No. 5 Louisville Travels to Play Notre Dame on Thursday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following back-to-back wins at home, No. 5 Louisville (20-1, 9-0) heads back on the road to play Notre Dame (7-13, 2-6) on Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET.

UPDATE: The game will now broadcast on ESPNEWS.

The Cardinals' 83-49 win over Pitt on Sunday marked their 20^th win of the season. Louisville has recorded at least 20 wins for 10 straight seasons, which extends the program record. The longest run previously was three, achieved just twice in school history. The Cardinals have won at least 20 games in 12 of head coach Jeff Walz's 13 seasons. Prior to Walz's arrival, Louisville had just 10 20-win seasons in its history.

The Cardinals are 9-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play for the first time since 2015-16. That season, they opened with wins in their first 10 ACC games and finished 15-1. In 2013-14, UofL opened American Athletic Conference play with wins in their first 11 conference games and finished 16-2.

UofL has won 12 straight games which marks the fourth longest active streak in the country and the best streak since they won 14 straight to open the 2018-19 season.

Louisville had six double-digit scorers (Balogun - 12, Dunham - 12, Evans - 12, Shook - 12, Jones - 11, Dixon - 10) in the 83-49 win over Pitt. It marked the first time they have had six players score 10 or more points in a game since they did so in a 95-73 win over Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 26, 2018.

The Cardinals' 15 steals vs. Pitt on Sunday were the most in a game this season and the most since they had 15 in a 73-51 win at Duke on Jan. 6, 2019.

ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH

Notre Dame enters Thursday's contest with a 7-13 record, 2-6 in ACC play. The Fighting Irish are 3-7 in games at Purcell Pavilion. They have lost five of their last six games, with their lone victory during that stretch a 76-53 home win over Miami. They lost 90-60 at home to Virginia in their last contest.

They rank 11th in the ACC with 64.6 points per game, while allowing 69.3 points per game, which ranks second-to-last. The Irish rank first in the league with 18.6 turnovers forced per game and 9.2 steals per game. They rank last in rebound margin (-6.6), 3-point field goals made per game (3.7 pg) and 3-point field goal percentage (23.9%).

Notre Dame features four double-digit scorers - freshman Sam Brunelle (14.1 ppg), graduate Destinee Walker (13.9 ppg), sophomore Katlyn Gilbert (13.8 ppg) and junior Mikayla Vaughn (11.1 ppg). Graduate Marta Sniezek chips in 3.6 points per game and ranks second in the ACC with 5.8 assists per game. Freshman Anaya Peoples was averaging 12.6 points per game, but is out for the rest of the season with a torn right shoulder labrum.

Series History - UofL is 6-16 all-time against Notre Dame and 2-6 in South Bend. Louisville lost twice to Notre Dame last season, falling 82-68 in South Bend and 99-79 in the ACC Tournament Final. In 2017-18, Louisville won 100-67 at the KFC Yum! Center on Jan. 11, 2018 and then beat the Irish in the ACC Tournament Final 74-72 on March 4, 2018. Prior to winning both games against the Fighting Irish two seasons ago, the Cards had lost 11 straight to Notre Dame. Louisville has lost five straight in South Bend with their last win on Feb. 11, 2009 (W, 71-66). Walz is 3-14 against ND (1-4 home, 1-5 away, 1-5 neutral).

The Last Meeting (March 10, 2019) - No. 3 Louisville fell 99-79 to No. 4 Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament championship game at Greensboro Coliseum. Bionca Dunham led the way for Louisville with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Asia Durr chipped in 15 points, five rebounds and five assists and Jazmine Jones finished with 17 points. Notre Dame never trailed in beating the Cardinals for the second time and avenging their loss in the 2018 ACC championship game - their only one in conference tournament play since joining the ACC in 2013-14. The Cardinals didn't have Arica Carter to start the game and lost Sam Fuehring midway through the second quarter.

GAME FACTS
Date: Thursday, Jan. 30
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Site: Purcell Pavilion | South Bend, Ind.
TV: ESPNEWS, Adam Amin, play-by-play, Rebecca Lobo, analyst, Brooke Weisbrod, sideline
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: L, 99-79 (March 10, 2019 at ACC Final)
Series History: 6-16 (2-5 Home, 2-6 Away, 2-5 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 5th Associated Press, 4th USA Today
Next Game: Sunday, Feb. 2 vs. USA Women's National Team

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No. 5 Louisville Travels to Play Notre Dame on Thursday

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Players Mentioned

Arica Carter

Bionca Dunham

Asia Durr

Sam Fuehring

Jazmine Jones

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