Cards Face Virginia on Senior Day

Game Information
Date: Saturday, March 5, 12:01 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Denny Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (178-36 in 12th year)
Television: ESPN2 - Doug Sherman, play-by-play; Jordan Cornette, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Jody Demling, analyst. (XM channel 382, SiriusXM App 972)
Series History: Louisville trails 5-18 (4-8 in Louisville, 1-9 in Charlottesville, 0-1 neutral)
Last Meeting: Virginia 64, UofL 52 (Jan. 24, 2022 in Charlottesville, Va.)
UofL National Ranking: unranked in USA Today & Associated Press polls
Next UofL Game: ACC Tournament, March 8-12, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville plays its final home game of the season on Senior Day as the Cardinals face the Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday at noon ET, UofL's first home game in 14 days.

Fans are encouraged to "Wear Red for the Seniors" and arrive by 11:35 a.m. for the pregame Senior Day ceremony. Senior Day posters will be available on both the lower and upper concourses while supplies last.

Louisville fell 75-43 at Virginia Tech on Tuesday as Sydney Curry produced his second double-double of the season with 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. UofL fell behind 12-2 to start the game and 33-21 at halftime, and could not get closer than 11 in the second half.

Curry has averaged 23 points and nine rebounds in his last two games while shooting 70 percent from the field (21-of-30).His 28 points at Wake Forest was the most for a Cardinal since Jordan Nwora finished with 37 at Boston College on Jan. 29, 2020. Curry's 13 field goals made (in 18 attempts) were 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.

Four members of the team and two student managers will be honored pregame on Senior Day, including transfer guards Noah Locke, Mason Faulkner and Jarrod West, and fifth-year senior forward Malik Williams. Collectively throughout their collegiate careers, the group has amassed 4,895 career points, 1,150 assists and 1,889 rebounds, with three achieving 1,000 career points. Student managers Nick Franchak and Chace Recktenwald will also be recognized for their efforts. The Cardinals will wear their red uniforms on Saturday instead of their usual home white.

Virginia (17-12, 11-8 ACC) has won five of its last eight games, but fell 64-63 at home to Florida State in its last game on Feb. 26 as Jayden Gardner led UVa with 21 points. The Cavaliers have the week off prior to facing the Cardinals. Virginia leads the ACC in scoring defense (60.4 ppg, 12th in the nation). Leading scorer Jayden Gardner (15.5 ppg, 11th in ACC) is among the ACC leaders in rebounding (7.0, 11th in the ACC), field goal percentage (.511, fifth in the ACC) and free throw percentage (.813, sixth in the ACC).

Virginia leads the series 18-5 over Louisville and the Cavaliers have won 12 of the last 13 meetings. In the last matchup on Jan. 24, UofL fell 64-52 at Virginia as the Cardinals trailed by as many as 19, closed to within four and was within five points in the closing five minutes. Jarrod West led three Cardinals in double figures with a season-high matching 14 points and three assists.

Notes

Louisville has won 17 of its last 21 Senior Day games.
Louisville Assistant Coach/Director of Basketball Operations Taylor Barnette played basketball his freshman year at Virginia (2012-13) before finishing his collegiate career at Belmont (1,085 career points).
Louisville will be between a No. 10-13 seed in the 2022 ACC Tournament in Brooklyn depending on Saturday's results around the league.
Louisville has a 64-23 record in its conference home games over the last 10 years (.736). UofL has the fifth-most conference home wins in its eight years in the ACC with a 50-20 ACC home record.
El Ellis has scored in double figures in six of the last nine games, including a career-high 25 in the Feb. 1 meeting against North Carolina. He is averaging 10.7 points per game over the last 16 games -- top for the Cardinals in that stretch, while hitting 27-of-73 threes (.370), including 12.6 ppg in the last nine.
Jarrod West is fourth in the ACC in assist-turnover ratio (2.49) and is fourth in the nation in career steals among active players with 291.
Noah Locke passed 1,200 career points with 14 at Wake Forest. He has 17 double figure scoring efforts this year, including four of the last seven games. He has made 38 percent of his three-pointers in ACC games (39-of-103). Locke has made multiple three-pointers in 18 games and at least three in 12 games this season.
Louisville has averaged 28.5 points per game from its bench this season. The Cardinals have had 33 double-figure scoring efforts off the bench. Louisville's bench has contributed 30 or more bench points on 14 occasions this season. Louisville picked up 59 points off the bench at Wake Forest, its most since scoring 63 against Southern on Nov. 13, 2018. The Cards are ninth in the nation in bench minutes (42.7 percent).
Louisville does not have a double-figure scorer on its team, but has 10 players averaging between 4.7 and 9.5 points per game. The last time UofL finished the season without a double figure scorer was 1943-44.

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