The Cards will host the Miami Hurricanes on Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center. The Hurricanes are fresh off a loss in its 1st ACC game of the 2018-19 season after falling to NC State 87-82 at home on Thursday.

The Canes got some bad news on Thursay when Dewan Huell was ruled ineligible after the NCAA determined that Huell and Christian Dawkins had a contract. It was big news because the Canes play with a 7-man rotation and without any frontcourt substitutions. Huell started every game in the middle last year for Miami and at 6-11, 220 lbs was a huge presence for UM a year ago. As it is, Miami will take the court for all of 2019 without its big man.

Miami does not own a Power 5 win yet and are at 8-5 on the season. Ken Pom ranks the Canes at 59th and Louisville at 40th. The Hurricanes did drop 4 in a row to Seton Hall, Rutgers, Yale and Penn.

Lastly, Shooting Guard Zach Johnson chose Miami as his graduate transfer destination over Louisville from Florida Gulf Coast University. Johnson comes off the bench and plays 29.5 minutes and scores 13.3 ppg.

TEAM STATS

LouisvilleMiami
Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom)47th57th
PPG78.5 (61st)77.6 (69th)
Avg Scoring Margin9.8 (57th)10.0 (52nd)
Field Goal %44.8% (148th)46.7% (74th)
Effective FG%52.2% (128th)54.2% (58th)
2-pt FG %51.8% (144th)54.5% (72nd)
3-pt FG %35.1% (125th)35.8% (100th)
FT %76.8% (18th)71.7% (119th)
Team Fouls Per Game17.8 (112th)14.8 (13th)
Opp Team Fouls Per Game22.2 (15th)18.8 (158th)
FT Attempted Per Game27.5 (6th)19.4 (190th)
Opp FT Attempted Per Game17.8 (96th)12.8 (6th)
Opp Shooting %42.0% (92nd)43.5% (146th)
Opp Effective FG%48.2% (87th)49.4% (130th)
Opp 2-pt FG %46.1% (61st)51.2% (200th)
Opp 3-Pt FG %34.6% (201st)30.9% (65th)
Rebound Rate54.4% (39th)50.0% (166th)
Assists Per Game12.6 (212th)14.3 (109th)
Turnovers Per Game12.4 (84th)12.6 (103rd)
Blocks Per Game3.7 (119th)4.7 (43rd)
Steals Per Game5.2 (270th)6.8 (116th)
Opp Turnovers Per Game11.7 (298th)15.3 (56th)
Opp Blocks Per Game3.5 (204th)3.0 (124th)
Opp Steals Per Game5.5 (74th)5.8 (108th)

Starters and Bench

Starters

Christen CunninghamChris Lykes
6-2, 190, Sr.5-7, 157, Soph.
Minutes25.933.0
Points9.616.6
FG %45.70%43.80%
3P %41.90%34.40%
FT%73.70%71.70%
Rebounds1.52.8
Assists3.23.8
Steals0.51.8
Blocks0.10.0
Turnovers1.63.6
Fouls1.12.7
Darius PerryDejan Vasiljevic
6-2, 195, Soph6-3, 184, Jr.
Minutes21.232.4
Points7.612.5
FG %50.80%42.60%
3P %38.70%43.20%
FT%85.20%95.80%
Rebounds1.54.6
Assists2.21.9
Steals0.50.4
Blocks0.00.0
Turnovers1.81.3
Fouls2.61.8
Dwayne SuttonAnthony Lawrence II
6-5, 215, Jr.6-7, 207, Sr.
Minutes30.233.8
Points9.113.3
FG %42.70%46.90%
3P %42.50%33.30%
FT%81.60%78.30%
Rebounds5.96.3
Assists1.53.0
Steals0.81.6
Blocks0.21.1
Turnovers1.22.5
Fouls2.81.9
Jordan NworaSam Waardenburg
6-8, 215, Soph6-10, 216, Soph
Minutes29.925.3
Points17.85.8
FG %49.4%39.10%
3P %38.6%21.70%
FT%74.6%68.20%
Rebounds8.43.4
Assists1.21.1
Steals1.30.5
Blocks0.40.3
Turnovers2.41.3
Fouls1.41.8
Steven EnochEbuka Izundu
6-10, 260, Jr.6-10, 232, Sr.
Minutes19.527.3
Points8.812.2
FG %53.90%69.30%
3P %43.0%50.00%
FT%85.70%69.70%
Rebounds4.99.3
Assists0.21.3
Steals0.20.9
Blocks0.92.1
Turnovers1.11.3
Fouls2.52.8

Bench

Ryan McMahonWillie Henernton
6-0, 180, Jr.6-1, 178, Soph
Minutes19.31.3
Points7.81.3
FG %38.20%100.00%
3P %32.10%100.00%
FT%94.30%100.00%
Rebounds1.20.0
Assists1.90.0
Steals0.50.0
Blocks0.10.0
Turnovers1.20.0
Fouls1.50.0
Khwan ForeZach Johnson
6-0, 185, Sr.6-2, 192, Sr.
Minutes18.229.5
Points3.413.3
FG %37.80%45.70%
3P %21.40%34.90%
FT%59.10%66.10%
Rebounds1.22.7
Assists1.32.4
Steals0.51.4
Blocks0.10.5
Turnovers0.51.8
Fouls1.21.8
VJ KingAnthony Mack
6-6, 215, Jr. 6-6, 214, Fr.
Minutes17.612.6
Points5.82.8
FG %38.10%33.30%
3P %15.00%33.30%
FT%80.00%0.00%
Rebounds3.40.9
Assists0.80.8
Steals0.40.3
Blocks0.00.0
Turnovers1.40.5
Fouls1.41.3
Akoy Agau
6-8, 235, Sr.
Minutes8.2
Points3.1
FG %40.0%
3P %0.0%
FT%71.4%
Rebounds3.1
Assists0.3
Steals0.1
Blocks0.4
Turnovers0.6
Fouls1.1
Malik Williams
6-11, 215, Soph
Minutes15.8
Points6.4
FG %38.70%
3P %30.8%
FT%61.40%
Rebounds5.2
Assists0.5
Steals0.5
Blocks1.5
Turnovers0.5
Fouls2.4
The following two tabs change content below.
@UofLSheriff50. Louisville native, University of Louisville Business School Grad c/o 2004. Co-Founder of TheCrunchZone.com

TCZ Comments

comments