No. 6/5 Louisville Hosts Georgia Tech on Wednesday Night

GAME 19
Date: Jan. 22, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (155-26 in 10th year)
Television: Regional Sports Networks (Fox Sports South in Louisville) - Tom Werme, play-by-play; Mike Gminski, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81)
Series History: UofL leads 21-13 (12-4 in Louisville, 5-4 in Atlanta, 4-5 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 71, Georgia Tech 59 (Jan. 19, 2019 in Atlanta, Ga.)
UL National Ranking: No. 5 USA Today, No. 6 Associated Press
Officials: Ted Valentine, Pat Driscoll, Matt Potter
Next UofL Game: Jan. 25 vs. Clemson, KFC Yum! Center, 2:00 p.m. ET (RSN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- After winning three consecutive games on the road, Louisville returns home for the first of two straight in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Wednesday.

Louisville won its fourth straight game and remained in a tie with Florida State for the top position in the ACC standings with a 79-73 victory at then-No. 3/3 Duke on Saturday in its last game. It was just the fifth top-three road victory in UofL history and marked the 250th career coaching victory for UofL's Chris Mack. Freshman David Johnson led the Cardinals with a career-high 19 points, seven assists and three steals, adding four rebounds and three dunks.

Louisville has four players averaging eight or more points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 19.6 points per game, while pulling down 7.4 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 10.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 9.4 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.9 per game. Ryan McMahon ranks fourth on the team with 8.7 points per game and ranks second on the team in three-point field goal percentage, connecting on 44.0 percent. Darius Perry leads the team with 64 assists.

The Yellow Jackets (8-10, 3-5 ACC) have dropped three of their last four games, including falling 63-58 at home against Virginia on Jan. 18 in their last outing.

Sophomore guard Michael Devoe is seventh in the ACC in scoring (15.9 ppg, 33-of-80 three-pointers, .413). Senior forward James Banks III (10.3 ppg, 7.6 rpg) is 15th in the nation in blocked shots (2.8 per game). Georgia Tech is No. 83 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 96 in the NET rankings, No. 97 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 89 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 19.

Louisville leads its series against Georgia Tech 21-13, with the Cardinals winning the last eight matchups. In last year's meeting in Atlanta, the Cardinals prevailed 79-51 (1-19-19) as Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals with 25 points and eight rebounds, while Christen Cunningham handed out a season-best 11 assists without a turnover.

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Louisville has started with a 6-1 ACC record for the third time in its six years in the conference (best ACC start is 7-1). The Cardinals have started with at least a 15-3 overall record through 18 games for the seventh time in the last 10 years.
In its last five games, Louisville has made 45.2 percent of its shots from three-point range (42-of-93), including 19-of-39 in the last two (.487).
Louisville has a 50-16 record in its conference home games over the last eight years (.754). UofL has the fifth-most conference home wins in its six years in the ACC with a 35-13 ACC home record.
UofL is eighth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.368), 12th in three-point field goal percentage (.387), 21st in scoring margin (+12.7), 39th in rebound margin (+6.2) and 40th in scoring defense (62.2). UofL is 12^th in the nation in defensive efficiency and 21st in offensive efficiency in KenPom rankings.
UofL has held 14 of its 18 opponents under 40 percent shooting from the field this season, including its last game against Duke (.371), the ACC leader in field goal percentage.
Louisville completed a successful three-game road stretch, marking its first eight-day road stretch with a 3-0 road record since Jan. 10-17, 1999. Louisville's 26 ACC road wins in its six years in the league is the fourth-most in that period. Louisville is the NABC Team of the Week.
Jordan Nwora's 353 points scored this year is the second-most by a UofL player through 18 games over the last 20 seasons. He leads the ACC in scoring (19.6 ppg). The preseason ACC Player of the Year, his 20 points at Notre Dame was his 10th game this season and 23rd in the last two years scoring 20 or more points.

No. 6/5 Louisville Hosts Georgia Tech on Wednesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Ryan McMahon

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

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