Louisville Cardinals (7-1, 2-0 ACC) Vs. Virginia Tech Hokies (8-1, 2-0
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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 (7-1, 2-0 ACC) UofL Record 51-22 (third year) vs. (8-1, 2-0 ACC) Overall Record 266-119 (12th year) Virginia Tech Hokies Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Wednesday, Jan. 6 6:35 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 (7-1, 2-0 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,753-934 (107th yr.) (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 10 Samuell WILLIAMSON 6-7 210 So. 10.0 6.2 Rockwall, Texas All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 9.1 3.4 Indianapolis, Ind. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 9.0 6.9 Charlotte, N.C. Important Phone Numbers G 1 Carlik JONES 6-2 185 Gr. 16.4 6.6 Cincinnati, Ohio Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 14.4 6.3 Louisville, Ky. Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 Virginia Tech (8-1, 2-0 ACC) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 22 Keve ALUMA 6-9 235 R-Jr. 16.0 6.7 Berlin, Md. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 25 Justyn MUTTS 6-7 230 R-Jr. 6.6 5.9 Millville, N.J. 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 3 Wabissa BEDE 6-1 195 Gr. 5.7 2.0 North Andover, Mass. G 4 Naheim ALLEYNE 6-4 195 So. 11.1 1.7 Buford, Ga. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 23 Tyrece RADFORD 6-2 200 R-So. 10.8 5.9 Baton Rouge, La. November Head Coach: Mike Young (Emory & Henry ‘86) 24-17 in 2nd year at VT; 323-261 in 19th year 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 will play its first home game CARD FILE December of the new year as the No. 25 Cardinals face Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 the No. 19/20 Virginia Tech Hokies on Jan. 6 Louisville has started with at least a 7-1 re- Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ............... Cancelled in the KFC Yum! Center. The teams are two cord through eight games for the 10th time in Wed. 16 NC STATE * ........................ Postponed of the three teams with a 2-0 record atop the the last 13 years. UofL has won at least eight of Sat. 19 at #12/12 Wisconsin @ .....ESPN2 L 85-48 ACC standings. After playing its first two ACC its first nine games on nine occasions over the Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN W 64-54 games on the road, five of the Cardinals’ next past 12 years entering Wedneday’s game. Sat. 26 KENTUCKY ...................ESPN W 62-59 seven games in January will be at home. In its Louisville has a 57-16 record in its conference January first game of 2021, Louisville (7-1, 2-0 ACC), home games over the last nine years (.781). Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN W 76-64 ranked No. 25 in the USA Today poll, won its UofL has the fourth-most conference home wins Wed. 6 #19/20 VIRGINIA TECH * .. ACCN 6:35 pm third straight in prevailing 76-64 at Boston in its seven years in the ACC with a 42-13 ACC Sat. 9 GEORGIA TECH * ........... ACCN 4:00 pm College on Saturday as the Cardinals held the home record (9-1 last season). Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN 4:30 pm Eagles to a season-low 33.3 percent shooting Louisville’s defense continues to improve, Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN 8:00 pm leading the ACC in field goal percentage defense Mon. 18 FLORIDA STATE * ...........ESPN 7:00 pm from the field, marking the fifth time this (.386, 33rd in the nation) and ranking 29th Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN 4:00 pm season UofL has limited its opponent to below nationally in scoring defense (61.8 ppg). UofL is Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .........RSN Noon 40 percent accuracy. The Hokies (8-1, 2-0 February ACC) have won four straight, including beating 23rd nationally in adjusted defense by KenPom. Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm Miami 80-78 in their last game on Dec. 29. David Johnson has scored 17 or more points Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm in five of the last six games. He has made 7-of- Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm GAME FACTS 10 threes in his last two games and has nearly tripled his three-point production from a year Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * .............ESPN/2 Noon Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, ago, burying 14-of-31 threes this season (5-of- Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ...............ESPN2 7:00 pm Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (167-26 in 11th year) Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm 23 threes in 2019-20). Television: ACC Network - Mike Monaco, Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm ACC assists leader Carlik Jones is the only play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst. Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm player in the ACC to rank among the top 15 in March Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, scoring (8th in the ACC, 16.4 ppg), rebounding Wed. 3 at Clemson * .................ESPN2/U 9:00 pm play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (15th, 6.6 rpg) and assists (first, 5.1 apg). Last Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm (XM channel 382, Internet 972) season at Radford, the graduate transfer was the Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA Series History: UofL leads 35-8 (18-3 in only player in the nation to average at least 20.0 Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) Louisville, 16-3 in Blacksburg, 1-2 neutral) points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, * ACC game Last Meeting: UofL 68, Virginia Tech 52 + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY and was one of just 16 players in Division I men’s @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI (March 1, 2020 at KFC Yum! Center) basketball to do so since the 1996-97 season. UofL National Ranking: No. 25 USA Today, He handed out his 500th career assist at Boston receiving votes in Associated Press poll College (36 at Louisville, 469 at Radford). Guide Online — The 2020-21 UofL Officials: Jamie Luckie, Clarence Armstrong, Louisville has won its first home game of the Men’s Basketball guide is available in Raymie Styons new year five of the last six years. Louisville has pdf form with the QR code to the left, Next UofL Game: Jan. 9 vs. Georgia Tech, a 42-13 record during the month of January over or at this link: https://uofl.me/2JHHddm KFC Yum! Center, 4 p.m. ET (ACCN) the last five years (.764). Louisville notes vs. Virginia Tech -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About Virginia Tech — Louisville will play its first home Last Meeting vs. Virginia Tech game of the new year as the Cardinals face the No. 19/20 Virginia Tech Hokies on Jan. 6 in the KFC Yum! Center. The Hokies (8-1, Louisville 68, Virginia Tech 52 2-0 ACC) have won four straight, including beating Miami 80-78 March 1, 2020 -- KFC YUM! CENTER in their last game on Dec. 29. Virginia Tech (No. 19 AP, No. Louisville 68 20 USA Today), which fell to Penn State 75-55 on Dec. 8 in its Player min FG 3FG FT Reb Ast TO BL ST PF TP Statistical Comparison Sutton f 32 3-5 1-2 1-1 9 0 1 0 1 3 8 only loss of the year, had its Jan. 2 game at Virginia on Jan. 2 VT UofL Nwora f 36 8-16 2-8 2-3 12 2 1 0 1 0 20 postponed. VT handed No. 3 Villanova its only loss of the year. Record ......................... 8-1 7-1 Enoch c 28 2-9 0-0 4-6 11 1 2 0 0 2 8 Scoring Average ..........75.6 70.1 Kimble g 23 2-5 0-2 1-3 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 Virginia Tech is 2-0 in the ACC for just the fourth time since McMahon g 23 4-6 2-3 0-0 1 3 2 0 0 2 10 joining the ACC in 2004-05. Wednesday’s game is the Hokies’ Points Allowed ............64.2 61.8 Perry 11 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 first true road game of the season after playing six straight at Scoring Margin .........+11.3 +8.4 Williamson 19 2-5 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 FG Percentage ...........