Louisville Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, Ky. 40292 Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,640 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red & Black 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 (4-0) UofL Record 48-21 (third year) vs. UNC Greensboro Spartans (1-1) Overall Record 263-118 (12th year) Assistant Coach Luke Murray (Fairfield ‘07) Friday, Dec. 4 2:01 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 (4-0) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown All-Time Record 1,750-933 (107th yr.) F 11 Quinn SLAZINSKI 6-8 215 So. 9.0 5.7 Houston, Texas (does not include 123-3 record vacated by NCAA) F 14 Dre DAVIS 6-5 220 Fr. 9.7 4.7 Indianapolis, Ind. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 61-40 C 24 Jae’Lyn WITHERS 6-8 215 R-Fr. 13.0 6.7 Charlotte, N.C. (39 Appearances, 8 Final Fours, 2 NCAA Titles - ‘80, ‘86) G 1 Carlik JONES 6-2 185 Gr. 17.0 7.3 Cincinnati, Ohio Important Phone Numbers G 13 David JOHNSON 6-5 210 So. 10.7 4.7 Louisville, Ky. Athletics Office (502) 852-5732 Basketball Office (502) 852-6651 UNC Greensboro (1-1) Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 F 1 Isaiah MILLER 6-0 190 Sr. 21.5 4.0 Covington, Ga. SID - Kenny Klein, cell (502) 599-7865 F 4 Mohammed ABDULSALAM 6-9 255 Jr. 5.5 5.5 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria G 25 Hayden KOVAL 7-1 220 Sr. 15.5 6.5 Prosper, Texas 2020-21 Schedule / Results #TEAM107 G 0 Keyshaun LANGLEY 6-1 175 So. 4.0 2.5 High Point, N.C. Date Opponent TV Time (ET) G 44 Kaleb HUNTER 6-4 190 R-Jr. 6.0 6.5 Raleigh, N.C. November Head Coach: Wes Miller (North Carolina ‘07) 166-127 in 11th year at UNCG 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 plays its fifth straight at home CARD FILE December in the KFC Yum! Center, its fifth game in 10 Tues. 1 WESTERN KENTUCKY .....ACCN W 75-54 days, and its final game among the early Only four Louisville teams have ever had two Fri. 4 UNC GREENSBORO ........ACCN 2:00 pm season “bubble” event in Louisville as the different freshmen score 20 or more points in a Wed. 9 at Wisconsin @ ...................ESPN 7:15 pm Cardinals face the UNC Greensboro Spartans game during a season as Dre Davis (21 points Wed. 16 NC STATE * ..................ESPN 7:00 pm on Friday. Louisville (4-0) won its fourth vs. WKU) and Jae’Lyn Withers (20 points, nine Tues. 22 at Pittsburgh * ..................... RSN 7:00 pm straight on Tuesday in prevailing 75-54 over rebounds vs. Prairie View) have done in the last Sat. 26 KENTUCKY .................ESPN2 Noon Western Kentucky. Freshman Dre Davis two games. It is the first time in UofL history January scored a career-high 21 points to lead the in which different freshmen scored 20 or more Sat. 2 at Boston College * .............. RSN Noon Cardinals and David Johnson totaled 17 points in back-to-back games. Wed. 6 VIRGINIA TECH * ........... ACCN 6:30 pm points, six rebounds, a career-high matching Louisville has won 84 of its last 88 non- Sat. 9 GEORGIA TECH * ........... ACCN 4:00 pm conference games at home in the KFC Yum! Wed. 13 at Wake Forest * ................ ACCN 6:30 pm eight assists and a career-high four steals. Carlik Jones added 18 points, six rebounds Center, spanning the last 11 seasons. UofL Sat. 16 at Miami * ..........................ACCN 8:00 pm has won its last 12 straight at home against Mon. 18 FLORIDA STATE * ...........ESPN 7:00 pm and four assists for his 87th career double- non-conference foes. Sat. 23 DUKE * .......................ESPN 4:00 pm figure scoring effort and 27th consecutive. Through games of Dec. 1, Carlik Jones is Sat. 30 BOSTON COLLEGE * .........RSN Noon Entering a Dec. 2 game against Duequesne, February UNCG has split its first two games of the seventh in the nation in career assists among Wed. 3 at Syracuse * ..................... ACCN 7:00 pm season, beating Little Rock 77-70 before active players with 490 (21 at Louisville, 469 at Sat. 6 at Virginia * .........................ESPN 4:00 pm falling to Winthrop 75-67 on Dec. 1. Radford) and is 13th nationally among active Wed. 10 PITTSBURGH * .............ACCN 9:00 pm career scorers with 1,621 points (69 at UofL, Sat. 13 at Virginia Tech * .............ESPN/2 Noon GAME FACTS 1,552 at Radford). Last season at Radford, Jones was the only player in the nation to average at Wed. 17 SYRACUSE * ...............ESPN2 7:00 pm Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Sat. 20 at North Carolina * ..............ESPN 4 or 6 pm least 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists Louisville, Ky. (22,090) (166-26 in 11th year) Tues. 23 NOTRE DAME * ............. ACCN 8:00 pm per game, and was one of just 16 players in Sat. 27 at Duke * .............................ESPN 6:00 pm Television: ACC Network - Mike Monaco, Division I men’s basketball to do so since the March play-by-play; Jordan Cornette, analyst. 1996-97 season. Wed. 3 at Clemson * .................ESPN2/U 9:00 pm Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, Louisville has held three of its first four Sat. 6 VIRGINIA * ................ESPN/2 4:00 pm play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst opponents below 40 percent shooting from the Tues. 9- at ACC Tournament ...............TBA TBA (XM channel 380, Internet 970) field (Evansville .298, Seton Hall .333, Prairie Sat. 13 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) Series History: First meeting; Louisville is View .393). In early NCAA statistics, Louisville is * ACC game 244-83 in first- time meetings, including + Wade Houston Tipoff Classic, Louisville, KY 41st in the nation in field goal percentage defense @ Big 10/ACC Challenge, Madison, WI 55-3 since 2002-03. (.365) and 33rd in scoring defense (58.0). UL National Ranking: unranked; receiving Louisville will play eight games during votes in USA Today & Associated Press polls the 2020-21 season against teams ranked Officials: Roger Ayers, Bill Covington, Jr., in Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll, Pat Driscoll including six games among teams in the top 10. Next UofL Game: Dec. 9 at Wisconsin, UofL is No. 12 in the Sagarin Ratings and No. Madison, Wisc., 7:15 p.m. ET (ESPN) 19 by KenPom through Dec. 1. UNC Greensboro at Louisville -- Page 2 Louisville Sports Information (502) 852-6581 About UNC Greensboro — Louisville plays its fifth Rare Freshmen Feat -- Freshman Dre straight at home in the KFC Yum! Center, its fifth game in 10 Davis’s 21 points with two rebounds and two days, and its final game among the early season “bubble” event assists against Western Kentucky is the most in Louisville as the Cardinals face the UNC Greensboro Spartans scored by a Cardinal this season. Coupled with on Friday. UNCG has split its first two games of the season, the 20 points and nine rebounds that redshirt beating Little Rock 77-70 before falling to Winthrop 75-67 on Statistical Comparison freshman Jae’Lyn Withers scored in the previ- Dec. 1. The Spartans will play Duquesne on Dec. 2 in Louisville UNCG UofL ous game against Prairie View A&M, it is the before facing the Cardinals. Record ......................... 1-1 4-0 first back-to-back games with a UofL freshman The preseason choice to win the Southern Conference Scoring Average ..........72.0 77.8 scoring 20 or more points in a game since Juan championship this year, the Spartans posted a 23-9 record last Points Allowed ............72.5 58.0 Palacios scored 20 at Houston and 23 against season. UNCG senior guard Isaiah Miller is the reigning SoCon Scoring Margin ........... -0.5 +19.8 TCU on Jan. 5 and 8, 2005. It is the first time in Player Of The Year and Defensive Player Of The Year. He was FG Percentage ............ .397 .519 UofL history in which different freshmen scored Opp. FG Percentage ... .451 .365 named as ESPN’s Pre-Season Mid-Major Player of the Year, a 20 or more points in back-to-back games. 3-Pt. Percentage ........ .255 .338 preseason All-America selection by Stadium, and is the SoCon FT Percentage ............ .682 .750 Only four Louisville teams have had two preseason Player of the Year. Rebound Margin .........+9.0 +8.5 freshmen score 20 or more points in a game UNC Greensboro is the only first-time opponent for the Turnover Margin .........+0.5 +1.3 during a season. Cardinals this season. UofL is 244-83 in first- time meetings, Year UofL Freshmen with 20+ Points including 55-3 since 2002-03. 1978-79 Scooter McCray, Derek Smith Louisville has a collective 15-6 record against current members of the Southern Conference, having 2002-03 Taquan Dean, Francisco Garcia previously faced seven of its 10 members. The Cardinals last played a Southern Conference team when 2006-07 Jerry Smith, Edgar Sosa they beat Samford 86-45 to open its 2015-16 season on Nov.