Cards Face Furman in Friday Night Hoops Event

Tuesday, November 9

LOUISVILLE, KY

9:00 PM

University of Louisville

Southern

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November 11, 2021 | Men's Basketball

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By: Kenny Klein

Game Information
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (172-28 in 12th year)
Television: ACC Network Extra (available to authenticated subscribers of ACCN on the ESPN app) Kent Taylor, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (XM channel 385, Internet 975)
Series History: UofL leads 4-0 (3-0 in Louisville, 1-0 in Greenville)
Last Meeting: UofL 104, Furman 63 (Dec. 22, 2002 at Freedom Hall)
Next UofL Game: Nov. 12 vs. Navy, KFC Yum! Center, 8:02 p.m. ET (ACCN)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville plays is second of three games in seven days as the Cardinals face the Furman Paladins in the KFC Yum! Center on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

UofL opened its 108th season of collegiate basketball and its 12th in the KFC Yum! Center with a 72-60 victory over Southern on Tuesday. Louisville limited Southern to 30.9 percent shooting from the field, gained 43 of its points off the bench and held a 54-40 rebounding advantage with three Cardinals grabbing eight or more rebounds. It was UofL's 18th straight opening game victory.

Samuell Williamson's 14 points and 14 rebounds against Southern marked his fifth career double-double and the second-highest rebounding total. He has grabbed double-digit rebounds in six of his last eight games dating back to last season, when his 8.1 rebounds per game on the year ranked third in the ACC.

The opening game scoring for two Cardinals are among the top 15 scoring debuts in Louisville history. Noah Locke scored a team-high 16 points against Southern, tied for the 11th-most by a Cardinal in a career debut. Matt Cross totaled 15 points, five rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot to tie for 13th in scoring for a UofL debut. Cross suffered a dislocated ring finger on his right hand, but returned to play with the finger taped. Locke has scored in double figures in the Cardinals' first three outings, including a pair of exhibition games.

Furman opened its season Nov. 9 with a 118-66 victory over North Greenville, making a school-record 22-of-44 three-pointers in the game and handing out a school-record 34 assists. Furman was predicted to finish in second place in the preseason Southern Conference poll behind league favorite Chattanooga, while guards Mike Bothwell and Alex Hunter were selected to the 10-person preseason all-conference team. The Paladins returns 12 letterwinners from last year's 16-9 team that finished third in the SoCon with a 10-5 record. Three starters return in Bothwell, Hunter and forward Jalen Slawson.

Louisville has a 4-0 series record against Furman. In the last meeting between the two schools 19 years ago, Louisville prevailed 104-63 on Dec. 22, 2002 in Freedom Hall as Marvin Stone and Taquan Dean led the Cardinals with 21 points apiece. Stone, who combined this game with one other to earn ESPN.com national player of the week with his performance, added 13 rebounds while Dean hit 5-of-6 three-pointers.

Notes

Louisville has won 59 straight home games in the month of November spanning the last 29 years, including a 46-0 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
Louisville limited Southern to 30.9 percent shooting from the field. The Cardinals held five teams below 35 percent accuracy last season and nine below 40 percent.
Jarrod West handed out a game-high five assists with two steals against Southern. In three early games, including a pair of exhibitions, West has totaled 13 assists and seven steals with only four turnovers.
Louisville grabbed 54 rebounds against Southern, including 18 on the offensive end. It was the eighth straight game the Cardinals have had at least 12 offensive rebounds.
The Cardinals' had a 54-40 rebounding advantage against Southern. UofL had five games last season with a double-digit rebounding margin ... Nine of Louisville's last 10 head coaches, including acting and interim coaches, have won their first game at UofL as Mike Pegues did with the Cardinals on Nov. 9
Louisville has an all-time 16-6 record against current members of the Southern Conference, having faced eight of its 10 teams. Southern Conference team Citadel beat ACC member Pitt 78-63 in both team's opener.
Located in Greenville, S.C., 406 miles southeast of Louisville, Furman is the alma mater of Sam Wyche, former head coach for the Cincinnati Bengals (1984-91); WWE professional wrestler Xavier Woods; Herman W. Lay, founder of Frito-Lay potato chips; and six-time Grammy Award winner Amy Grant.