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Cards Visit Wake Forest in Second Straight Road Game
February 25, 2022 | Men's Basketball
Game Information
Site: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. (14,665)
Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Malcolm Huckaby, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS 840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst. (XM channel 385, SiriusXM App 975)
Series History: Louisville leads 9-2 (4-0 in Louisville, 3-1 in Winston-Salem, 2-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 73, Wake Forest 69 (Dec. 29, 2021 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: unranked in USA Today & Associated Press polls
Next UofL Game: March 1 at Virgnia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 9 p.m. ET (ESPN/ESPN2)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville plays its second of three straight on the road as the Cardinals visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET
Louisville fell 70-63 at North Carolina on Monday as six Cardinals scored seven or more points, led by 10 each from their starting front line of Malik Williams, Dre Davis and Jae'Lyn Withers. UofL trailed by one with 2:57 to go at 64-63 before the Tar Heels scored the final six points of the game.
Williams has scored in double figures in six of his last eight games. He is fifth in the ACC in rebounding (8.0 rpg) and 35th in the nation in defensive rebounding (6.3 per game). He has made 36.2 percent of his three-pointers in ACC games (17-of-47).
Davis scored 10 points at North Carolina, his 10th game this season in double figures and third in the last four games. He has averaged 9.6 points over the last seven games. Withers has averaged 9.4 points and 5.4 rebounds over the last 10 games while shooting 46.3 percent from the field (38-82), scoring nine or more points in seven of those 10 (five of the last six; averaging 11.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg in the last six). He averaged 4.2 points in the first 17 games of the season.
Wake Forest (21-8, 11-7 ACC), tied for fifth in the ACC standings, lost 80-69 at Clemson on Feb. 23 in its last game as the Demon Deacons shot 41 percent from the field and were led by Damari Monsanto's 17 points.
Wake Forest is second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.482, 18th in the nation) and is 30th in the nation in scoring offense (78.1 ppg). Guard Alondes Williams, a transfer from Oklahoma, leads the ACC in scoring (19.7 ppg) and assists (5.1 apg).
Louisville has a 9-2 series advantage over Wake Forest (3-1 in Winston-Salem) and the Cardinals have won the last five meetings. In the last meeting on Dec. 29 in the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville defeated Wake Forest 73-69 as the Cardinals made 10-of-22 three-pointers and limited the Demon Deacons to 38.1 percent shooting from the field. Noah Locke led the Cards with 17 points, connecting on a season-high 5-of-7 three-point goals and scoring 14 of his points in the second half as UofL recovered from a nine-point deficit to win.
Notes
Site: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. (14,665)
Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, play-by-play; Malcolm Huckaby, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined in progress on WHAS 840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst. (XM channel 385, SiriusXM App 975)
Series History: Louisville leads 9-2 (4-0 in Louisville, 3-1 in Winston-Salem, 2-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 73, Wake Forest 69 (Dec. 29, 2021 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: unranked in USA Today & Associated Press polls
Next UofL Game: March 1 at Virgnia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 9 p.m. ET (ESPN/ESPN2)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville plays its second of three straight on the road as the Cardinals visit the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET
Louisville fell 70-63 at North Carolina on Monday as six Cardinals scored seven or more points, led by 10 each from their starting front line of Malik Williams, Dre Davis and Jae'Lyn Withers. UofL trailed by one with 2:57 to go at 64-63 before the Tar Heels scored the final six points of the game.
Williams has scored in double figures in six of his last eight games. He is fifth in the ACC in rebounding (8.0 rpg) and 35th in the nation in defensive rebounding (6.3 per game). He has made 36.2 percent of his three-pointers in ACC games (17-of-47).
Davis scored 10 points at North Carolina, his 10th game this season in double figures and third in the last four games. He has averaged 9.6 points over the last seven games. Withers has averaged 9.4 points and 5.4 rebounds over the last 10 games while shooting 46.3 percent from the field (38-82), scoring nine or more points in seven of those 10 (five of the last six; averaging 11.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg in the last six). He averaged 4.2 points in the first 17 games of the season.
Wake Forest (21-8, 11-7 ACC), tied for fifth in the ACC standings, lost 80-69 at Clemson on Feb. 23 in its last game as the Demon Deacons shot 41 percent from the field and were led by Damari Monsanto's 17 points.
Wake Forest is second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.482, 18th in the nation) and is 30th in the nation in scoring offense (78.1 ppg). Guard Alondes Williams, a transfer from Oklahoma, leads the ACC in scoring (19.7 ppg) and assists (5.1 apg).
Louisville has a 9-2 series advantage over Wake Forest (3-1 in Winston-Salem) and the Cardinals have won the last five meetings. In the last meeting on Dec. 29 in the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville defeated Wake Forest 73-69 as the Cardinals made 10-of-22 three-pointers and limited the Demon Deacons to 38.1 percent shooting from the field. Noah Locke led the Cards with 17 points, connecting on a season-high 5-of-7 three-point goals and scoring 14 of his points in the second half as UofL recovered from a nine-point deficit to win.
Notes
- UofL's 85-76 victory over Wake Forest on Jan. 7, 2015 in Winston-Salem, N.C. was the Cardinals' first-ever ACC game. Two meetings have come in NCAA Tournament action, with the teams splitting those two.
- Winston-Salem is 80 miles from El Ellis' hometown of Durham, N.C. and 80 miles from Jae'Lyn Withers' hometown of Charlotte.
- Louisville has an all-time 18-7 record in games played on Feb. 26, winning its last seven games played on that date.
- Noah Locke needs five points for 1,200 in his career. He has 16 double figure scoring efforts this year, including three of the last five games.
- El Ellis has scored in double figures in the six of the last seven games, including a career-high 25 in the Feb. 1 meeting against North Carolina. He is averaging 11.4 points per game over the last 14 games -- top for the Cardinals in that stretch, while hitting 24-of-65 threes (.370), including 14.4 ppg in the last seven.
- Louisville's 34 ACC road wins in its eighth year in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC in that period.
- Louisville does not have a double-figure scorer on its team, but has 10 players averaging between 4.8 and 9.7 points per game. The last time UofL finished the season without a double figure scorer was 1943-44.
- Louisville has averaged 28.0 points per game from its bench this season. The Cardinals have had 31 double-figure scoring efforts off the bench. Louisville's bench has contributed 30 or more bench points on 13 occasions this season (last: 32 vs. Clemson). The Cards are 13th in the nation in bench minutes (42.0 percent).
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