Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Wake Forest

Wake Forest 99, Louisville 77
February 26, 2022
Winston-Salem, N.C. | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

TEAM NOTES

Louisville is now 9-3 all-time against Wake Forest after splitting the season series with the Demon Deacons.
- Louisville is 3-2 all-time versus Wake Forest in Winston-Salem.
The Cardinals shot 50.8 percent (31-for-61) from the field, their best shooting percentage of the season against an ACC opponent.
- Louisville finished 28-of-43 (65.1 percent) on two-point field goals.
Louisville picked up 59 points off the bench in the loss, its most since scoring 63 against Southern on Nov. 13, 2018.
- Louisville's had a player come off the bench and lead the team in scoring for the 12^th time this season.
The Cardinals lost for just the third time this season when outrebounding the opposition after winning the battle on the glass 32-29 Saturday.
- Louisville grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, its 14^th game this season with at least 10.
Louisville matched its season-best total for points in the paint with 46, also done against Miami on Feb. 16.

PLAYER NOTES

Sydney Curry had a career day on Saturday, scoring 28 points on 13-of-18 shooting with seven rebounds.
- The 28 points are the most by a Cardinal since Jordan Nwora finished with 37 at Boston College on Jan. 29, 2020.
- The 13 field goals made are the most by a Louisville player since Russ Smith finished 14-of-22 in a win over Houston in the AAC semifinals on March 14, 2014.
- This was the second 20-point game of the season for Curry, who had 22 against NC State on Jan. 12.
- Curry has scored just 18 points over his last five games prior to Saturday's 28-point effort.
- Curry has now led the Cardinals in scoring in three games this season.
Noah Locke closed out the night with 14 points for his 17^th double-figure scoring game of the season.
- Locke made four more two-point field goal attempts Saturday, giving him 14 makes inside the arc in the last four games.
  - Locke had made 21 two-pointers through his first 23 games.

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