No. 5 Louisville Travels to Georgia Tech on Wednesday

GAME 25
Date: Feb. 12, 2020
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Site: McCamish Pavilion (8,600), Atlanta, Ga.
Television: ACC Network - Chris Cotter, play-by-play; Chris Spatola, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS, 840 AM) Paul Rogers,
play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 138, XM 194, Internet 956)
Series History: UofL leads 22-13 (13-4 in Louisville, 5-4 in Atlanta, 4-5 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 68, Georgia Tech 64 (Jan. 22, 2020 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: No. 5 USA Today, No. 5 Associated Press
Officials: Jamie Luckie, Jeffrey Anderson, Lamar Simpson
Next UofL Game: Feb. 15 at Clemson, Clemson, S.C., 4:00 p.m. ET (ACC Network)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- Winners of 10 straight games, Louisville will take its 6-0 ACC road record to the test as the Cardinals visit Atlanta, Ga. to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for the second time this season on Wednesday.

Louisville prevailed 80-73 over Virginia on Saturday as the Cardinals shot 51 percent from the field against the nation's leader in field goal percentage defense and scoring defense. Jordan Nwora led UofL with 22 points and seven rebounds as the Cardinals won the rebounding battle 31-19 and matched a season-low with just six turnovers. Four of the Cardinals' remaining seven games will be played on the road.

Louisville has four players averaging eight or more points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 19.5 points per game, while pulling down 7.4 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 10.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 8.8 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.4 per game. Darius Perry and Fresh Kimble lead the team with 72 assists.

The Yellow Jackets (11-13, 5-8 ACC) have won three of their last five games, but fell 73-64 at Pittsburgh on Feb. 8 in their last game. Sophomore guard Michael Devoe is seventh in the ACC in scoring (16.2 ppg, 40-of-96 three-pointers, .417). Senior forward James Banks III (10.1 ppg, 7.8 rpg) is 17th in the nation in blocked shots (2.7 per game).

Georgia Tech is No. 74 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 81 in the NET rankings, No. 91 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 81 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 9.

Louisville leads its series against Georgia Tech 22-13, with the Cardinals winning the last nine matchups. Last month, UofL prevailed 68-64 (1-22-20) after recovering from an 11-point second-half deficit. Four Cardinals scored in double figures, led by Steven Enoch and Malik Williams with 13 points each.

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UofL's current 10-game ACC winning streak is its longest ever ACC winning streak and longest conference win streak in 37 years (since 1982-83).
Louisville's 12-1 ACC start is its best in its six years in the conference and its best in any league since the Cardinals won the 1967 Missouri Valley Conference title with a 12-2 record. UofL has started with at least a 21-3 overall record through 24 games for the first time since 1982-83. UofL has 18 straight 20-win seasons on the court.
Louisville's 28 ACC road wins in its six years in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC.
Louisville is fourth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.404). UofL has made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 15 occasions this season (10 of the last 14), including 9-of-22 threes in its last game vs. Virginia.
In its last 11 games, Louisville has made 45.0 percent of its three-pointers (104-of-231).
UofL is 12th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.379), 14th in scoring margin (+12.7), 24th in rebound margin (+6.6) and 34th in scoring defense (63.4). UofL is 31^st in defensive efficiency and eighth in offensive efficiency in KenPom statistical rankings.
Jordan Nwora's 467 points this year is the second-most by a UofL player through 24 games over the last 20 seasons. He leads the ACC in scoring (19.5 ppg). The preseason ACC Player of the Year, his 22 points vs. Virginia was his 13th game this season and 26th in the last two years scoring 20 or more. He has made 33-of-67 threes in the last 11 games (.493).
Louisville has made 78.1 percent of its free throws over the last seven games (121-of-155), topping 80 percent in four of those games.

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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