Cards Face Detroit in Fourth Straight at Home

Game Information
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (173-28 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 (SiriusXM App 986)
Series History: UofL leads 6-1 (5-0 in Louisville, 1-1 in Detroit)
Last Meeting: UofL 56, Detroit Mercy 48 (Dec. 24, 2005 at Freedom Hall)
UofL National Ranking: unranked in USA Today & Associated Press polls
Next UofL Game: Nov. 25 vs. Mississippi State, Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship, Nassau, Bahamas, 9:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville will play its first game of the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship as the Cardinals face Detroit Mercy in its fourth straight in the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.

Louisville downed Navy 77-60 on Monday as the Cardinals made a season-high 10-of-24 three-pointers and collected 14 steals, their most since 2018. Matt Cross scored 14 points, making all four of his three-point attempts, to lead four Cardinals in double figures. Cross is a part of Louisville's bench which has averaged 33.0 points per game through the first three contests.

Noah Locke needs 19 points to reach 1,000 career points after scoring 933 points in three seasons at Florida and 48 in the Cardinals' first three games. Locke's 16 points against Southern in the season opener is tied for the 11th most scored in a UofL debut. He led UofL with 20 points vs. Furman, his fourth collegiate game with 20 or more points.

Jarrod West has handed out 10 assists with just two turnovers in three games while gathering six steals. He had 39 games with at least five assists in his four seasons at Marshall. He has 10 games over the last two seasons with three or more steals, including four thefts vs. Navy.

Louisville is Detroit's fourth straight game on the road as the Titans start the season with their first nine on the road. Detroit Mercy (0-3) has dropped its first three games, falling 77-64 in its last game at Mississippi State on Nov. 17.

Louisville has a 6-1 record against Detroit Mercy in a series that dates back to 1956. In the last matchup on Christmas Eve in 2005, Louisville prevailed 56-48 in Freedom Hall as Taquan Dean scored 15 points to lead the Cardinals (12-24-05).

Detroit forward Madut Akec is the brother of former UofL forward Deng Adel (2015-18), currently with the G League Maine Celtics. Both attended Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Fla.

Notes

Louisville has won 60 of its last 61 home games in the month of November spanning the last 29 years, including a 47-1 record in the KFC Yum! Center.
Detroit Mercy posted a 12-10 record in 2020-21 and finished third in the Horizon League with a 10-6 conference mark.
Louisville has a 3-1 record against Detroit head coach Mike Davis. Davis was the head coach at Indiana when the Cardinals split a pair of games with the Hoosiers: Indiana won 77-62 in Bloomington, Ind. on Feb. 6, 2002; and Louisville prevailed 95-76 over the 19th-ranked Hoosiers in Freedom Hall on Feb. 1, 2003 as Francisco Garcia led the Cardinals with 23 points to help UofL roar back from a 43-35 halftime deficit. The Cardinals also beat a Davis-coached UAB team 82-62 on Dec. 27, 2008; and Texas Southern 102-71 on Dec. 10, 2016.
Louisville has an all-time 19-2 record against current members of the Horizon League, having faced seven of its 10 teams. Louisville last faced a Horizon League team two years ago when the Cardinals beat Youngstown State 78-55 on Nov. 10, 2019 in the KFC Yum! Center.
Louisville's 14 steals vs. Navy were the most for the Cardinals since getting 15 against Georgia Tech on Feb. 8, 2018. UofL forced 19 turnovers and converted them into 30 points.
The Cardinals handed out 18 assists against Navy, their highest total since dishing out 19 in the 2020-21 season opener against Evansville on Nov. 25, 2020

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Players Mentioned

Matt Cross

Noah Locke

Jarrod West

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