Louisville Postgame Notes vs. Duke

SERIES NOTES

With the loss, Louisville is now 6-10 all-time against Duke and 3-3 versus the Blue Devils in Louisville.
Louisville is 2-5 against Duke since joining the ACC.
The Cardinals are 6-6 against Duke during Mike Krzyzewski's tenure.

TEAM NOTES

Tuesday's contest was Louisville's fourth straight against a ranked opponent and ninth of the season.
- The Cardinals are 4-5 against ranked competition this year.
Louisville won the rebounding battle 41-39 in Tuesday's loss.
- The Cardinals have outrebounded the opponent in 20 of 25 games this season.
- UofL is 15-5 in the 20 games it has won the battle on the glass.
The Cardinals grabbed 10 offensive rebounds for the 15^th time this season and 11^th time in the last 15 games.
Louisville held Duke to 37 percent shooting on Tuesday night.
- The Blue Devils are the 12^th team UofL has held below 40 percent this season.
- Duke shot 36 percent in the first half and 37 in the second to mark the 22^nd and 23^rd times the Cardinals have held an opponent under 40 percent for a half this season.
Louisville led by nine (38-29) at halftime, Duke's largest halftime deficit of the season.
- The Cardinals 23-point lead (59-36) was Duke's largest deficit of the year, surpassing the previous high of 16.
UofL finished the night with 17 assists, tying its fourth-best output of the year.
- The Cardinals have dished out 15 or more assists 10 times this season, including seven of the last 12 games.
Louisville recorded its 45^th run of at least eight consecutive points this season with an 8-0 spurt late in the first half.
The Cardinals held Duke scoreless for stretches of 3:20 and 3:37 to up their total to 44 scoring draughts of three minutes or more forced.
- Louisville held the Blue Devils without a field goal for a stretch of 9:15 in the second half (18:19 to 9:04).

PLAYER NOTES

Christen Cunningham finished with a career high 12 assists on Tuesday evening.
- Cunningham surpassed his previous high of 11 set at Georgia Tech on Jan. 19.
- Cunningham has at least five assists in 12 games this season, including 10 of 12 ACC contests.
- The leader in assists per game in ACC play, Cunningham is now averaging 6.8 per game against conference foes.
Jordan Nwora tallied his 11^th 20-point game of the season on Tuesday, closing out the night with 23 points.
- Nwora matched his season and career high with five three-pointers made.
- Nwora grabbed 12 rebounds for his team-leading sixth double-double of the season.
- The 12 rebounds were just two shy of his career best.
- Nwora surpassed the 600-point mark for his career and now has 604 overall.
Dwayne Sutton finished 5-of-8 from the field for the second straight game, scoring 15 points in the loss.
- Sutton has been in double figures in each of his last five games and 16 times this season.
- Sutton is averaging 16.4 points over that five-game stretch, scoring at least 14 points in all five.
Steven Enoch scored 10 points in the first half on his way to 14 for the game.
- Since moving out of the starting lineup, Enoch has scored in double digits in seven of 11 contests.
Malik Williams pulled down nine rebounds on Tuesday, his third-highest total of the season and most since grabbing 11 against Miami on Jan. 6.

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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

Jordan Nwora

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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