UofL will square off vs. the Pitt Panthers tonight in Pittsburgh. The Panthers are fresh off a 25 point loss at the Petersen Events Center vs. the North Carolina Tar Heels (Louisville’s Saturday opponent).
Pitt is 10-4 on the season with losses at Iowa (1 point), vs. Niagara (1 point), at West Virginia (10 points) and the aforementioned North Carolina. The best win of the year for Pitt is against Saint Louis.
The Panthers have played a very light schedule ranking 344th in the nation according to Ken Pom. Pitt is not a very good offensive team and plays a rotation of 8 players. BUT they are a very good defensive team defending both the interior and 3-point line. Pittsburgh also is able to draw fouls and shoot free throws at a similar rate as UofL has so far in 2018-19.
The Cards are a better offensive team and a much better rebounding team than the Panthers and that’s probably the difference here. However, Louisville must remain mindful of ball security or they will play right into Pitt’s hands.
| Louisville | Pitt | |
| Strength of Schedule | 36th | 344th |
| PPG | 79.4 (44th) | 76.1 (96th) |
| Avg. Scoring Margin | +10.4 (44th) | +12.3 (32nd) |
| FG% | 45.1% (142nd) | 45.1% (142nd) |
| Effective FG% | 52.6% (101st) | 50.9% (179th) |
| 2-point FG% | 51.9% (135th) | 51.6% (148th) |
| 3-point FG% | 35.8% (100th) | 33.0% (218th) |
| FT% | 76.6% (19th) | 72.4% (104th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 17.7 (109th) | 17.3 (83rd) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 21.7 (20th) | 21.4 (24th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 26.6 (9th) | 24.9 (25th) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 17.9 (100th) | 16.6 (50th) |
| Opp Shooting % | 42.1% (90th) | 37.8% (10th) |
| Opp Effective Shooting % | 48.4% (93rd) | 43.4% (11th) |
| Opp 2-point FG % | 46.2% (53rd) | 43.7% (17th) |
| Opp 3-point FG % | 34.9% (220th) | 28.7% (17th) |
| Rebound Rate | 54.3% (32nd) | 51.6% (112th) |
| Assists Per Game | 13.1 (180th) | 13.4 (166th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 12.0 (66th) | 14.3 (231st) |
| Blocks Per Game | 3.5 (132nd) | 4.5 (51st) |
| Steals Per Game | 4.9 (299th) | 7.4 (68th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 11.8 (292nd) | 17.2 (17th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 3.3 (176th) | 5.0 (342nd) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 5.4 (67th) | 7.1 (275th) |
Starters
| Christen Cunningham | Xavier Johnson | |
| 6-2, 190, Sr. | 6-3, 190, Fr. | |
| Minutes | 26.6 | 29.4 |
| Points | 9.7 | 16.1 |
| FG% | 46.1% | 45.2% |
| 3P% | 44.4% | 40.0% |
| FT% | 71.8% | 83.5% |
| Rebounds | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| Assists | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| Steals | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| Blocks | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Fouls | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| Darius Perry | Trey McGowens | |
| 6-2, 195, Soph | 6-3, 185, Fr. | |
| Minutes | 20.0 | 26.4 |
| Points | 7.2 | 12.4 |
| FG% | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 3P% | 37.5% | 32.4% |
| FT% | 86.2% | 78.8% |
| Rebounds | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 1.6 |
| Steals | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Fouls | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Dwayne Sutton | Jared Wilson-Frame | |
| 6-5, 215, Jr. | 6-5, 220, Sr. | |
| Minutes | 30.4 | 28.2 |
| Points | 9.4 | 11.6 |
| FG% | 42.9% | 42.3% |
| 3P% | 40.0% | 38.1% |
| FT% | 81.4% | 81.8% |
| Rebounds | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| Assists | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Steals | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Fouls | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Jordan Nwora | Au’Diese Toney | |
| 6-8, 215, Soph. | 6-6, 210, Fr. | |
| Minutes | 30.4 | 25.5 |
| Points | 17.9 | 9.9 |
| FG% | 49.4% | 41.9% |
| 3P% | 39.5% | 24.3% |
| FT% | 75.0% | 77.4% |
| Rebounds | 8.3 | 6.1 |
| Assists | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Blocks | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Turnovers | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| Fouls | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Steven Enoch | Kene Chukwuka | |
| 6-10, 260, Jr. | 6-9, 225, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 19.0 | 20.5 |
| Points | 8.6 | 4.9 |
| FG% | 54.3% | 49.1% |
| 3P% | 42.9% | 19.0% |
| FT% | 85.7% | 80.0% |
| Rebounds | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Assists | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Steals | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Turnovers | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Fouls | 2.5 | 2.6 |
BENCH
| Ryan McMahon | ||
| 6-0, 180, Jr. | ||
| Minutes | 19.9 | |
| Points | 8.1 | |
| FG % | 37.20% | |
| 3P % | 32.30% | |
| FT% | 92.30% | |
| Rebounds | 1.4 | |
| Assists | 2.4 | |
| Steals | 0.5 | |
| Blocks | 0.1 | |
| Turnovers | 1.1 | |
| Fouls | 1.6 | |
| Khwan Fore | Khameron Davis | |
| 6-0, 185, Sr. | 6-4, 200, Soph | |
| Minutes | 17.8 | 11.9 |
| Points | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| FG % | 38.50% | 38.50% |
| 3P % | 26.70% | 26.30% |
| FT% | 59.10% | 83.30% |
| Rebounds | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| Assists | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Steals | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Blocks | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Fouls | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| VJ King | Malik Ellison | |
| 6-6, 215, Jr. | 6-6, 215, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 17.1 | 24.1 |
| Points | 5.6 | 8.5 |
| FG % | 39.40% | 49.50% |
| 3P % | 15.00% | 11.10% |
| FT% | 80.00% | 50.00% |
| Rebounds | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Assists | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Steals | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Turnovers | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Fouls | 1.4 | 2.5 |
| Akoy Agau | ||
| 6-8, 235, Sr. | ||
| Minutes | 7.7 | |
| Points | 2.8 | |
| FG % | 38.1% | |
| 3P % | 0.0% | |
| FT% | 71.4% | |
| Rebounds | 2.8 | |
| Assists | 0.3 | |
| Steals | 0.1 | |
| Blocks | 0.4 | |
| Turnovers | 0.6 | |
| Fouls | 1.1 | |
| Malik Williams | Terrell Brown | |
| 6-11, 215, Soph | 6-10, 230, Soph | |
| Minutes | 16.3 | 16.1 |
| Points | 7.3 | 5.1 |
| FG % | 42.10% | 49.00% |
| 3P % | 33.3% | 0.00% |
| FT% | 60.90% | 64.70% |
| Rebounds | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| Assists | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Steals | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Blocks | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Turnovers | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Fouls | 2.4 | 1.5 |
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