Louisville Cardinals (11-4, 6-3 ACC) Vs. Syracuse Orange (10-5, 4-4 ACC)
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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 (11-4, 6-3 ACC) UofL Record 55-25 (third year) vs. (10-5, 4-4 ACC) Overall Record 270-122 (12th year) Syracuse Orange Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Wednesday, Feb. 3 7:01 p.m. ET Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. 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 (11-4, 6-3 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,757-937 (107th yr.) (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 11 Quinn SLAZINSKI 6-8 215 So. 6.0 3.5 Houston, Texas All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 8.2 3.5 Indianapolis, Ind. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 10.1 7.6 Charlotte, N.C. Important Phone Numbers G 1 Carlik JONES 6-1 185 Gr. 17.4 5.6 Cincinnati, Ohio Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 13.1 6.1 Louisville, Ky. Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Syracuse (10-5, 4-4 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 1 Quincy GUERRIER 6-7 220 So. 16.3 9.5 Montreal, Quebec SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 21 Marek DOLEZAJ 6-10 201 Sr. 11.0 5.5 Bratislava, Slovakia 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 0 Alan GRIFFIN 6-5 190 Jr. 15.7 7.1 Ossining, N.Y. G 11 Joseph GIRARD III 6-1 195 So. 10.2 3.0 Glen Falls, N.Y. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 35 Buddy BOEHEIM 6-6 195 Jr. 14.8 2.2 Fayetteville, N.Y. November Head Coach: Jim Boeheim (Syracuse ‘66) 974-404 in 45th year at Syracuse and overall. Wed. 25 EVANSVILLE + ..............ACCN W 79-44 Fri. 27 SETON HALL + ............ ESPN2 W 71-70 Sun. 29 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ......... RSN W 86-64 Louisville (11-4, 6-3 ACC) will play CARD FILE December its second of three games in six days as Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 the Cardinals visit the Syracuse Orange on Louisville’s 31 ACC road wins in its seventh Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ............... Canceled Wednesday in Syracuse, N.Y. Louisville beat year in the league is the fourth-most in the ACC Wed. 16 NC STATE * ........................ Postponed Georgia Tech 74-58 in the KFC Yum! Center on in that period. Louisville and Virginia are the only Sat. 19 at #12/12 Wisconsin @ .....ESPN2 L 48-85 Monday as two Cardinals produced double- teams with three ACC road wins this season. Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN W 64-54 doubles in David Johnson with 10 rebounds Carlik Jones, named to The Sporting News Sat. 26 KENTUCKY ...................ESPN W 62-59 and a career-high 24 points, and Samuell Mid-Season All-America team last week and the January Williamson with career-bests of 20 points and Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List on Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN W 76-64 18 rebounds. They became the first pair of Monday, ranks fourth in the ACC in scoring (17.4 Wed. 6 #19/20 VIRGINIA TECH * .. ACCN W 73-71 Louisville teammates with 20 points and 10 ppg) and third in assists (4.9 apg). Jones has 97 Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN W 77-65 rebounds in the same game since Montrezl career double-figure scoring efforts, including the Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN L 72-78 last 37 consecutive games (all 14 at UofL). He Mon. 18 #rv/25 FLORIDA STATE * ..ESPN L 65-78 Harrell and Terry Rozier did it on Feb. 11, 2015 against Pittsburgh. UofL gathered a needs four points for 1,800 in his career. Jones Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN W 70-65 has collected 15 steals in the last seven games. Wed. 27 at Clemson * ........................RSN L 50-54 season-high 56 rebounds -- including 20 off Louisville is 9-1 when outrebounding its Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .............. Postponed the offensive glass -- the most by a UofL team opponent. UofL’s +7.2 rebounding advantage February in six years. The Orange (10-5, 4-4 ACC) have Mon. 1 GEORGIA TECH * ........... ACCN W 74-58 won three of their last four, including a 76-73 in conference games and its +6.1 margin on Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm home victory over NC State on Jan. 31. the season is second in the ACC. The Cardinals Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm outrebounded Georgia Tech 56-39 on Monday. Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm GAME FACTS David Johnson is the only player in the ACC among the top 25 in both rebounding (6.1, Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * ............... ACCN Noon Site: Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. (35,642) 21st in ACC) and assists (3.4, 11th in the ACC), Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ................ACCN 6:30 pm Television: ACC Network - Jay Alter, Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm adding 13.1 points per game. He has made play-by-play; Jon Crispin, analyst. Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm 22-of-47 three-pointers in his last nine games Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, (.468; 6-of-11 vs. Georgia Tech) and has made March play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst a team-leading 29-of-68 threes on the season Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm (Sirius channel 135, XM 193, Internet 955) (.426). He made just five threes as a freshman. Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA Series History: UofL leads 19-10 (10-4 in Samuell Williamson has averaged 11.0 points Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) Louisville, 4-6 in Syracuse, 5-0 neutral) and 11.7 rebounds while shooting 60.9 percent * ACC game Last Meeting: UofL 90, Syracuse 66 from the field off the bench over the last three + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY (Feb. 19, 2020 in KFC Yum! Center) @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI games, grabbing double-digit boards twice. UofL National Ranking: unranked; receiving Louisville is among the top defensive teams votes in USA Today & Associated Press polls in the ACC, ranking second in the ACC in field Guide Online — The 2020-21 UofL Officials: Lee Cassell, Brian Dorsey, goal percentage defense (.401), fourth in scoring Men’s Basketball guide is available in Mike Roberts defense (64.2 ppg) and third in three-point field pdf form with the QR code to the left, Next UofL Game: Feb. 6 at Virginia, goal defense (.309). UofL has held eight opponents or at this link: https://uofl.me/2JHHddm Charlottesville, Va., 4 p.m. ET (ESPN) below 40 percent accuracy from the field. Louisville notes vs. Syracuse -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Syracuse — Louisville will play its second of three games in six days as the Cardinals visit the Syracuse Orange on Feb. 3 in Last Meeting vs. Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. The Orange (10-5, 4-4 ACC) have won three of their last Louisville 90, Syracuse 66 four, including a 76-73 home victory over NC State on Jan. 31 as Alan February 19, 2020 -- KFC YUM! CENTER Griffin led Syracuse with 19 points, four steals and three blocked shots. Louisville 90 The teams will play again on Feb. 17 in Louisville. Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Statistical Comparison Sutton f 35 5-6 3-4 3-5 8 5 2 1 1 1 16 Syracuse is among the nation’s top 25 statistically in free Syracuse UofL Nwora f 30 5-18 2-7 5-7 7 3 1 0 0 3 17 throw percentage (.798, 7th in the nation), blocked shots (4.9, Record ....................... 10-5 11-4 Williams, M. c 23 5-9 0-0 4-7 13 0 0 0 1 3 14 Johnson g 23 1-4 0-1 1-2 4 7 0 0 1 1 3 22nd), steals (8.7, 24th), and assists/turnovers ratio (1.44, Scoring Average ..........77.7 69.5 McMahon g 31 4-10 4-10 1-2 1 4 1 0 1 1 13 20th). The Orange, with all five starters averaging scoring in Points Allowed ............70.3 64.2 Kimble 20 2-3 0-0 2-2 2 2 2 0 2 0 6 double figures, lead the ACC in field goal percentage defense Scoring Margin ...........+7.4 +5.3 Enoch 11 5-7 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 0 0 2 10 FG Percentage ............ .447 .452 Williamson 12 2-5 0-0 2-2 3 1 2 0 0 4 6 (.403), three-point field goal percentage defense (.297), assists Perry 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Opp.