Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Clemson

Postgame Notes
#6 Louisville 80, Clemson 62
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky. | 17,654
January 25, 2020

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Clemson won the tipoff.
The Cardinals improve to 17-3 for the fourth time in the past seven seasons ('14, '15, '16)
The victory marks the sixth straight win for the Cardinals.
- The Cards' 6-game ACC winning streak matches their longest ACC winning streak which occurred last year.
UofL is now 8-1 in ACC play, marking its best start as a member of the ACC.
Louisville and Clemson met for the 9th time.
- The Cards now lead the series 7-2.
- UofL remains undefeated at home against the Tigers (6-0)
The Cardinals are now 42-13 all-time in January over the last five years.
The Cards are now 157-26 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.
UofL is now 52-16 in conference games at the KFC Yum! Center over the last six seasons.
- The Cardinals are now 37-13 at home in ACC games.

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 seventh straight game the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
Seven minutes into the game UofL went on a 20-0 scoring run during a 5:13 stretch.
- The 20-0 run is their largest run of the season, topping a pair of 17-0 runs.
- The Cards now have 37 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
Louisville held Clemson without a point for a pair of extended stretches in the first half, a 5:43 stretch during their 20-0 run, and then a 3:07 stretch late in the first half.
- It's the 48th and 49th time this season the Cards have held an opponent scoreless for three minutes or more.
UofL led wire-to-wire without a tie for the fourth time this season.
- It's the first wire-to-wire win since a 71-54 victory over Western Kentucky on Nov. 29.
- It's the first wire-to-wire win in ACC play since a 72-64 victory at Virginia Tech on Feb. 4, 2019.
With Jordan Nwora's block, UofL has now recorded a block in 321 of its last 323 games.
Louisville improved to 14-0 on the season when holding opponents under 70 points.
- The Cardinals are now 373-55 in the past 18 years when holding opponents under 70 points.
Louisville scored 47 points in the first half, three off the season-high of 50 points in the first half against Eastern Kentucky.
- It's the third time this season the Cards have scored 47 points in the first half.
As a team, Louisville finished with 32 points off the bench for the second straight game.
UofL held the rebounding advantage 41-29.
- The Cards have now held an advantage on the boards in 13 of their 20 games this season.
- It's the eighth time this season they have won the battle of the boards by double digits.
- Louisville finished with 10 offensive rebounds. It's the 12th time this season they have finished in double digits.
- The Cardinals finished with 30 defensive rebounds. It's the 10th time this season they have finished with 30 or more.
It's the sixth time this season the Cardinals have scored 80 or more points.
- UofL is now 209-12 over the last 18 seasons when scoring 80 or more points.
Louisville's defense held Clemson to 34.4% (21-61) shooting.
- It's the 77th time they've held an opponent under 40% shooting over the last six years.

PLAYER NOTES

Four Cardinals scored in double figures for the 11th time in 20 games this season.
Darius Perry turned in a career performance on Saturday, matching or setting a career-high in six different categories.
- Perry led the Cardinals with a career-best 19 points, surpassing his previous best of 17 scored against George Mason (11/12/17) and Vermont (11/16/18).
- Saturday marked the first time Perry has led the team in scoring in his three-year career.
- The junior was 7-of-12 from the field, both career-highs.
- Perry was also 5-for-6 from the 3-point line, besting his previous high of three makes done on four separate occasions, and matching his high in attempts.
- He added five rebounds as well, matching his career-best that has been reached three other times, most recently in the win over Youngstown State (11/10/19).
Samuell Williamson was Louisville's second-leading scorer in the win, finishing with 14 points overall.
- The 14 points were his highest total in conference play this season and one shy of his season-high set in the win over Indiana State (11/13/19).
- Williamson was efficient across the board, shooting 5-of-6 overall, making his lone 3-point attempt and sinking all three of his free throws.
Steven Enoch recorded his 13^th double-figure scoring game of the season, totaling 11 points in the victory.
- Enoch has scored in double digits in three consecutive games and six of nine ACC games this season.
Jordan Nwora finished with 10 points for the second consecutive game.
- Nwora has scored in double digits in 18 of 20 games on the year.
- His five field goal attempts on Saturday were his fewest of the season and his lowest total since taking only five shots in the 2017-18 season finale against Mississippi State (3/20/18).
Dwayne Sutton came up two points shy of a double-double, closing out with eight points and a team-leading 11 rebounds.
- Sutton has grabbed double-digit boards in nine games this season and led the Cardinals on the glass 10 times.
David Johnson turned in a balanced effort with eight points, five rebounds and six assists.
- Johnson is averaging 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists over his last four games.

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Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Clemson

Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Samuell Williamson

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