started with at least a 10-1 record through 11 games for the eighth time in the last 10 years. The Cardinals won at least 11 of its first 12 game on seven occasions over the last nine years entering Wednesday's game.
Louisville has an 88-6 record against non-conference opponents in the KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals have won 44 of their last 47 home games against non-conference opponents.
Jordan Nwora's 234 points scored this year is the most by a UofL player through 11 games over the last 20 seasons. He leads the ACC in scoring (21.3 ppg, 16th in the nation). The preseason ACC Player of the Year, Nwora was a preseason All-America selection by AP and many others. He needs 30 points to become Louisville's 69^th career 1,000-point scorer. His 26 points vs. EKU was his seventh game this year over 20 points.
UofL is seventh in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.358) and 16th in field goal percentage (.494). UofL is third in the nation in defensive efficiency and 11th in offensive efficiency in KenPom rankings.
Louisville's last four opponents have combined to shoot 23-of-102 (.225) from three-point range. UofL is 31st nationally in 3-pt. FG defense (.278).
Steven Enoch scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Eastern Kentucky, connecting on 9-of-10 shots from the field. It was his seventh double-figure scoring effort of the season and 24th in the last two years. He has blocked a shot in eight games this year.
Dwayne Sutton, who is eighth in the ACC in rebounding (8.1 rpg), scored his 1,000 career point at two different schools with 11 vs. Eastern Kentucky (582 UofL, 408 at UNC Asheville).

No. 3 Louisville Hosts Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

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