Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Mississippi State

Louisville 72, Mississippi State 58
November 25, 2021
Nassau, Bahamas | Baha Mar Convention Center

TEAM NOTES

Louisville improved to 4-2 all-time against Mississippi State, with its first win over the Bulldogs since 1987.
The Cardinals led by as much as 28 on Thursday night, their largest lead in any game this season.
Louisville's 16-point advantage at halftime was its largest since heading to the locker room up 20 in the 2020-21 season opener against Evansville (36-16) on Nov. 25, 2020.
Louisville allowed just one made three-point attempt (1-for-15), the fewest since the Cardinals held Western Kentucky to 1-of-17 from outside on Nov. 29, 2019.
UofL held Mississippi State to just 33 percent (20-for-60) from the field, the third Louisville opponent to shoot under 40 percent through five games.
- No Louisville opponent has shot better than 42.9 percent (Navy) this season.
Louisville played its best defensive half of the season during the first 20 minutes, setting season-lows for points allowed in a half (25) and opponents' shooting percentage in a half (25 percent).
The Cardinals are 3-0 this season when winning the rebounding battle, tallying a 47-38 edge in Thursday's win.
- Louisville tied a season high with 15 offensive rebounds and converted those into a season-best 22 second chance points.
  - The 22 second chance points were the most for the Cardinals since finishing with 23 against Southern on Nov. 13, 2018.
Louisville got 36 points off its bench in the victory, the third game with at least 36 from the reserves through five contests.
The Cardinals broke the game open with a 9-0 run in the first half that saw Mississippi State go scoreless for 6:34 of game time.
- Louisville's lead stretched from eight out to 17 and the margin never got closer than 14 the rest of the night.
A season-best 10 different Cardinals scored on the night.

PLAYER NOTES

Samuell Williamson was in double figures for the third time this season, leading the Cardinals with 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting.
- Williamson was the fourth different Cardinal to lead UofL in scoring through five games.
Dre Davis backed up a season-high 18 points in the win over Detroit Mercy with 12 points in just 17 minutes on Thursday.
Jae'Lyn Withers reached double digits for the third time in five games, finishing with 11 points.
Malik Williams registered his third double-digit rebounding game of the year, grabbing 10 boards to go along with eight points.
- Williams has at least nine rebounds in four of Louisville's five games this season.

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Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Mississippi State

Players Mentioned

Dre Davis

Malik Williams

Samuell Williamson

Jae'Lyn Withers

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