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Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,640 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black TOUGH. TOGETHER. UNBREAKABLE. Conference Atlantic Coast 1980, 1986 NCAA Champions 8 NCAA Final Fours 39 NCAA Tournament Appearances Home Court KFC Yum! Center (22,090) Sports Information University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 www.GoCards.com President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Phone: (502) 852-6581 email: [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @LouisvilleMBB Vice President/Director of Athletics Vince Tyra Head Coach Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) Louisville Cardinals (9-2, 4-1 ACC) UofL Record 53-23 (third year) vs. Florida State Seminoles (7-2, 3-1 ACC) Overall Record 268-120 (12th year) Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Monday, Jan. 18 7:01 p.m. ET KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Ky. Assistant Coach Mike Pegues (Delaware ‘00) Assistant Coach Dino Gaudio (Ohio U. ’81) POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUPS Dir. of Basketball Operations Kahil Fennell (Redlands ‘04) Louisville (9-2, 4-1 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,755-935 (107th yr.) (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 10 Samuell WILLIAMSON 6-7 210 So. 8.9 6.2 Rockwall, Texas All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 9.3 3.5 Indianapolis, Ind. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 10.2 7.2 Charlotte, N.C. Important Phone Numbers G 1 Carlik JONES 6-1 185 Gr. 18.0 6.2 Cincinnati, Ohio Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 12.9 5.6 Louisville, Ky. Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Florida State (7-2, 3-1 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 1 RaiQuan GRAY 6-8 260 R-Jr. 8.3 5.4 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 C 5 Balsa KOPRIVICA 7-1 240 So. 9.4 5.7 Belgrade, Serbia 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 2 Anthony POLITE 6-6 215 R-Jr. 9.6 4.6 Lugano, Switzerland G 4 Scottie BARNES 6-9 227 Fr. 11.1 3.8 West Palm Beach, Fla. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 23 M.J. WALKER 6-5 213 Sr. 16.3 2.6 Riverdale, Ga. November Wed. 25 EVANSVILLE + ..............ACCN W 79-44 Head Coach: Leonard Hamilton (Clarion ‘82) 367-223 in 19th yr. at Florida St.; 567-433 in 32nd yr. overall. Fri. 27 SETON HALL + ............ ESPN2 W 71-70 Sun. 29 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ......... RSN W 86-64 Louisville (9-2, 4-1 ACC) will play its third CARD FILE December game in six days and its first of three straight at Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 home in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals Louisville has started with at least a 9-2 re- Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ............... Canceled face the Florida State Seminoles on ESPN’s Big cord through 11 games for the 10th time in the Wed. 16 NC STATE * ........................ Postponed Monday. Louisville lost for the first time in last 11 years. The Cardinals have opened with a Sat. 19 at #12/12 Wisconsin @ .....ESPN2 L 48-85 five games on Saturday as the Cardinals fell 4-1 ACC record for the fourth time in its seven Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN W 64-54 78-72 at Miami, UofL’s fourth ACC road game years in the conference. Louisville and Virginia Sat. 26 KENTUCKY ...................ESPN W 62-59 in its first five conference contests. After are the only ACC teams with three road wins January connecting on 21-of-49 three-pointers (.429) this season. Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN W 76-64 in its previous three games, the Cardinals Louisville has a 58-16 record in its conference Wed. 6 #19/20 VIRGINIA TECH * .. ACCN W 73-71 made just 3-of-20 threes at Miami (.150). home games over the last nine years (.784). Sat. 9 GEORGIA TECH * .................. Postponed UofL allowed the Hurricanes to shoot 49.2 UofL has the fourth-most conference home wins Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN W 77-65 percent from the field, the second-highest for in its seven years in the ACC with a 43-13 ACC Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN L 72-78 home record (9-1 last season). Mon. 18 FLORIDA STATE * ...........ESPN 7:00 pm a Cardinal opponent this season. After three Carlik Jones is the only player in the ACC to Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN 4:00 pm game postponements due to COVID-19 issues, rank among the top 20 in scoring (18.0 ppg, Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .........RSN Noon Florida State (7-2, 3-1 ACC) has beaten NC 4th in the ACC), rebounding (6.2 rpg/17th) February State 105-73 on Jan. 13 and North Carolina Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm 82-75 on Jan. 16 since returning. and assists (4.9 apg/3rd). Jones has 93 career Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm double-figure scoring efforts, including the last Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm GAME FACTS 33 consecutive games (all 10 this year). His season-high 25 points at Miami with seven assist Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * ............... ACCN Noon Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, and three steals marked the 29th game of his Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ...............ESPN2 7:00 pm Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (168-26 in 11th year) Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm collegiate career with 20 or more points (three Television: ESPN - Sean McDonough, Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm in the last five games). He has collected nine play-by-play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst. Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm steals in the last three games (three each game). March Radio: WKRD (790 AM; joined by WHAS 840 Jae’Lyn Withers has produced double-doubles Wed. 3 at Clemson * .................ESPN2/U 9:00 pm AM at 7 p.m.) Paul Rogers,play-by-play; Bob in two of his last three games, including 18 points Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm Valvano, analyst (XM 84, Sirius 84, Internet 84) and 11 rebounds at Miami (8-of-9 field goals). Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA Series History: UofL leads 34-14 (19-4 in He is the Cardinals’ rebounding leader and ranks Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) Louisville, 11-9 in Tallahassee, 4-1 neutral) second among ACC freshman (7.2 rpg, 10th in * ACC game Last Meeting: Florida State 82, UofL 67 + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY the ACC), averaging 10.2 points while shooting a @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI (Feb. 24, 2020 at Tallahassee, Fla.) team-best 61.6 percent from the field. UofL National Ranking: 16th USA Today, Louisville has held six opponents below 40 18th Associated Press (Jan. 11 polls) percent shooting from the field this year, but Guide Online — The 2020-21 UofL Officials: Doug Shows, Keith Kimble, allowed Miami to shoot 49.2 percent in its last Men’s Basketball guide is available in Kipp Kissinger game. The Cardinals are second in the ACC in pdf form with the QR code to the left, Next UofL Game: Jan. 23 vs. Duke, field goal percentage defense (.398) and 50th or at this link: https://uofl.me/2JHHddm KFC Yum! Center, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN) nationally in scoring defense (64.4 ppg). Louisville notes vs. Florida State -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Florida State — Louisville will play its third game in six Last Game vs. Florida State days and its first of three straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center as the Cardinals face the Florida State Seminoles on ESPN’s Big Florida State 78, Louisville 65 Monday. After three game postponements due to COVID-19 issues January 4, 2020 -- KFC YUM! CENTER and a break from Dec. 29-Jan.13 between games, Florida State Louisville 65 Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP (7-2, 3-1 ACC) has beaten NC State 105-73 on Jan. 13 and Statistical Comparison Sutton f 27 1-4 1-2 0-0 5 4 0 1 0 3 3 North Carolina 82-75 on Jan. 16 -- its 20th straight ACC home FSU UofL Nwora f 38 11-15 5-6 5-7 10 0 4 0 0 2 32 Record ......................... 7-2 9-2 Enoch c 24 3-6 0-0 4-7 4 1 2 2 1 2 10 victory -- since returning. Kimble g 30 3-11 0-4 0-0 2 3 3 0 1 0 6 The nation’s fourth-tallest team and picked to finish third Scoring Average ..........79.1 71.2 Perry g 23 2-7 2-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 in the ACC in a preseason media poll, the Seminoles lead the Points Allowed ............69.7 64.4 Williams 15 1-4 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 Williamson 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ACC and are 17th in the nation in blocked shots (5.0 bpg). Scoring Margin ...........+9.4 +6.8 FG Percentage ............ .468 .473 Johnson 19 2-9 0-1 0-0 6 3 3 1 0 1 4 Sophomore guard M.J. Walker, who scored 23 against the Nickelberry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Opp.