Louisville-Memphis Postgame Notes

Jan. 9, 2014

#22/#24 Memphis 73, #8/#12 Louisville 67
KFC Yum! Center - Jan. 9, 2014

LOUISVILLE TEAM NOTES

Thursday's game was the 88th all-time between Louisville and Memphis with the Cardinals holding a 53-35 lead overall.
The Cardinals' four-game winning streak against the Tigers was ended with the loss. The last Louisville loss to Memphis prior to Thursday was Feb. 9, 2005.
Louisville dropped to 31-12 all-time at home against Memphis.
Ranked seventh in the nation in steals entering the week at 10.0 per game, the Cardinals finished with 12 on Thursday night.
Memphis was 28-of-55 from the field for 50.9 percent to become just the second team this season to shoot better than 50 percent against the Cardinals (North Carolina, 32-of-59, 54.2 percent).
Thursday marked the second straight game and the third time this season an opponent has finished with more assists than the Cardinals after Memphis had a 14-13 advantage.
Memphis finished with a 37-35 edge on the glass marking the fifth straight game the Cardinals have been outrebounded. Louisville is 4-3 this season when being outrebounded by its opponent.
The Cardinals dropped their home conference opener for just the second time in the last six seasons.
With their first home loss of the season, the Cardinals dropped to 59-8 all-time in the KFC Yum! Center, now in its fourth season as Louisville's home facility.

LOUISVILLE PLAYER NOTES

With his 19 points on Thursday, senior Russ Smith moved from 20th to 19th on the Cardinals' career scoring leaderboard with 1,520 total points surpassing Nate Johnson (1,513 points, 1996-2000). Smith is 45 points behind Terrence Williams (1,565 points, 2005-09) in 18th overall.
With four steals, Smith moved into sixth on Louisville's career list with 213 total steals surpassing Terrence Williams (210 steals, 2005-09). Smith is four steals behind Alvin Sims (217 steals, 1993-97) in fifth position overall.
Senior Luke Hancock scored a season-high 20 points and matched a career-high with five assists.
Sophomore Montrezl Harrell scored 14 points (on 7-of-13 shooting from the field) with 11 rebounds to earn his second career double-double and the first since he had 14 points and 12 rebounds against Fairfield on Nov. 23, 2013.
Junior Chris Smith scored just two points on Thursday for his lowest-scoring outing of the season. The previous low was five points twice against FIU and UCF.

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