Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes Versus Duke

Louisville Post-Game Notes Versus Duke

Louisville (13-7, 8-6 ACC) entered the ACC Tournament as the number seven seed. The Cardinals participated in its fifth Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, falling to 2-5 in the tournament after falling tonight to Duke 70-56.
This was the second time the Cardinals have been a No. 7 seed in the ACC Tournament. In its last time as a No. 7 seed in 2019, the Cardinals beat Notre Dame in the Second Round before falling to North Carolina in the quarterfinals.
Louisville trails 9-11 in its all-time series against Duke, with the Cardinals winning five of the last nine matchups after tonight's loss to the Blue Devils.
UofL won the first two matchups this season, beating Duke 70-65 in Louisville (1-23-21) as Carlik Jones led the Cardinals with 24 points and five assists; and Louisville won 80-73 in overtime in Durham (2-27-21) as Jones scored 25 for UofL.
After starting the game 6-of-23 from the field, the Cardinals closed the half by hitting 5-of-6 shots to close to within 30-29.
Trailing 27-13 with 3:42 left in the first half, the Cardinals closed the half with a 16-3 run to trail 30-29 at the break.
The Cardinals shot a season low 30.6 percent from the field, connecting on 19-of-63 field-goal attempts for the game.
- Louisville connected on less than 20 field goals for only the third time this season.
After cutting the deficit to one-point at 30-29 at the half, the Cardinals made just 8-of-33 (24.2) field goal attempts in the second half.
The Cardinals drilled 7-of-25 3-pointers, the most since they connected on seven in a win over Notre Dame on Feb. 23.
UofL was outrebounded 43-39, marking only the seventh time all season that an opponent recorded more rebounds. Louisville fell to 2-5 when being outrebounded by the opposition.
The Cardinals dropped to 0-5 this year when scoring 59 or fewer points in a game this year.
Louisville turned the ball over just eight times and have only 11 miscues over the last two games.

PLAYER NOTES

Guard David Johnson recorded his third career double-double with 14 points and equaled a career high with 11 rebounds. He also totaled 11 boards in a win over Pittsburgh on Dec. 22.
- The double-double was his first since registering 24 points and 10 rebounds versus Georgia Tech on Feb. 1.
Forward Samuell Williamson grabbed eight rebounds in the loss to Duke – the seventh-straight time of grabbing eight or more rebounds in a game.
- The sophomore is averaging 10.9 rebounds during that seven-game span.
After being held to a season low six points in a loss to Virginia on March 6, guard Carlik Jones responded with 13 points, five rebounds and three assists in the loss to Duke.
- The 13 points marked the 18^th time at Louisville that the senior scored 10 or more points in a game and the 101^st time in his collegiate career.

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Louisville Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes Versus Duke

Players Mentioned

David Johnson

Carlik Jones

Samuell Williamson

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