Stat Comparison: Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky

Mark BlankenbakerDecember 13, 2019

Louisville will take on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on Saturday in an attempt to bounce back from a no-show effort in Madison Square Garden vs. Texas Tech.

EKU is an in-state opponent that is STRUGGLING in the early stages of the 2019-2020 season. The Colonels are just 3-6 on the season with wins over Chattanooga, OU-Chillicothe, and Alice Lloyd…. the losses have come to Kentucky, WKU, FIU, Cleveland State, USC Upstate and NKU.

Here are the stats:

–	Louisville	Eastern Kentucky
Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom)	148th	216th
PPG	75.1 (80th)	63.4 (289th)
Avg Scoring Margin	16.3 (17th)	-14.7 (319th)
Field Goal %	48.1% (26th)	35.6% (345th)
Effective FG%	55.1% (25th)	41.3% (343rd)
2-pt FG %	54.6% (46th)	40.9% (338th)
3-pt FG %	37.3% (49th)	28.0% (311th)
FT %	73.0% (92nd)	72.9% (94th)
Team Fouls Per Game	16.3 (100th)	21.7 (335th)
Opp Team Fouls Per Game	16.5 (249th)	18.4 (132nd)
FT Attempted Per Game	18.5 (177th)	20.6 (101st)
Opp FT Attempted Per Game	15.2 (74th)	25.3 (336th)
Opp Shooting %	35.7% (5th)	47.1% (298th)
Opp Effective FG%	41.1% (5th)	52.2% (271st)
Opp 2-pt FG %	41.3% (20th)	56.2% (327th)
Opp 3-Pt FG %	27.2% (19th)	29.6% (64th)
Rebound Rate	55.1% (30th)	43.4% (339th)
Assists Per Game	15.0 (57th)	9.4 (326th)
Turnovers Per Game	12.4 (75th)	19.0 (350th)
Blocks Per Game	2.6 (214th)	2.3 (270th)
Steals Per Game	5.0 (306th)	9.0 (22nd)
Opp Turnovers Per Game	11.2 (318th)	20.0 (3rd)
Opp Blocks Per Game	2.1 (28th)	3.4 (209th)
Opp Steals Per Game	5.6 (79th)	9.1 (343rd)