No. 10 Louisville Travels to Virginia on Saturday

GAME 31
Date: March 7, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Site: John Paul Jones Arena (14,623), Charlottesville, Va.
Television: ESPN - Doug Sherman, play-by-play; Corey Alexander, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst (Sirius channel 84, XM 84, Internet 84) Also: ESPN Radio - Sean Kelley, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst.
Series History: UofL trails 5-15 (4-7 in Louisville, 1-7 in Charlottesville, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 80, Virginia 73 (Feb. 8, 2020 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: No. 10 USA Today, No. 10 Associated Press
Officials: Ron Groover, Tony Henderson, Clarence Armstrong
Next UofL Game: March 12, ACC Tournament Quarterfinals, Greensboro, N.C. (ESPN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- Louisville plays its final regular season game as the Cardinals visit Charlottesville, Va. to face the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday for the second time this year.

The Cardinals won for the third time in their last four games in beating Virginia Tech 68-52 on March 1 in their final home game of the season. UofL held a 40-26 advantage on the boards, their 11th double-digit rebounding margin of the season. Jordan Nwora led the Cardinals with 20 points, 12 rebounds and two assists, marking his sixth double-double of the season and 15th in the last two years.

Louisville has five players averaging eight or more points a game. Nwora leads the team in scoring with 18.0 points per game, while pulling down 7.6 rebounds a game. Steven Enoch is second on the team in scoring and rebounding with 9.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton averages 9.3 points while leading the team in rebounding with 8.3 per game. Fresh Kimble leads the team with 78 assists.

The Cavaliers (22-7, 14-5 ACC) have won seven straight and 10 of their last 11 games, including winning 46-44 at Miami on March 4 in their last game. Jay Huff led Virginia with 17 points and nine rebounds in that game, while Mamadi Diakite added 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Virginia leads the nation in scoring defense (52.3 ppg) and is second in field goal percentage defense (.369), while the Cavaliers and Louisville are the top two in the ACC in both defensive
statistics. Kihei Clark is second in the ACC in minutes played (37.1), third in assists (5.9) and ninth in assists-turnovers ratio (1.67). Virginia is No. 22 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 48 in the NET rankings, No. 38 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI) and No. 45 by Ken Pomeroy through March 4.

Louisville trails Virginia 5-15 in its series and the Cavaliers have won nine of the last 10 meetings. The Cardinals beat Virginia 80-73 in Louisville earlier this year (2-8-20) -- Virginia's only loss over the last nine games -- as UofL shot 51 percent from the field. Jordan Nwora led UofL with 22 points and seven rebounds.

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Jordan Nwora was honored on the 2020 CoSIDA District 2 Academic All-District basketball team. The preseason ACC Player of the Year, he is the only player to rank among the ACC's top 10 in scoring (18.0 ppg, second in the ACC), rebounding (7.4, 8th), free throw percentage (.810, 4th), field goal percentage (.443, 8th) and three-pointers made per game (2.4, 3rd).
Louisville's 15-4 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 18 straight 20-win seasons on the court.
Louisville is 18th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.376). UofL has made as many as nine three-pointers in a game on 17 occasions this season (12 of the last 20 games).
Louisville's 28 ACC road wins in its six years in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC. UofL is 6-3 in ACC road games this year.
In the last five games, David Johnson has 30 assists with 11 turnovers. Among freshmen, Johnson is the ACC assists leader in conference games (3.8). Over the last 14 games, he has averaged 9.4 points, 4.6 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.
Dwayne Sutton has averaged 11.2 points and 8.0 rebounds over the last six games -- second on the team in scoring in that stretch -- while shooting 52 percent from the field (8-of-20 threes). He is sixth in the ACC in rebounding (8.3).
UofL is 13th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.389), 20th in rebound margin (+6.5), 23rd in scoring margin (+10.8) and 36th in scoring defense (63.9).

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Players Mentioned

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Jordan Nwora

Dwayne Sutton

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