No. 11 Louisville Travels to No. 8 Florida State on Monday

GAME 29
Date: Feb. 24, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: Donald L. Tucker Center (11,500), Tallahassee, Fla.
Television: ESPN - Sean McDonough, play-by-play; Jay Bilas, analyst; Allison Williams, reporter.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 81, XM 81, Internet 81)
Series History: UofL leads 34-13 (17-3 in Louisville, 13-9 in Tallahassee, 4-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: Florida State 78, UofL 65 (Jan. 4, 2020 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: No. 11 USA Today, No. 11 Associated Press
Officials: Mike Stephens, Doug Shows, Bert Smith
Next UofL Game: March 1 vs. Virginia Tech, KFC Yum! Center, 6:00 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- With just three games remaining in the regular season including two on the road, ACC leading Louisville plays its third game in six days as the Cardinals visit Tallahassee, Fla. to face the Florida State Seminoles for the second time this season on Monday.

The Cardinals prevailed 72-55 over North Carolina on Saturday as UofL held a 38-29 rebounding advantage, forced 17 turnovers and used a 17-0 mid-game scoring run to pull away. Jordan Nwora's 18 points and 11 rebounds -- his fifth double-double of the season and 14th of his career -- led the Cardinals while Malik Williams added 17 points and nine rebounds.

Louisville has four players averaging eight or more points a game. Nwora leads the team in scoring with 18.2 points per game, while pulling down 7.4 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 9.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 9.4 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.4 per game. Darius Perry leads the team with 77 assists.

The Seminoles (23-4, 13-3 ACC) have won three straight and six of their last seven games, including a 67-61 win at NC State on Feb. 22 in their last contest as M.J. Walker and Patrick Williams scored 12 points each to lead four FSU players in double figures.

Florida State leads the ACC and is 16th in the nation in turnovers forced per game (16.9), 13th in the nation in steals per game (9.0), 10th in blocked shots (5.6 per game) and 33rd in free throw percentage (.759). Ten FSU players average playing over 10 minutes a game. Florida State has won 21 straight at home and has a 63-3 record in its last 66 home games. Florida State is No. 7 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 12 in the NET rankings, No. 15 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 21 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 22.

Louisville has a 34-13 series advantage against Florida State and the team have split the last eight meetings. Last month, Florida State beat the Cardinals 78-65 as Nwora scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his 12th career double-double with the Cardinals (1-4-20). It is the only home loss for UofL this season (16-1 in the KFC Yum! Center). The teams were fellow members of the Metro Conference from 1976-91.

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Louisville's 14-3 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. Its is Louisville's most ACC wins in a season. UofL has started with at least a 23-5 overall record through 28 games for the first time since 2013-14. 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 10th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.384). UofL has made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 17 occasions this season (12 of the last 18), including 9-of-25 threes vs. North Carolina on Feb. 22.
In the last three games, David Johnson has 20 assists with just four turnovers. He made his first career start vs. Syracuse and over the last 12 games has averaged 9.3 points, 4.6 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game.
Dwayne Sutton has averaged 13 points and 8.5 rebounds over the last four games while connecting on 56 percent from the field (7-of-15 three-pointers). He grabbed his 600th rebound at Louisville against Syracuse.
UofL is 13th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.385), 19th in rebound margin (+6.7), 16th in scoring margin (+11.6) and 37th in scoring defense (63.7).
Jordan Nwora's 509 points this year is the fifth-most by a UofL player through 28 games over the last 20 seasons. The preseason ACC Player of the Year is second in the ACC in scoring (18.2 ppg), eighth in rebounding (7.4), second in three-point goals (2.5), fifth in FT percentage (.810) and seventh in FG percentage (.446).

No. 11 Louisville Travels to No. 8 Florida State on Monday

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Jordan Nwora

Darius Perry

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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