Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Maryland

Louisville 63, Maryland 55
November 27, 2021
Nassau, Bahamas | Baha Mar Convention Center

TEAM NOTES

Louisville won its 31^st regular season tournament championship with the victory over Maryland.
The Cardinals improved to 6-2 all-time against Maryland in the first meeting between the two since 2000.
Louisville dominated the glass Saturday, outrebounding the Terrapins 51-25.
- The Cardinals are 4-0 this season when they win the rebounding battle.
- The plus-26 margin is the largest for the Cardinals since finishing plus-28 against Evansville on Nov. 25, 2020.
- The margin is the largest for UofL away from home since posting a plus-30 against Northeastern in the Great Alaska Shootout on Nov. 28, 1986.
- It's the largest rebounding advantage against a current Power Five program since posting a plus-29 against Virginia Tech on Feb. 6, 1986.
The Cardinals grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, their third consecutive game and fourth time this season with at least 10.
- Louisville turned those offensive boards into 16 second chance points, giving them at least 16 second chance points in each of the last three games.
Maryland finished with just two offensive rebounds, the fewest by a Louisville opponent since Clemson also had two on Feb. 15, 2020.
- The Terrapins three second chance points were the fewest for a UofL opponent since Evansville did not have any on Nov. 25, 2020.
Louisville held Maryland to just 38.5 percent (20-for-52) from the field, the fourth team in six games to shoot under 40 percent against the Cardinals.
The 55 points allowed by the Cardinals were a season low.
- Louisville has held the opposition to 60 points or fewer in four of six games this season.
The Cardinals shot just 35.0 percent (21-of-60) on Saturday, their lowest shooting percentage in a victory since defeating Old Dominion while shooting 29.7 percent on Nov. 23, 2016.

PLAYER NOTES

Malik Williams notched his sixth career double-double and first of the season leading the Cardinals with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
- Williams has tallied double digit rebounds in four of six games this season and has at least nine in five.
- The 13 points is his highest output since finishing with 17 against North Carolina on Feb. 22, 2020.
- Williams also registered a career high four steals.
Noah Locke added 12 points, surpassing the 1,000-point mark for his career (933 at Florida, 78 at Louisville).
- Locke is the third player on Louisville's roster with 1,000 career points (Faulkner, West).
- Locke has scored in double figures in five of six games this season.
- He made three three-pointers in the victory, his fourth game this season with at least three shots made from the outside.
Jarrod West scored nine points and dished out a season high six assists.
Jae'Lyn Withers scored just five points on 1-of-3 shooting, but grabbed a season best 11 rebounds.
- Withers now has five career games with double digit rebounds.

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Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Maryland

Players Mentioned

Noah Locke

Jarrod West

Malik Williams

Jae'Lyn Withers

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