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Cards Wrap Up Season at Virginia on Saturday Afternoon
March 08, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Louisville faces second ranked Virginia in the regular season finale
GAME 31
Date: March 9, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Site: John Paul Jones Arena (14,623), Charlottesville, Va.
Television: ESPN - Tom Hart, play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst (Sirus channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81).
Series History: Louisville trails 4-14 (3-7 in Louisville, 1-6 at Charlottesville, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: Virginia 64, UofL 52 (Jan. 23, 2019 at KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: unranked after six straight weeks in the Top 25
Officials: Brian Dorsey, Tony Henderson, Ray Styons
Next UofL Game: ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. (March 13, time/opponent TBA)
Louisville, ranked 24th in the NCAA's NET rankings, plays its final game of the regular season as the Cardinals face the Virginia Cavaliers for the second time in four games on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
In its home finale, Louisville beat Notre Dame 75-61 on March 3 as two Cardinals produced
double-doubles in Jordan Nwora with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Malik Williams, with 16 points and a career-high matching 13 rebounds. VJ King added a career-high 10 rebounds and six points.
The Cardinals (19-11, 10-7 ACC) are very balanced on the offensive end, with four players averaging over eight points. Sophomore Jordan Nwora leads the Cardinals in in scoring and rebounding with 17.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton ranks second on the team in scoring with 10.2 points along with 6.9 rebounds per game. Christen Cunningham is third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points and leads the team with 144 assists on the year. Steven Enoch averages 9.2 points per game along with 5.0 rebounds per game.
Ranked second nationally in both the AP and USA Today polls, Virginia (27-2, 15-2 ACC), which has lost only to Duke twice, has won 11 of its last 12 games, including a 79-53 victory at Syracuse in its last game on March 4. Virginia made 18-of-25 three-pointers in the game (.720), including 8-of-10 threes by Kyle Guy who scored 25 points to lead the Cavaliers.
Virginia leads the nation in scoring defense (54.1) and three-point field goal percentage defense (.269), and the Cavaliers are second nationally scoring margin (+18.0), third in fewest turnovers per game (9.2) and field goal percentage defense (.373) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.414).
Louisville trails Virginia 4-14 in its series, dropping the last eight matchups. Virginia won 64-52 in Louisville last month in the last meeting between the schools (2-23-19) as Jordan Nwora scored 17 points to lead the Cardinals, who led 37-27 at halftime.
CARD FILES
Date: March 9, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Site: John Paul Jones Arena (14,623), Charlottesville, Va.
Television: ESPN - Tom Hart, play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst (Sirus channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81).
Series History: Louisville trails 4-14 (3-7 in Louisville, 1-6 at Charlottesville, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: Virginia 64, UofL 52 (Jan. 23, 2019 at KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: unranked after six straight weeks in the Top 25
Officials: Brian Dorsey, Tony Henderson, Ray Styons
Next UofL Game: ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. (March 13, time/opponent TBA)
Louisville, ranked 24th in the NCAA's NET rankings, plays its final game of the regular season as the Cardinals face the Virginia Cavaliers for the second time in four games on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
In its home finale, Louisville beat Notre Dame 75-61 on March 3 as two Cardinals produced
double-doubles in Jordan Nwora with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Malik Williams, with 16 points and a career-high matching 13 rebounds. VJ King added a career-high 10 rebounds and six points.
The Cardinals (19-11, 10-7 ACC) are very balanced on the offensive end, with four players averaging over eight points. Sophomore Jordan Nwora leads the Cardinals in in scoring and rebounding with 17.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton ranks second on the team in scoring with 10.2 points along with 6.9 rebounds per game. Christen Cunningham is third on the team in scoring with 10.1 points and leads the team with 144 assists on the year. Steven Enoch averages 9.2 points per game along with 5.0 rebounds per game.
Ranked second nationally in both the AP and USA Today polls, Virginia (27-2, 15-2 ACC), which has lost only to Duke twice, has won 11 of its last 12 games, including a 79-53 victory at Syracuse in its last game on March 4. Virginia made 18-of-25 three-pointers in the game (.720), including 8-of-10 threes by Kyle Guy who scored 25 points to lead the Cavaliers.
Virginia leads the nation in scoring defense (54.1) and three-point field goal percentage defense (.269), and the Cavaliers are second nationally scoring margin (+18.0), third in fewest turnovers per game (9.2) and field goal percentage defense (.373) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.414).
Louisville trails Virginia 4-14 in its series, dropping the last eight matchups. Virginia won 64-52 in Louisville last month in the last meeting between the schools (2-23-19) as Jordan Nwora scored 17 points to lead the Cardinals, who led 37-27 at halftime.
CARD FILES
- Jordan Nwora is the second-most improved scorer in the nation with his 17.2 scoring average (sixth in the ACC) up 10.5 ppg from his 5.7 average last year. He has scored 20 or more points on 12 occasions this season and has eight double-doubles (the last two straight), including 20 points and 10 rebounds against Notre Dame in his last game.
- Christen Cunningham leads the ACC in assists in conference only games (6.3). He has handed out 91 assists in his last 14 games, including a season-best 12 assists vs. Duke on Feb. 12, the most for a Cardinal in five years.
- In the Cardinals' 17 ACC games, centers Malik Williams (8.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg) and Steven Enoch (9.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg) have combined to average 18.0 points and 11.6 rebounds while splitting the time at the position. Williams had his third double-double of the season vs. Notre Dame.
- Louisville has limited an opponent to under 40 percent accuracy for a half on 29 occasions, including the first half vs. Notre Dame. UofL is 17th in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency.
- UofL has scored 80 or more points in 13 games (74.9 ppg) and the Cardinals are 36th in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency by Kenpom. UofL is fifth in the ACC in scoring offense for conference games (72.1 ppg).
- Louisville is one of nine schools in the nation to have faced at least 10 schools in the nation's Top 25. Six of the Cardinals' last nine opponents rank among the nation's top 20 teams in defensive efficiency by KenPom.
- Louisville's 2019 signing class is ranked second in the nation by ESPN.com, fifth by Rivals.com and fifth by 247sports.com.
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