LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville men’s basketball program started the 2021-22 season in the right direction, taking a 72-60 victory over Southern.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has put together a video of the game’s highlights, which you can see here:

Team Notes:

• Louisville is now 2-0 against Southern with the two wins to come in KFC Yum! Center.
  • The Cardinals are 10-0 against teams from SWAC.
• The Cardinals have now won 18 straight season opener and 27 of their last 28.
  • Louisville is 75-33 all-time in the season opener.
• Tuesday’s victory makes it 21 straight home opener wins for the Cardinals.
• Louisville won 59 straight home games in November, a streak that spans the past 29 years.
  • The cards are 46-0 in KFC Yum! Center in November.
• The Cardinals limited Southern to just 30.9% (21 of 68) shots on the night, with just 28.9% (11 of 38) in the second half.
• Louisville had three stretches where he held Southern scoreless for over three minutes (3:16, 4:05, 4:43).
• The Cardinals had a pair of points of eight or more, beating the Jaguars 13-0 late in the first half and 8-0 in the middle of the second.
• Louisville lost 54 rebounds in the victory.
  • The Cardinals only played one game last season with over 50 rebounds (56 against Georgia Tech).
• UofL tallied 18 offensive rebounds on Tuesday, making it eight straight games dating back to last season with at least 12 offensive rebounds.
• Louisville got 43 points off his bench in the win, the most for the Cardinals since they also got 43 against NC State on February 1, 2020.

Player Notes:

• Noah Locke finished with 16 points and four rebounds in his Louisville debut.
  • The 16 points are tied for the 11th highest number of all time by a player making his UofL debut.
• Samuell Williamson finished the night with a career-high 14 points and 14 rebounds.
  • It was the fifth double-double of Williamson’s career.
  • Williamson has now registered double-digit rebounds in six of his last eight games since last season.
• Matt Cross finished the night with 15 points on 6 of 10 shots in his first game with the Cardinals.
  • The 15 points are tied for the 13th most of all time on his Louisville debut.
• Malik Williams tied his career high with 13 rebounds in the win.

Gallery:

REMARK: Photos courtesy of Jamie Rhodes of USA TODAY Sports.

(Photo by El Ellis: Jamie Rhodes – USA TODAY Sports)

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