No. 11 Louisville Hosts North Carolina on Saturday

GAME 28
Date: Feb. 12, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (160-26 in 10th year)
Television: ESPN - Karl Ravech, play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84, Internet 84) Also: Compass Media Networks – Gregg Daniels, play-by-play; Doug Gottlieb, analyst.
Series History: UofL trails 6-15 (4-2 in Louisville, 1-3 in Chapel Hill, 1-10 neutral)
Last Meeting: North Carolina 83, UofL 70 (March 14, 2019 in Charlotte, N.C.; ACC Tournament quarterfinals)
UL National Ranking: No. 11 USA Today, No. 11 Associated Press
Officials: Mike Eades, Brian O'Connell, Tim Clougherty
Next UofL Game: Feb. 24 at Florida State, Tallahassee, Fla., 7:00 p.m. ET (ESPN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- With just four games remaining in the regular season including two at home, ACC leading Louisville plays its second straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals
face the North Carolina Tar Heels on Saturday.

The Cardinals prevailed 90-66 over Syracuse on Wednesday as Louisville made 10-of-24 threes, held a 45-36 rebounding advantage and shot 46.7 percent from the field. Five Cardinals
scored in double figures, led by Jordan Nwora's 17 points while Malik Williams produced his fifth career double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds.

Louisville has five players averaging eight or more points a game. Junior Jordan Nwora leads the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game, while pulling down 7.3 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 9.9 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 9.4 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.4 per game. Fresh Kimble leads the team with 76 assists.

North Carolina (10-16, 3-12 ACC) has dropped its last six games, including a 77-76 loss at Notre
Dame on Feb. 17 when Cole Anthony and Garrison Brooks led the Tar Heels with 23 and 22 points, respectively.

Anthony, a freshman who missed 11 games with an injury, leads North Carolina averaging 19.5 points and 3.8 assists. North Carolina is No. 74 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 92 in the NET rankings, No. 78 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 90 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 19.

Louisville trails 6-15 in its series against North Carolina, with the Tar Heels holding a 6-3 advantage since UofL joined the ACC. Louisville prevailed over the Tar Heels in one of their two ACC losses last season in winning 83-62 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (1-12-19) as Dwayne Sutton totaled 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists while Steven Enoch and Jordan Nwora each added 17 points. UNC won 79-69 in Louisville (2-2-19) when Dwayne Sutton led the Cardinals with 19 points and eight rebounds. The Tar Heels also won 83-70 in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Charlotte, N.C. (3-14-19).

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Louisville's 13-3 ACC start is its best in its six years in the conference and its best in any league since the Cardinals won the 2014 American Athletic Conference title with a 15-3 record. It is Louisville's most ACC wins in a season. UofL has started with at least a 22-5 overall record through 27 games for the first time since 2013-14. UofL has 18 straight 20-win seasons on the court.
Louisville has a 55-16 record in its conference home games over the last eight years (.774). UofL has the fourth-most conference home wins in its six years in the ACC with a 40-13 ACC home record.
Louisville is 11th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.384). UofL has made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 16 occasions this season (11 of the last 17), including 10-of-24 threes vs. Syracuse on Feb. 19.
In the last two games, David Johnson has 15 assists without a turnover. He made his first career start vs. Syracuse and over the last 11 games has averaged 9.3 points, 4.5 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game.
Dwayne Sutton has averaged 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds over the last three games while connecting on 56 percent from the field (5-of-12 three-pointers). He grabbed his 600^th rebound at Louisville against Syracuse.
UofL is 16th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.385), 19th in rebound margin (+6.6), 21st in scoring margin (+11.4) and 42nd in scoring defense (64.0).
Jordan Nwora's 491 points this year is the fourth-most by a UofL player through 27 games over the last 20 seasons. The preseason ACC Player of the Year is second in the ACC in scoring (18.2 ppg), ninth in rebounding (7.3).

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Jordan Nwora

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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