The Cards and Cats will square off Friday at 1:00. Both teams come into the game with 2 losses. Kentucky fell to UCLA and Kansas while Louisville fell to Seton Hall and Purdue. Louisville’s best wins have come against Indiana and Memphis while UK has a great win over Virginia Tech. It’s hard to really place a value on either team thus far in the 2017-18 season, but here are the team stats for both squads:
| Louisville | Kentucky | |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 272nd | 116th |
| PPG | 78.8 (73rd) | 80.7 (54th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 14.2 (35th) | 10.3 (57th) |
| Field Goal % | 45.9% (102nd) | 49.5% (27th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 51.5% (117th) | 53.9% (65th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 36.0% (138th) | 36.0% (136th) |
| FT % | 75.4% (51st) | 68.0% (252nd) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 19.0 (214th) | 23.3 (53rd) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 17.4 (80th) | 16.5 (52nd) |
| Rebound Rate | 51.9% (105th) | 54.8% (29th) |
| Blocks Per Game | 8.2 (2nd) | 6.0 (16th) |
| Steals Per Game | 7.6 (49th) | 6.7 (110th) |
| Assists Per Game | 13.7 (152nd) | 16.3 (44th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 11.9 (54th) | 15.0 (270th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 14.4 (115th) | 14.0 (144th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 16.5 (53rd) | 17.5 (101st) |
| Opp Shooting % | 37.6% (11th) | 40.5% (52nd) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 41.4% (9th) | 46.8% (82nd) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 29.8% (23rd) | 32.3% (70th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 2.4 (37th) | 2.9 (106th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 5.9 (133rd) | 7.1 (273rd) |
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