Cardinals Face North Carolina on Tuesday in KFC Yum! Center

Game Information
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (178-33 in 12th year)
Television: ACC Network - Dave O'Brien, play-by-play; Cory Alexander, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst. (XM channel 371, SiriusXM App 371)
Also: ESPN Radio - Marc Kestecher, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst.
Series History: Louisville trails 7-16 (5-2 in Louisville, 1-4 in Chapel Hill, 1-10 neutral)
Last Meeting: North Carolina 99, UofL 55 (Feb. 20, 2021 in Chapel Hill, N.C.)
UofL National Ranking: unranked in USA Today & Associated Press polls
Next UofL Game: Feb. 5 at Syracuse, Syracuse, N.Y., 2:00 p.m. ET (ESPN or ESPN2)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville plays its second straight in the KFC Yum! Center and fourth at home in five games as the Cardinals face the North Carolina Tar Heels on Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The game was originally scheduled for Jan. 31.

Louisville fell 74-65 to No. 9/7 Duke in the KFC Yum! Center last Saturday as the Blue Devils collected 20 offensive rebounds among their 47-34 advantage on the boards. El Ellis led the Cardinals with 18 points off the bench, Dre Davis scored 16 and blocked a career-high matching three shots, and Malik Williams produced his 11th career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Davis is averaging 12.7 points over his last three games.

Ellis' total was his fourth game this season leading UofL in scoring, his seventh in double figures, and his third with 18 or more. He had scored a combined 13 points in his previous three games. He is averaging 9.5 points per game over the last eight games (11-of-26 threes in that stretch, .423).

North Carolina (15-6, 7-3 ACC) has won its last three game, beating NC State 100-80 on Jan. 29 in its last contest as UNC shot 54.8 percent from the field and Caleb Love led the Tar Heels with 21 points and five assists.

North Carolina leads the ACC in rebounding margin (+9.0, eighth in the nation). Forward Armando Bacot (16.3 ppg, 12.1 ppg.) is second in the nation with 16 double-doubles this season, including 18 points and 13 rebounds against NC State in his last game.

Louisville trails 7-16 in its series with North Carolina, and the Cardinals are 4-7 against the Tar Heels since joining the ACC. In the last meeting, North Carolina beat Louisville 99-54 in the Cardinals' first game in 19 days after a COVID-related break (3-10-21) as Carlik Jones led the Cardinals with 13 points and four steals in the loss.

Notes

Louisville has won its last seven and 18 of the last 19 games played on February 1.
Louisville made 8-of-22 three-pointers vs. Duke, its ninth game this season and third straight with at least eight made threes. UofL made a high of eight threes in a game three times last year.
Louisville committed nine turnovers, its third straight game, and fourth in the last five, that the Cardinals have finished with single digit turnovers. The Cards have averaged just 8.6 turnovers over its last five.
Louisville's leading scorer has come from the bench nine times this season , including the last three straight.
The Cardinals grabbed 10 offensive rebounds against Duke, their ninth game with at least 10 this season
Four meetings with North Carolina have come in the NCAA Tournament, including twice in regional finals.
Louisville has averaged 28.3 points per game from its bench this season. The Cardinals have had 24 double-figure scoring efforts off the bench this season, including 18 points from El Ellis vs. Duke. Louisville's bench has contributed 30 or more bench points on 10 occasions this season (28 vs. Duke). The Cards are 20th in the nation in bench minutes (41.3 percent).
Malik Williams registered his 11th career double-double and sixth this season (third in the ACC) with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Duke. He has grabbed at least eight rebounds in 13 of his 20 games and is third in the ACC in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and 23rd in the nation in defensive rebounding (6.8 per game). Williams has made 9-of-21 three-pointers over the last five games (.429).

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Cardinals Face North Carolina on Tuesday in KFC Yum! Center

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