Men's Basketball Continues Road Stint at Virginia Tech on Wednesday Night

Wednesday, January 27

Blacksburg, VA

8:00 PM

University of Louisville

Virginia Tech

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Men's Basketball Continues Road Stint at Virginia Tech on Wednesday Night

January 26, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Cardinals play second straight game on the road

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 20
Date: Jan. 27, 2016
Time: 8:05 p.m.
Site: Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, Va. (9,847)
Television: ACC Network (WAVE-TV in Louisville) Tom Werme, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 108, XM 94)
Series History: UofL leads 29-8 (15-3 in Louisville, 13-3 in Blacksburg, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UL 78, Virginia Tech 63 (Feb. 13, 2015 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: 14th USA Today, 16th Associated Press
Officials: Brian Dorsey, Jerry Heater, Michael Roberts
Next UofL Game: Jan. 30 vs. Virginia, KFC Yum! Center, 1 p.m. ET (CBS /WLKY-TV in Louisville)

Louisville plays its second straight on the road as the Cardinals visit Blacksburg, Va. to face Virginia Tech on Wednesday. Louisville won for the fourth time in its last five games, prevailing 75-71 at Georgia Tech on Jan. 23 as Damion Lee led the Cardinals with 17 points and Anas Mahmoud added a career-best 15 points off the bench.

The Cardinals are led by four players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the quartet of top scorers with 16.6 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.2 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 9.2 per game while averaging 10.6 points per game.
Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.6 per game while averaging 10.1 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 49.0 percent from the field while holding opponents to 36.4 percent shooting. Louisville leads the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 21.6 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 41.9 rebounds and 13.4 assists per game.

Virginia Tech (12-8, 4-3) fell 75-70 to top-ranked North Carolina at home on Sunday in their last game as
Zach LeDay led the Hokies with 17 points and three blocked shots. Six of the Hokies seven ACC games have been decided by five or fewer points. Five of their losses have come to current top 25 teams, including all three ACC losses (Duke, Notre Dame and North Carolina. Zach LeDay, a sophomore forward, leads Virginia Tech in scoring (16.0 ppg, 17th in the ACC) and rebounding (8.4 rpg, ninth in the ACC).

Sophomore guard Justin Bibbs is second in the ACC in three-point percentage (.517, 45-of-87; 12.2 ppg). Virginia Tech ranks second in the nation in free throw attempts (586) and is sixth nationally in free throws made (396). Picked 14th in the preseason ACC media poll, Virginia Tech is 109th in the RPI and 90th in the Sagarin Ratings through Jan. 24.

Louisville and Virginia Tech were fellow members of the Metro Conference from 1978-1995. Louisville leads 29-8 in its series against Virginia Tech, winning the last 10 matchups. In their first meeting in 20 years, the Cardinals beat Virginia Tech 78-63 in the KFC Yum! Center last season as Terry Rozier led the Cardinals with 16 points in 19 minutes (1-13-15). UofL built a 43-24 halftime lead.

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Louisville's academic performance in the 2015 fall semester was impressive, with 13 of 15 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade point average. The Cardinals posted a collective 3.36 GPA for the 2015 fall semester, just short of the team record of 3.47 achieved in 2013.
Chinanu Onuaku has six straight double-doubles, the first Cardinal to achieve that feat in 22 years. He had 12 points, 11 rebounds and four assists at Georgia Tech in his last game. Onuaku has averaged 11.1 rebounds over the last 10 games, grabbing double-digit boards in eight of those games. In league games only, he leads the ACC in rebounding (12.3) and blocked shots (2.3) and is fourth in field goal percentage (.586).
Louisville's 139 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL leads the nation in field goal percentage defense (.364) and scoring margin (+21.6), is second in scoring defense (58.8) and sixth in rebound margin (+11.2).
Louisville is 17th in the nation in field goal percentage (.490). UofL has shot above 50 percent in 10 of its 19 games. The Cards shot 50 percent or above on eight occasions all last season.
UofL has a 46-14 record in conference games over the past four seasons.
Louisville has a 62-35 record over the last 10 years on its opponents' home court.