No. 13 Louisville Travels to Notre Dame on Saturday

GAME 16
Date: Jan. 11, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Site: Purcell Pavilion at Joyce Center (9,149), Notre Dame, Ind.
Television: ESPN - Doug Sherman, play-by-play; Cory Alexander, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 211, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: UofL leads 24-15 (14-3 in Louisville, 5-9 at Notre Dame, 5-3 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 75, Notre Dame 63 (March 13, 2019 in Charlotte, N.C.,
ACC Tournament Second Round)
UL National Ranking: No. 11 USA Today, No. 13 Associated Press
Officials: Lee Cassell, A.J. Desai, Pat Driscoll
Next UofL Game: Jan. 14 at Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., 7:00 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville plays its first of three straight ACC games on the road as the Cardinals visit Notre Dame, Ind. to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Saturday.

Louisville (12-3, 3-1 ACC) won its third ACC game in four outings in prevailing 74-58 over Miami in the KFC Yum! Center in its last outing. The Cardinals limited Miami to 27.9 percent shooting from the field, held a 48-37 rebounding advantage, blocked a season-high six shots and Jordan Nwora's 19 points led four players in double figures.

Louisville has four players averaging around nine points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 20.9 points per game, while pulling down 7.7 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 11.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton is averaging 8.9 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 8.8 per game. Ryan McMahon is averaging 8.7 points and ranks second the team from behind the arc, connecting on 43.0 percent.

The Fighting Irish (10-5, 1-3 ACC) have won two of their last three games, but fell 73-68 at NC State on Jan. 8 in their last game. Sophomore guard Prentiss Hubb led the Fighting Irish with a career-high 24 points and senior forward John Mooney added 14 points and 14 rebounds, his 12th double-double of the year. Mooney averages a double-double (15.8 pts., 13.6 reb.) and leads the nation in rebounds per game.

Notre Dame leads the nation in assists-turnovers ratio (1.86), is second in assists per field goal made (.699), third in fewest turnovers per game (9.9), and is 17th in three-pointers made (10.0). Notre Dame is No. 53 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 52 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI), No. 80 in the NET rankings and No. 58 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 8.

Louisville has a 24-15 series advantage over Notre Dame, winning the last four matchups. Louisville won last year's two meetings: 75-61 in the KFC Yum! Center in the final home game of the season (3-3-19) as Jordan Nwora (20 points, 11 rebounds) and Malik Williams (16 points, 13 rebounds) both posted double-doubles for UofL; and 75-63 in the ACC Tournament second round played in Charlotte, N.C. as Nwora led the Cardinals with 24 points.

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Jordan Nwora's 313 points scored this year is the most by a UofL player through 15 games over the last 20 seasons. He leads the ACC in scoring (20.9 ppg, 19th in the nation). His first basket against Florida State on Jan. 4 pushed him over the career 1,000-point scoring mark, becoming the 69th Louisville player to reach that milestone. The preseason ACC Player of the Year, Nwora was a preseason All-America selection by AP and many others. His 19 points and season-high matching 12 rebounds vs. Miami on Jan. 7 was his fourth double-double of the season and 13th in the last two years.
Over the last eight games, Steven Enoch and Malik Williams have combined to average 20.3 points, 12.8 rebounds and shoot 52 percent from the field (61-of-118) while primarily splitting the center position (Enoch 12.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 21.7 minutes/ game; Williams 8.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 17.9 mpg).
Louisville has started with at least a 12-3 record through 15 games for the eighth time in the last 10 years.
UofL is eighth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.365), 20th in scoring margin (+14.3), 22nd in rebound margin (+7.7) and 28th in scoring defense (61.0). UofL is 11^th in the nation in defensive efficiency and 14th in offensive efficiency in KenPom rankings.
Dwayne Sutton has grabbed double-digit rebounds in three of the last four games and on seven occasions this season (13 rebounds, nine points vs. Miami in his last game). He is third in the ACC in rebounding, averaging 8.8 per game, and is fourth in offensive rebounding (2.9)
UofL blocked a season-high six shots vs. Miami. UofL has a block in 318 of its last 318 games.

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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