Stat Comparison: #3 Louisville vs. #19 Kentucky

Mark BlankenbakerDecember 27, 2019

Louisville travels to Rupp Arena to face off against the Kentucky Wildcats. UK has lost two games in a row (in Las Vegas) to Utah and Ohio State. That’s an unusual slide the Cats, but Kentucky does own wins over Michigan State, UAB and Georgia Tech….. and of course UK did also lose earlier this season to Evansville.

Statistically Louisville is better defensively and offensively, but Kentucky does have a big advantage with Ashton Hagans at point guard while UofL has a big advantage in the front court. The X-factor for UK is Tyrese Maxey who can get super hot and put this team on its back at times…. and this game is also at Rupp so throw the stats out the window.

–	Louisville	Kentucky
Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom)	244th	308th
PPG	76.7 (53rd)	74.5 (90th)
Avg Scoring Margin	18.2 (6th)	13.3 (21st)
Field Goal %	48.5% (15th)	46.4% (54th)
Effective FG%	55.6% (16th)	50.3% (133rd)
2-pt FG %	55.1% (22nd)	53.7% (56th)
3-pt FG %	37.6% (32nd)	27.8% (323rd)
FT %	74.7% (54th)	78.5% (15th)
Team Fouls Per Game	15.8 (62nd)	16.3 (86th)
Opp Team Fouls Per Game	17.0 (228th)	18.7 (113th)
FT Attempted Per Game	18.8 (168th)	22.0 (46th)
Opp FT Attempted Per Game	14.4 (36th)	14.5 (41st)
Opp Shooting %	35.0% (3rd)	38.5% (29th)
Opp Effective FG%	40.4% (2nd)	44.6% (38th)
Opp 2-pt FG %	40.7% (8th)	43.8% (45th)
Opp 3-Pt FG %	26.7% (11th)	30.6% (85th)
Rebound Rate	55.7% (15th)	55.0% (26th)
Assists Per Game	15.2 (51st)	15.5 (47th)
Turnovers Per Game	12.5 (74th)	12.6 (84th)
Blocks Per Game	2.8 (185th)	4.3 (61st)
Steals Per Game	4.9 (316th)	5.5 (273rd)
Opp Turnovers Per Game	11.2 (331st)	13.7 (173rd)
Opp Blocks Per Game	1.8 (3rd)	2.8 (98th)
Opp Steals Per Game	5.6 (65th)	4.4 (8th)