Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Miami (Fla)

Postgame Notes
#13 Louisville 74, Miami (FL) 58
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky. | 14,980
January 7, 2020

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

Louisville's Steven Enoch won the tip for the Cardinals.
- It's the 14th time this season he has won the tip for the Cards.
Louisville and Miami met for the 17th time.
- The Cards now lead the series 13-4.
The Cardinals are now 37-13 all-time in January over the last five years.
The Cards are now 155-26 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.
UofL is now 49-16 in conference games at the KFC Yum! Center over the last six seasons.

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 second straight game the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
UofL had three scoring runs of eight points or more in the game (8-0, 9-0, and 12-0).
- The Cards now have 31 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
The Cardinals out-rebounded the Hurricanes 48-37.
- Louisville has now out-rebounded their opponents in 12 of its 15 games.
The Cards finished with a season-high six blocks.
- UofL has now recorded a block in 316 of its last 318 games.
Louisville improved to 10-0 on the season when holding opponents under 70 points.
- The Cardinals are now 367-55 in the past 18 years when holding opponents under 70 points.
The Cards committed seven turnovers on the night, their second fewest on the season.
UofL finished the game tying a season-high with 42 points in the paint.
The Louisville defense held Miami to 27.9% shooting from the floor, the third lowest total by an opponent this season (Michigan and Miami (Ohio)).
- The 17 field goals made are also the third fewest allowed this season (Michigan and USC Upstate).
The Cardinals' defense held Miami to five assists, tied for the fewest by an opponent this season (Youngstown State).
UofL held Miami to seven offensive rebounds, the second fewest by an opponent this season (USC Upstate).
The Cardinals finished one point shy of three players recording a double-double.
- The last time three UofL players recorded a double-double in regulation was on March 29, 1986 against LSU in the NCAA Championship Semi-Final.
  - Billy Thompson 22p-10r, Pervis Ellison 11p-13r, and Milt Wagner 22p-11a.

PLAYER NOTES

Jordan Nwora registered a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds.
- The double-double is the second straight for Nwora and fourth this season. He now has 13 in his three-year career.
- Nwora led the Cardinals in scoring for the 14th time in 15 games this season.
- The 12 rebounds match a season-high for Nwora, who grabbed 12 at Miami in the season opener (Nov. 5) and against Michigan (Dec. 3).
- Nwora was 3-for-5 from the 3-point line on Tuesday and has made 8-of-11 from beyond the arc in the last two games.
- Nwora tied his career high with four assists in the win. He has recorded four assists three times previously, most recently against NC State on Jan. 24, 2019.
Steven Enoch finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes of action.
- Enoch now has four double-doubles on the year and six in his career.
- Enoch has scored in double figures in three consecutive games and 10 contests overall.
- The redshirt-senior grabbed double digit boards for the fifth time on the year, but the first time since pulling down 10 against Michigan (Dec. 3).
Dwayne Sutton came within one point of a double-double on the night, tallying nine points and 13 rebounds.
- Sutton has finished with at least 10 rebounds in three of the last four games, averaging nearly 11 per contest during that stretch.
- Sutton has led the Cardinals in rebounding seven times this season, with the Cardinals 5-2 in those games.
- Sutton eclipsed 500 rebounds in his Louisville career on Tuesday. He entered the night needing just four to reach 500 in his three seasons at UofL.
Malik Williams reached double figures, closing out the night with 10 points in 18 minutes.
- He has scored at least 10 points three times this season, 13 versus Pittsburgh (Dec. 6) and 11 versus EKU (Dec. 14).
Darius Perry made four of his seven shot attempts in the victory for 10 points.
- Perry came within one point of the season-high 11 he scored in the win over North Carolina Central (Nov. 17).
- The junior has three double-figure scoring outputs this season and 10 in his career.
- Perry had three assists in 24 minutes and did not commit a turnover for the third consecutive game.
  - Perry has played 80 minutes over the last three games without turning the basketball over.
Samuell Williamson came off the bench and made all three field goal attempts to finish with six points.
- It was the highest scoring game for the freshman since tallying nine points against North Carolina Central (Nov. 17).

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