Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Florida State

January 04, 2020 | Men's Basketball

#7 Louisville 65, #18 Florida State 78

By: Brian Alden

Postgame Notes
#7 Louisville 65, #18 Florida State 78
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
January 4, 2020

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville's Steven Enoch won the tip for the Cardinals.
- It's the 13th time this season he has won the tip for the Cards.
Louisville and Florida State met for the 47th time.
- The Cards now lead the series 34-13.
The Cardinals are now 36-13 all-time in January over the last five years.
The Cards are now 154-26 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.
UofL is now 48-16 in conference games at the KFC Yum! Center over the last six seasons.
Louisville is now 60-63 against top 25 teams over the last 12 years.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville's starting five featured junior Darius Perry, graduate student Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble, junior Jordan Nwora, redshirt-senior Steven Enoch and redshirt-senior Dwayne Sutton.
- It is the first time this season the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
The Cards went on their largest run of the game halfway through the first half, going on an 8-0 run over a 1:01 stretch.
- It's the 28th time this season UofL has gone on an 8-0 run or larger.
The Cardinals out-rebounded FSU 37-31.
- It's the 11th time this season the Cards have won the rebounding battle.
Louisville finished with a season-high 19 offensive rebounds.
- It's the most offensive rebounds for the Cards since grabbing 28 against Texas Southern on Dec. 10, 2016.
- UofL finished with more offensive rebounds (19) than defensive rebounds (18) for the first time since a 21o-18d margin against Kentucky on Dec. 26, 2015.
UofL tied a season high with five blocks.
- It's the third time this season the team has blocked five shots.
- The Cards have now blocked a shot in 315 of the last 317 games.
The Cardinals finished the game with a season-high 19 second chance points.
Louisville's 19 points off turnovers are the second most this season behind 34 points against Eastern Kentucky.

PLAYER NOTES

Jordan Nwora tied his career-high with 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting, matching the 32 he scored against Boston College on Jan. 16, 2019.
- Nwora became the 69th player in Louisville history to reach 1,000 career points with a 3-pointer in the opening minutes of the contest.
  - Louisville's 69 players with 1,000 points are the second-most all-time, trailing only North Carolina's 76.
- Nwora had 21 of his 32 points in the first half, tying his career-high for points in a half also done in the first half of a win at Georgia Tech on Jan. 19, 2019.
- Nwora has scored at least 20 points nine times this season and 22 times for his career.
- The ACC's leading scorer was 5-of-6 from the 3-point line, matching his career-best total done four other times, most recently against Duke on Feb. 12, 2019.
- Nwora added a team-high 10 rebounds on Saturday for his third double-double of the season and the 12th of his career.
Steven Enoch finished with 10 points in 24 minutes of action.
- Enoch has scored in double figures in nine of Louisville's 14 games this season.
Darius Perry reached 400 points for his career, tallying six points on a pair of 3-pointers Saturday.
- Perry has made multiple outside shots three times this season, including twice in the last three contests.
Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble earned his first start as a member of the Cardinals, ending the day with six points and three assists.
- Kimble was on the floor for a season-high 30 minutes.
David Johnson played a career-high 19 minutes off the bench.
- Johnson finished with season highs in rebounds (6) and assists (3).