Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Miami (Ohio)

Postgame Notes
#3 Louisville 70, Miami (Ohio) 46
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
December 18, 2019

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville's Steven Enoch won the tip for the Cardinals.
- It's the 11th time this season he has won the tip for the Cards.
Louisville and Miami met for the eighth time.
- The Cards have now won five straight and lead the series 5-3.
- UofL is now 28-5 all-time against current Mid-American Conference teams.
The Cardinals improve to 23-7 all-time on Dec. 18.
- Louisville improves to 46-10 during December over the last seven years.
The Cards have now won 18 of their last 19 games played immediately before Christmas.
- It's their 11th consecutive victory immediately before Christmas.
UofL improves to 89-6 all-time against non-conference opponents at the KFC Yum! Center.
- The Cards are now 153-25 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville's starting five featured junior Darius Perry, redshirt-senior Ryan McMahon, junior Jordan Nwora, redshirt-senior Steven Enoch and redshirt-senior Dwayne Sutton.
- The Cardinals have used this lineup every game this season.
The Cards held the RedHawks without a point during a stretch of 6:57 of the first half.
- It's the longest Louisville's defense has held an opponent without a point this season, eclipsing a 5:55 run against Pitt.
Louisville's defense held Miami without a point during a 6:31 stretch of the second half.
- The Cards went on a 17-0 run during that time.
  - The 17-0 run by UofL tied a season-long, matching a 17-0 run it had against Miami (FL) to open the season.
- The Cardinals now have forced 35 scoring droughts of three minutes or more this season.
The Cardinals finished the game on a 26-6 run over the final 9:01 of the game.
Louisville tied a season high with five blocks.
The Cards won the rebounding battle 54-40.
- The 54 rebounds by UofL is a season high.
  - It's the most by them since finishing with 55 rebounds against Grand Canyon on Dec. 5, 2015.
- The 40 defensive rebounds were a season high for the Cards.
- Louisville had 14 offensive rebounds, one shy of a season high.
- The Cardinals have held a rebounding advantage in 10 of 12 games this season.
Louisville's defense held Miami to 18 made field goals. It's the fifth time this season they've held an opponent to fewer than 20 field goals.
Miami attempted 33 three-pointers on the night, the most by any UofL opponent this season.
- The Cards held them to 18.2% shooting on three's, the third lowest opponent percentage on the season.
UofL held the RedHawks to 4-of-6 on free throws, tied for the fewest attempts by an opponent this season (Pitt).
The Cardinals committed only 10 turnovers, the third fewest this season.

PLAYER NOTES

Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals in scoring for the 12th time in as many games this season.
- Nwora finished the night with 20 points, including 15 in the second half.
- Wednesday marked the eighth time he has scored at least 20 points this season, and the 21st time in his career.
Ryan McMahon was Louisville's second-leading scorer on the night, tallying 11 points in the win.
- McMahon has scored in double figures six times on the year.
- All seven of McMahon's field goal attempts came from beyond the 3-point line, making three.
- McMahon has made at least three outside shots in six games this season.
Dwayne Sutton matched his career-high with 15 rebounds while playing a season-high 36 minutes.
- Sutton also pulled down 15 boards in the win over USC Upstate on Nov. 20.
Malik Williams came up just one point shy of a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds.
- The 11 rebounds matched his season-best, done previously against Pittsburgh on Dec. 6.
Darius Perry dished out five of Louisville's 11 assists in the win.
- Perry has notched at least five assists in five contests this season.
- Perry added eight points, knocking down multiple 3-pointers for just the second time on the year.

University of Louisville Athletics

Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Miami (Ohio)

Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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