Louisville at NC State Postgame Notes

Postgame Notes
Louisville 77, NC State 57
PNC Arena | Raleigh, N.C.
Feb. 1, 2020

SERIES NOTES

Louisville and NC State have met for the 23rd time.
- With the win, Louisville improves to 13-10 in the series.
The Cardinals even the series at 5-5 in Raleigh against the Wolf Pack.

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 eighth straight game the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
Louisville's Steven Enoch won the tip for the Cardinals.
- It's the 19th time this season he has won the tip for the Cards

Louisville's 10-1 ACC start is the best in its six years in the conference. It is the best start in any league, passing the previous start of 9-1 during the 2008-09 Big East season.
- Louisville's eight-game ACC winning streak is its longest since joining the conference. The Cards haven't had a longer regular season conference winning streak within a season since an eight-game winning streak in 2008-09.
UofL had a scoring run of eight points or more in the game (14-0, in the first half).
- The Cards now have 39 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
The Cardinals have made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 13 occasions this season, including eight of the last 14 games (11-of-20 today vs. NC State).

Louisville's bench scored a season-high 43 points today against NC State. The Cards passed the previous season-high of 39 points against Duke on Jan. 18.
- Louisville's bench has delivered an average of 33.0 points over the last five games. Four of the Cards' top five bench scoring efforts of the season have come within the last five games.
With a 39-30 rebounding advantage today against the Wolfpack, Louisville has held a rebounding advantage in 15 or its 22 games this season.

PLAYER NOTES

Ryan McMahon led the Cardinals in scoring with a season-high 23 points, missing his career-high by one point. He knocked down a career-high seven three-pointers and attempted a career-high 10. He finished the game 8-of-12 from the field.
- His 23 points is the second time in his career he has scored 20 or more points and the eighth time this season he has scored and double figures and the 23^rd time in his career.
- It marks the first time this season he has led the team in scoring.
- His seven treys passes his previous career-high of five, which he had accomplished three times, the most recent against USC Upstate on Nov. 20, 2019.
Jordan Nwora finished with 14 points and a team-leading nine rebounds.
- Nwora has scored double figures for the 20^th time this season and 60^th time in his career

Steven Enoch also led the Cardinals in rebounds with nine.
Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble finished with 10 points and five assists for the Cardinals
- Kimble scored in double figures for the third time this season.
- He has handed out five or more assists in five games.

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