Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Virginia Tech

Postgame Notes
#11 Louisville 68, Virginia Tech 52
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky. | 18,104
March 1, 2020

TEAM RECORDS & SERIES NOTES

The Cardinals improve to 24-6 on the season.
- The last time Louisville won 24 of its first 30 games was the 2012-13 season (wins later vacated).
UofL is now 15-4 in ACC play.
Louisville and Virginia Tech met for the 43rd time.
- The Cards now lead the series 35-8
  - They now lead the ACC series 7-0
- UofL improves to 18-3 at home against the Hokies.
- The win extends the Cardinals' winning streak against Virginia Tech to 16 straight.
- It's the fewest points allowed by Louisville in the series history
  - The previous fewest points allowed were 54 on Feb. 11, 1980.
The Cardinals are now 72-34 all-time in March over the last 15 years.
- Louisville is 21-12 during regular season games in March since 2005.
UofL is now 13-10 all-time on March 1.
The Cards are now 162-26 all-time at the KFC Yum! Center.
UofL is now 57-16 in conference games at the KFC Yum! Center over the last eight seasons.
- The Cardinals are now 42-13 at home in ACC games.

TEAM NOTES

Steven Enoch won the tipoff for Louisville.
- It's the 22nd time this season he's won the tip.
It's the first time this season UofL has been tied going into halftime.
Louisville's starting five featured redshirt-senior Ryan McMahon, redshirt-senior Steven Enoch, graduate transfer Lamarr Kimble, junior Jordan Nwora, and redshirt-senior Dwayne Sutton.
- It is the first time this season the Cardinals have used this starting lineup.
- All five were honored prior to the game for Senior Day, along with grad transfer Keith Oddo.
- Louisville has won 17 of its last 19 Senior Day games.
The 16 turnovers forced by Louisville are a season-high for the Hokies. Virginia Tech had entered the game leading the nation in turnovers per game (9.6).
- The eight turnovers forced by the UofL defense in the first half are tied for most turnovers committed by the Hokies in the first half of a game this season.
  - The Hokies had committed just eight or fewer turnovers in a game 10 times this season.
The Cardinals are now 378-56 when holding opponents under 70 points.
The Cards have limited 78 opponents over the last seven season to under 70 points.
Louisville held Virginia Tech to 25 points in the second half.
- It's the 12th time this season they've allowed 25 points or less in a half.
UofL's defense forced Virginia Tech into three extended scoring droughts of 5:16, 4:35 and 4:34.
- The Cards have now forced opponents into 69 scoring droughts of 3:00 or longer.
- During Louisville's defensive stand early in the second half, the Cardinals went on a 12-0 run.
  - They have now produced 47 runs of 8-0 or better on the season.
The nine personal fouls committed by the Cardinals are a season-low, eclipsing the previous low of 11 (twice).
- It's the fewest fouls they've had in a game since also committing nine against SIU on Nov. 21, 2017.
The Cards out-rebounded the Hokies 40-26.
- Louisville has now held the rebounding advantage in 21 of its 30 games.
- It's the 11th time this season they've held a double-digit rebounding margin.
- They finished with 11 offensive rebounds.
  - It's the eighth time in the last 12 games they've grabbed double-digit offensive boards.
  - It's the fifth time in the last six games they've finished in double-digits.
Louisville's defense held Virginia Tech to 38% (19-50) from the field.
- Over the last six seasons the Cards have held 81 opponents to under 40 percent shooting
- They also held them to 34.6% (9-26) in the second half.
  - UofL has held opponents to shooting 36% or less in 26 of 60 halves this season.
The Cardinals finished the game shooting 45.6% (26-57) from the field.
- It's the 23rd time this season they've shot 40% or better in a game.
The Cards attempted 20 three's on the night.
- It's the 11th straight game they've attempted at least 20 shots from beyond the arc.
- It's the 21st time this season they've attempted at least 20 three pointer's
Louisville scored 32 points in the paint to finish with 30 or more for the fifth straight game.
UofL finished with 19 points off turnovers, tied for the third most this season.
The Cardinals scored 13 second chance points, the 22nd time this season they finished in double figures.

PLAYER NOTES

Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals with 20 points and 12 rebounds
- His 12 rebounds tied a season high.
- It's his sixth double-double of the season and 15th of his career.
- It's the 14th time this season he's scored at least 20 points and the 27th of his career.
- It's the 26th time this season he has scored in double figures.
- He's now recorded at least seven rebounds in 11 of his last 13 games.
- It's the sixth time this season he's grabbed double-digit rebounds.
- Nwora now has 1,276 points for his career, five behind Chuck Noble for 34th on UofL's all-time scoring list.
Steven Enoch narrowly missed a double-double, finishing with 11 rebounds and eight points.
- Enoch recorded his 600th career point as a Cardinal.
- It's the sixth time this season he has finished with double-digit boards.
Ryan McMahon finished with 10 points and three assists.
- He scored his 750th career point during the game.
- It's the 12th time this season he's finished in double figures and the 27th for his career.
- McMahon connect on two 3-pointers in the game, giving him 180 for his career.
  - He moves into a tie for 8th in program history for three pointers with Russ Smith and Francisco Garcia.
David Johnson came off the bench to finish with eight points, six assists, and four rebounds.
- Johnson has tallied at least five assists on eight occasions, all of which have come in the last 13 games.
Lamarr Kimble recorded a season-high three steals.
- His three steals are tied for the most by a Cardinal in a game this season.
Dwayne Sutton finished with eight points and nine rebounds.
- It's the sixth straight game he's scored at least eight points.
- It's the 15th time this season he's finished with at least nine rebounds.
Josh Nickelberry made his first appearance since playing against NC State on Feb. 1.
Quinn Slazinski and Keith Oddo played in their fourth consecutive game.

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Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Virginia Tech

Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Ryan McMahon

Josh Nickelberry

Jordan Nwora

Keith Oddo

Quinn Slazinski

Dwayne Sutton

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