Louisville looked outstanding in its first game vs. Samford. The Cards played fantastic defense and were active offensively while making shots. Tonight’s game vs. Hartford really shouldn’t be much of a challenge. UofL is much bigger and more talented than the Hawks, but the thing to watch is how well the Cards keep Hartford off of the offensive glass and how well UofL defends the 3-point line.
Next Saturday UofL will have a real test when North Florida comes to town. The Osprey’s took down Illinois in its opener and beat Rio Grande Valley scoring over 100 points. NF is a very capable offensive team and should give the Cards many problems. Before that though, Louisville has a little time to tune up with Hartford and that’s exactly what this is, a tune-up.
UofL has a distinct size advantage against Hartford and fans should expect to see great passing, great defense and if the shots are falling a blow out.
Team Comparison
| Louisville | Hartford | |
| Points Per Game | 86 (41st) | 80 (92nd) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | +41.0 (8th) | -4.0 (174th) |
| Field Goal % | 53.6% (20th) | 43.1% (137th) |
| 2-point FG% | 56.1% (68th) | 45.6% (180th) |
| 3-point FG% | 46.7% (22nd) | 39.6% (56th) |
| Free Throw % | 65.5% (169th) | 74.5% (68th) |
| Rebound Rate | 55.4% (67th) | 47.2% (192nd) |
| Blocks Per Game | 9.0 (7th) | 2.5 (182nd) |
| Steals Per Game | 9.0 (55th) | 4.5 (210th) |
| Assists Per Game | 19.0 (28th) | 13.5 (119th) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 14.0 (231st) | 11.0 (127th) |
| Opponent Turnovers Per Game | 18.0 (34th) | 10.0 (228th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 22.0 (195th) | 26.5 (295th) |
| Opponent Shooting % | 21.0% (56th) | 45.0%5 (241st) |
| Opponent 2-point FG% | 23.3% (56th) | 54.1% (274th) |
| Opponent 3-point FG% | 15.8% (68th) | 27.3% (146th) |
| Opponent Block Per Game | 5.0 (263rd) | 6.5 (309th) |
| Opponent Steals Per Game | 7.0 (226th) | 4.5 (144th) |
| *351 teams Play Division 1 |
Starters
| Trey Lewis | J.R. Lynch | |
| 6-2, 190, Sr. | 5-10, 170, Fr. | |
| Minutes | 23.0 | 20.5 |
| Points | 7.0 | 5.5 |
| Field Goal % | 12.50% | 50.00% |
| 3-point % | 25.00% | 50.00% |
| FT % | 66.70% | 75.00% |
| Rebounds | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Assists | 6.0 | 2.5 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Fouls | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Damion Lee | Justin Graham | |
| 6-6, 200, Sr. | 6-1, 175, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 20.0 | 40.0 |
| Points | 14.0 | 14.5 |
| Field Goal % | 45.5% | 36.80% |
| 3-point % | 50.0% | 44.40% |
| FT % | 100.0% | 78.60% |
| Rebounds | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| Assists | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Steals | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Fouls | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| Deng Adel | Pancake Thomas | |
| 6-7, 190, Fr. | 6-3, 195, Sr. | |
| Minutes | 18.0 | 36.5 |
| Points | 6.0 | 12.0 |
| Field Goal % | 0.0% | 47.10% |
| 3-point % | 0.0% | 37.50% |
| FT % | 75.0% | 71.40% |
| Rebounds | 4.0 | 7.5 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Fouls | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Jaylen Johnson | Taylor Dyson | |
| 6-9, 215, Soph | 6-4, 185, Sr. | |
| Minutes | 17.0 | 20.5 |
| Points | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Field Goal % | 66.7% | 41.70% |
| 3-point % | 0.0% | 50.00% |
| FT % | 0.0% | 90.00% |
| Rebounds | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Assists | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 1.5 |
| Fouls | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Chinanu Onuaku | John Carroll | |
| 6-10, 230, Soph | 6-8, 220, Soph | |
| Minutes | 14 | 30.5 |
| Points | 11 | 14.5 |
| Field Goal % | 100.0% | 37.90% |
| 3-point % | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| FT % | 100.0% | 77.80% |
| Rebounds | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| Turnovers | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Fouls | 2.0 | 4.0 |
Bench
| Quentin Snider | Jalen Ross | |
| 6-1, 180, Soph | 5-11, 175, Jr | |
| Minutes | 24.0 | 26.5 |
| Points | 12.0 | 7.0 |
| Field Goal % | 62.5% | 60.00% |
| 3-point % | 50.0% | 33.30% |
| FT % | 0.0% | 33.30% |
| Rebounds | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Assists | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Steals | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Fouls | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Donovan Mitchell | Evan Cooper | |
| 6-3, 210, Fr. | 6-1, 180, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 17.0 | 7.0 |
| Points | 14.0 | 4.0 |
| Field Goal % | 100.00% | 50.00% |
| 3-point % | 100.00% | 50.00% |
| FT % | 83.30% | 100.00% |
| Rebounds | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Assists | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Steals | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fouls | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| David Levitch | ||
| 6-3, 180, Jr. | ||
| Minutes | 11.0 | |
| Points | 4.0 | |
| Field Goal % | 100.00% | |
| 3-point % | 100.00% | |
| FT % | 50.00% | |
| Rebounds | 1.0 | |
| Assists | 0.0 | |
| Steals | 0.0 | |
| Blocks | 0.0 | |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | |
| Fouls | 1.0 | |
| Anas Mahmoud | Jack Hobbs | |
| 7-0, 200, Soph | 6-7, 190, Soph | |
| Minutes | 11.0 | 12.0 |
| Points | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Field Goal % | 0.0% | 25.00% |
| 3-point % | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| FT % | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Rebounds | 6.0 | 2.5 |
| Assists | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Steals | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Fouls | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Ray Spalding | ||
| 6-10, 210, Fr. | ||
| Minutes | 9.0 | |
| Points | 2.0 | |
| Field Goal % | 33.33% | |
| 3-point % | 0.00% | |
| FT % | 0.00% | |
| Rebounds | 5.0 | |
| Assists | 0.0 | |
| Steals | 0.0 | |
| Blocks | 0.0 | |
| Turnovers | 0.0 | |
| Fouls | 2.0 | |
| Mangok Mathiang | George Blagojevic | |
| 6-10, 220, Jr. | 6-8, 205, Fr | |
| Minutes | 21.0 | 22.5 |
| Points | 6.0 | 9.0 |
| Field Goal % | 0.00% | 50.00% |
| 3-point % | 0.00% | 75.00% |
| FT % | 0.00% | 75.00% |
| Rebounds | 7.0 | 2.5 |
| Assists | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Steals | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Blocks | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Fouls | 2.0 | 4.0 |
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