No. 16 Cardinals' Men's Basketball Visits Miami on Saturday

Game Information
Site: Watsco Center (7,972), Coral Gables, Fla.
Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Malcolm Huckaby, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS, 840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (XM channel 371, Internet 371)
Series History: UofL leads 13-4 (7-0 in Louisville, 5-4 in Coral Gables, 1-0 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 74, Miami 58 (Jan. 7, 2020 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: No. 16 Associated Press; No. 18 USA Today
Next UofL Game: Jan. 18 vs. Florida State, KFC Yum! Center, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN Big Monday)

Tied for the ACC lead, Louisville (9-1, 4-0 ACC) will play its second straight on the road and its fourth ACC road contest in five conference games as the No. 16/18 Cardinals visit the Miami Hurricanes on Jan. 16 in Coral Gables, Fla. on Saturday.

Louisville is off to its best conference start in its seven years in the ACC and its first 4-0 conference start since 2008-09 when the Cardinals won their first eight Big East games.

Louisville won its fifth straight on Wednesday as the Cardinals beat Wake Forest 77-65 in Winston-Salem, N.C. behind a pair of double-doubles from Carlik Jones (season-high 23 points, 10 rebounds) and Samuell Williamson (15 points, 11 rebounds). David Johnson added a career-high nine assists and Dre Davis scored 15 points. The Cardinals limited Wake Forest to a season-low 36.8 field goal percentage

The Hurricanes (5-6, 1-5 ACC) have dropped four of their last five, including falling 84-62 at Boston College in their last game on Jan. 12. Four of Miami's losses have been by a total of nine points.

Picked to finish seventh in the ACC in a preseason media poll, the Hurricanes lead the ACC and are 47th in the nation in blocked shots per game (4.5). Sophomore guard Isaiah Wong is the Hurricane's scoring (16.5 ppg) and rebounding (5.9) leader. Miami is No. 78 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 82 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI), No. 126 in the NET rankings and No. 79 by Ken Pomeroy through Jan. 13.

Louisville leads the all-time series against Miami 13-4, winning the last three matchups and nine of the last 11. The Cardinals won both meetings last season, winning 87-74 in UofL's earliest-ever season opener for the 2019-20 season in Coral Gables (12-5-19), leading by as many as 32 points in the second half; and prevailing 74-58 in Louisville (1-7-20) as two Cardinals produced double-doubles in Jordan Nwora (23 points, 12 rebounds) and Steven Enoch (11 points, 12 rebounds).

Saturday's game will be Louisville's fourth ACC road contest in five conference games this season due to two home postponements. The last time UofL played four of its first five conference games on the road was 1994-95 in a season which the Cardinals finished tied for second in the Metro Conference. It will be the second of three games in six days for the Cardinals, with two occurring on the road. UofL's last 4-0 start in conference play with three road wins was 1992-93 when it started with road wins at USF, Charlotte and Southern Miss, and a home win vs.VCU.

Louisville has started with at least an 9-1 record through 10 games for the 10th time in the last 13 years. Louisville's 31 ACC road wins in its seventh year in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC in that period.

Notes

Louisville has held six opponents below 40 percent shooting from the field this year. The Cardinals lead the ACC in field goal percentage defense (.388, 23rd in the nation) and 32nd nationally in scoring defense (63.0 ppg).
Louisville's 47.6 field goal percentage is second in the ACC (54th in the nation). UofL has made 21-of-49 threes over its last three games (.428).
Louisville outrebounded Wake Forest 36-31, its seventh rebounding battle won this year -- including all four ACC games -- and sixth straight ACC rebounding advantage dating back to last season. Louisville produced double-digit rebounding margins in its first two ACC games vs. Pitt and Boston College. UofL's +11.0 rebounding advantage in conference games is second in the ACC and its +7.2 margin on the season is 40th nationally and third in the ACC.
Miami forwards Matt Cross and Anthony Walker attended Brewster Academy, which also produced Cardinal great Donovan Mitchell.
UofL Coach Chris Mack has a 3-0 record vs. Miami, all at Louisville.
Louisville is No. 5 in the RPI, No. 18 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 27 by KenPom, No. 24 in the NCAA NET and No. 39 in ESPN's College BPI through Jan. 13.

No. 16 Cardinals' Men's Basketball Visits Miami on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Dre Davis

Steven Enoch

David Johnson

Carlik Jones

Donovan Mitchell

Jordan Nwora

Samuell Williamson

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