Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Georgia Tech

Postgame Notes
#6 Louisville 68, Georgia Tech 64
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky. | 15,001
January 22, 2020

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville's Steven Enoch won the tip for the Cardinals.
- It's the 17th time this season he has won the tip for the Cards.
Louisville and Georgia Tech met for the 35th time.
- The Cards now lead the series 22-13.
- UofL has now won nine in-a-row against the Yellow Jackets
The Cardinals are now 41-13 all-time in January over the last five years.
The Cards are now 156-26 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.
UofL is now 51-16 in conference games at the KFC Yum! Center over the last six seasons.
Louisville is now 7-1 in ACC play, tying its best conference start as a member of the ACC (last season)

TEAM NOTES

Louisville's starting five featured junior Darius Perry, graduate student Lamarr Kimble, junior Jordan Nwora, redshirt-senior Steven Enoch and redshirt-senior Dwayne Sutton.
- It is the sixth straight game the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
Near the end of the game UofL went on an 8-0 scoring run. The Cards now have 36 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
Louisville held Georgia Tech without a point for a 3:53 stretch early in the second half.
- It's the 46th time this season the Cards have held an opponent scoreless for three minutes or more.
UofL overcame an 11-point deficit (43-32 at 18:17 of the second half), its largest comeback victory of the season.
- The Cardinals has now comeback from nine points or more 33 times over the last nine seasons.
The Cardinals' defense forced 17 Georgia Tech turnovers, the most by an opponent on the season
The Cards finished with three blocks.
- UofL has now recorded a block in 319 of its last 321 games.
Louisville improved to 12-0 on the season when holding opponents under 70 points.
- The Cardinals are now 371-55 in the past 18 years when holding opponents under 70 points.
The Cardinals shot identical numbers in the first and second half from the floor (12-of-29).
- It's the second time this season the Cards have shot the same numbers in both halves from the field. Against Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 14, they shot 17-of-27 in each half.
As a team, Louisville finished with 32 points off the bench. It's their third highest total of the season.
UofL held Georgia Tech to zero bench points.
- It's the first time the Cardinals have held an opponent to zero bench points since Minnesota on March 21, 2019.

PLAYER NOTES

Four Cardinals scored in double figures for the ninth time in 19 games this season.
Malik Williams tied for the team high and matched his season high with 13 points on Wednesday.
- Wednesday marked the first time Williams has been the leading scorer for the Cardinals in his three-year career.
- Williams made just three field goals but had a career night from the free throw line.
- The junior set career-best marks for free throws made (7) and attempted (12), including going 3-for-4 in the game's final 25 seconds to seal the victory.
- Williams has five double-digit scoring contests this season and 18 for his career.
- Williams also tallied three blocks on the night, his most this season and one shy of his career best.
Steven Enoch also finished the night with 13 points to tie for the team lead.
- Enoch led the Cardinals in scoring in the game at Kentucky as well.
- Enoch has reached double figures in 12 games this season.
David Johnson reached double digits for the third consecutive game, scoring 10 points in the win.
- Johnson had scored 37 points in his first 12 games of the season and has now scored 40 in his last three.
Jordan Nwora closed out the evening with 10 points and a team-leading seven rebounds.
- Nwora has scored at least 10 points in 17 of 19 games this season.
- Nwora has led the Cardinals in rebounding in back-to-back games and six times overall this year.
Dwayne Sutton grabbed the 800^th rebound of his collegiate career on Wednesday night.
- With six boards in the win, Sutton now has 805 overall (543 at Louisville, 262 at UNC Asheville)

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Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Georgia Tech

Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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