Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Kentucky

Louisville 62, Kentucky 59
December 26, 2020
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville improved to 17-37 in 54 all-time meetings against Kentucky, with a 10-13 mark in Louisville.
- The victory snaps a three-game losing streak for the Cardinals against UK and is just their third win in the series in the last 14 matchups.
The 62 points scored by Louisville were the fewest in a win over Kentucky since 1916 when the Cardinals picked up a 26-22 win.
Louisville shined on the defensive end on Saturday, holding Kentucky to a season-low 59 points.
- Kentucky is the fourth team the Cardinals have held under 60 points in seven games this season.
The Cardinals limited Kentucky to 34.5 percent (20-for-58) from the field, the Wildcats' worst shooting game of the season.
- UofL has kept the opposition under 35 percent shooting on three occasions through seven games.
- The Cardinals held Kentucky without a field goal for a stretch of 7:59 without a field goal in the second half (17:15 to 9:16), during which UofL went from down four points to up six.
Louisville shot a season-best 80 percent (12-for-15) from the free throw line.
The Cardinals were minus-5 on the glass (40-35), improving to 2-1 on the year when losing the rebounding battle.
UofL shot just 42.3 percent (22-for-52) as a team, its lowest shooting percentage in a victory since defeating Georgia Tech while shooting 41.4 percent on Jan. 22.

PLAYER NOTES

Carlik Jones led all scorers with 20 points, his highest point total in a Louisville uniform.
- Jones has scored in double figures in all six games with the Cardinals.
David Johnson closed out the day with 17 points, two shy of his season and career high.
- Johnson, who made just five three-pointers during the 2019-20 season, made a career-best 3-of-4 from beyond the arc on Saturday.
- Johnson has already doubled his three-point total from last season with 10 makes in 25 attempts.
Jae'Lyn Withers came up just shy of a double-double, finishing with eight points and nine rebounds.
- Withers did not miss a shot on Saturday, going 3-of-3 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the free throw line.
- The nine rebounds match his season-best, also done against Prairie View A&M and Western Kentucky.

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