Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics
Cards Face Southeastern Louisiana in Second Straight Home Game
December 13, 2021 | Men's Basketball
Game Information
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (174-30 in 12th year)
Television: Â ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 137, XM 193, SiriusXM App 955)
Series History: Â First meeting; UofL has a 244-83 all-time record against first-time foes, including 55-3 since 2002-03.
Next UofL Game: Dec. 18 at Western Kentucky, Bowling Green, Ky., 2:30 p.m. ET (CBS SN)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville will play its second-straight at the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Southeastern Louisiana Lions on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET. Â
On its first time playing at home in 20 days, Louisville fell 62-55 to DePaul last Friday as the Cardinals shot a season-low 31.1 percent from the field. Â It was just the seventh non-conference loss at home for the Cardinals in 12 seasons in the KFC Yum! Center. Â Louisville held DePaul to just 36.4 percent (24-for-66) shooting, the sixth UofL opponent to shoot 40 percent or less this season
Malik Williams led the Cardinals with a career-high 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals against DePaul. Over the last six games, Williams has averaged 13.0 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Dre Davis contributed a career-best four assists and was one shy of his career high with eight rebounds against DePaul. Â He has averaged 11.3 points and 6.5 rebounds over the last six games, the Cardinals' No. 2 scorer in that stretch behind Malik Williams.
Southeastern Louisiana is off to a 4-6 start, falling 72-66 at Southern on Dec. 11 in their last game as Keon Clergeot led the Lions with 16 points and three assists. The teams have played one common opponent in Southern, a team UofL beat 72-60 in its opener on Nov. 9. Â Junior forward Gus Okafor is the SLU scoring leader, averaging 13.5 points per game while forward Jayln Hinton is the top rebounder (7.2 rpg, 12.4 ppg).
TOY COLLECTION: Â New toys will be collected and subsequently donated to Norton's Childrens Hospital and Home of the Innocents prior to the Cardinals' Dec. 14 men's basketball game against Southeastern Louisiana. New toys for any age or gender will be collected at the entrances of the KFC Yum! Center.
The collection is associated with UofL Athletics' CardsCARE program and Kyle's Korner for Kids, the community outreach established in 2011 by former Cards' forward Kyle Kuric while a UofL student. Kuric, who has been playing professional basketball for eight seasons and is currently with FC Barcelona in Spain, helped the Cardinals reach the 2012 Final Four (later vacated) as a senior.
TIME CHANGE: Â Louisville's ACC home opener against Wake Forest on Dec. 29 has been moved up to an 8 p.m. ET start, after originally being scheduled for a 9 p.m. tipoff.
FALL SEMESTER ENDS: Â The last day of classes for the UofL Fall 2021 semester was Dec. 6, with final exams occurring Dec. 8-14. Â Classes for the Spring 2022 semester will begin on Jan. 10.
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Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (174-30 in 12th year)
Television: Â ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 137, XM 193, SiriusXM App 955)
Series History: Â First meeting; UofL has a 244-83 all-time record against first-time foes, including 55-3 since 2002-03.
Next UofL Game: Dec. 18 at Western Kentucky, Bowling Green, Ky., 2:30 p.m. ET (CBS SN)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville will play its second-straight at the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Southeastern Louisiana Lions on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET. Â
On its first time playing at home in 20 days, Louisville fell 62-55 to DePaul last Friday as the Cardinals shot a season-low 31.1 percent from the field. Â It was just the seventh non-conference loss at home for the Cardinals in 12 seasons in the KFC Yum! Center. Â Louisville held DePaul to just 36.4 percent (24-for-66) shooting, the sixth UofL opponent to shoot 40 percent or less this season
Malik Williams led the Cardinals with a career-high 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals against DePaul. Over the last six games, Williams has averaged 13.0 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Dre Davis contributed a career-best four assists and was one shy of his career high with eight rebounds against DePaul. Â He has averaged 11.3 points and 6.5 rebounds over the last six games, the Cardinals' No. 2 scorer in that stretch behind Malik Williams.
Southeastern Louisiana is off to a 4-6 start, falling 72-66 at Southern on Dec. 11 in their last game as Keon Clergeot led the Lions with 16 points and three assists. The teams have played one common opponent in Southern, a team UofL beat 72-60 in its opener on Nov. 9. Â Junior forward Gus Okafor is the SLU scoring leader, averaging 13.5 points per game while forward Jayln Hinton is the top rebounder (7.2 rpg, 12.4 ppg).
TOY COLLECTION: Â New toys will be collected and subsequently donated to Norton's Childrens Hospital and Home of the Innocents prior to the Cardinals' Dec. 14 men's basketball game against Southeastern Louisiana. New toys for any age or gender will be collected at the entrances of the KFC Yum! Center.
The collection is associated with UofL Athletics' CardsCARE program and Kyle's Korner for Kids, the community outreach established in 2011 by former Cards' forward Kyle Kuric while a UofL student. Kuric, who has been playing professional basketball for eight seasons and is currently with FC Barcelona in Spain, helped the Cardinals reach the 2012 Final Four (later vacated) as a senior.
TIME CHANGE: Â Louisville's ACC home opener against Wake Forest on Dec. 29 has been moved up to an 8 p.m. ET start, after originally being scheduled for a 9 p.m. tipoff.
FALL SEMESTER ENDS: Â The last day of classes for the UofL Fall 2021 semester was Dec. 6, with final exams occurring Dec. 8-14. Â Classes for the Spring 2022 semester will begin on Jan. 10.
NOTES
- Louisville is No. 13 nationally in adjusted defense in KenPom analytics (best in the ACC). Â The Cardinals rank 11th in the NCAA in defensive rebounding (30.2 rpg) through Dec. 11. Â Louisville is averaging 25.4 points from its bench, but received only five bench points vs. DePaul.
- Southeastern Louisiana is the only first-time opponent for the Cardinals this season. UofL is 244-83 in first-time meetings, including 55-3 since 2002-03.
- UofL has a collective 7-0 all-time record against current members of the Southland Conference, having previously faced four of its 13 members. Â The Cardinals last faced a Southland Conference team in 2018 when UofL beat Central Arkansas 86-41 in the KFC Yum! Center (12-5-21).
- SLU assistant coach Mark Lieberman was an assistant coach at Louisville for the 2010-11 season before serving as the Cardinals' Director of Basketball Operations in 2011-12.
- After their Dec. 14 game against Southeastern Louisiana, the Cardinals will have another long break between home games -- 15 days -- before they return to the KFC Yum! Center to play Wake Forest on Dec. 29 in their ACC home opener after back-to-back road games against intrastate foes
- Louisville is gathering steals at a higher rate than a year ago, averaging 7.8 steals this season (sixth in the ACC) after averaging 4.8 a game last year.
- Three Cardinals have already either matched or are within two blocked shots of their total from last season, including Dre Davis (6 this year, 6 last year), Jae'Lyn Withers (5 now, 7 last year) and Matt Cross (5 now, 7 last year). Malik Williams leads the Cardinals with seven swats.
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