The #11 ranked Louisville Cardinals are hosting the North Carolina Tar Heels Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center. The Roy Williams-led UNC squad is not what fans are accustomed to at 10-16……. but this team is NOT as bad as their record might suggest since point guard Cole Anthony has returned from injury.
North Carolina has lost 6 games in a row and they’ve lost 3 of 4 games at the buzzer. The Tar Heels have lost 3 games in OT (Clemson, Virginia Tech and Duke). This is not a team that is going down quietly and they are looking to break the ‘close loss’ cycle vs. UofL. Here are the stats:
| – | Louisville | North Carolina |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 57th | 27th |
| PPG | 75.4 (46th) | 71.2 (145th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 11.4 (9th) | -0.5 (189th) |
| Field Goal % | 45.6% (54th) | 41.4% (270th) |
| Effective FG% | 52.9% (43rd) | 45.6% (328th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 50.0% (147th) | 46.3% (295th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 38.4% (8th) | 29.2% (334th) |
| FT % | 73.1% (98th) | 66.0% (310th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 17.1 (131st) | 16.9 (117th) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 17.7 (180th) | 18.7 (97th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 19.5 (133rd) | 21.0 (73rd) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 16.8 (97th) | 17.2 (118th) |
| Opp Shooting % | 38.5% (12th) | 41.6% (95th) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 44.6% (18th) | 48.5% (130th) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 44.3% (28th) | 47.4% (103rd) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 30.1% (38th) | 33.4% (194th) |
| Rebound Rate | 54.6% (15th) | 55.6% (5th) |
| Assists Per Game | 14.3 (63rd) | 14.6 (48th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 12.1 (73rd) | 13.2 (171st) |
| Blocks Per Game | 2.8 (205th) | 3.7 (91st) |
| Steals Per Game | 5.2 (288th) | 6.0 (191st) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 11.6 (305th) | 11.7 (292nd) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 3.2 (205th) | 4.1 (334th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 6.0 (135th) | 7.1 (291st) |
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