Quick Preview: Louisville vs. Eastern Michigan

Mark BlankenbakerDecember 11, 2015

Louisville comes in to Saturday’s 2:00 p.m. match-up vs. Eastern Michigan (on Fox Sports South) touting a 6-1 record and is 1st in the country in Average Scoring Margin & Rebound Rate. Eastern Michigan plays the Syracuse style of zone and is able to create a high number of steals each game while really limiting their opponents from the field.

The Cards are much the best over the Eagles but this style is good prep for UofL as they will see one of the more frustrating defenses to date. The big question is: How does Louisville respond to a scoring drought and do they get frustrated with an inferior opponent.

Team Stats

	Louisville	Eastern Michigan
Strength of Schedule (KenPom)	277th	16th
Points Per Game	86.0 (15th)	73.2 (158th)
Avg Scoring Margin	+30.3 (1st)	-3.6 (226th)
Field Goal %	51.4% (8th)	39.4% (290th)
2-point FG%	56.8% (18th)	45.1% (252nd)
3-point FG%	36.2% (103rd)	26.3% (338th)
Free Throw %	66.3% (238th)	67.2% (220th)
Rebound Rate	63.3 (1st)	43.5% (328th)
Blocks Per Game	5.6 (27th)	4.6 (68th)
Steals Per Game	8.1 (32nd)	9.8 (5th)
Assists Per Game	14.3 (114th)	11.0 (285th)
Turnovers Per Game	10.3 (20th)	11.4 (60th)
Opponent Turnovers Per Game	15.3 (52nd)	16.0 (29th)
Team Fouls Per Game	19.1 (117th)	23.0 (318th)
Opponent Shooting %	34.6% (3rd)	39.0% (46th)
Opponent 2-point FG%	36.0% (2nd)	40.4% (14th)
Opponent 3-point FG%	32.3% (116th)	36.5% (257th)
Opponent Block Per Game	3.1 (129th)	3.8 (218th)
Opponent Steals Per Game	4.6 (24th)	4.0 (8th)

	*351 teams Play Division 1

Expected Starters

	Quentin Snider	Willie Mangum
	6-1, 180, Soph	6-1, 180, Jr.
Minutes	28.4	27.7
Points	9.4	16.1
Field Goal %	42.2%	41.90%
3-point %	33.3%	34.00%
FT %	57.1%	77.40%
Rebounds	2.7	2.3
Assists	4.4	1.9
Steals	0.7	2.1
Blocks	0.0	0.0
Turnovers	1.0	2.7
Fouls	1.7	2.4

	Trey Lewis	Ty Toney
	6-2, 190, Sr.	6-2, 225, Jr.
Minutes	29.9	28.1
Points	14.1	9.9
Field Goal %	44.60%	33.30%
3-point %	40.00%	7.10%
FT %	87.50%	68.80%
Rebounds	4.9	3.9
Assists	3.1	3.0
Steals	1.0	1.7
Blocks	0.1	0.6
Turnovers	1.7	2.3
Fouls	1.4	2.3

	Damion Lee	Tim Bond
	6-6, 200, Sr.	6-7, 160, Soph
Minutes	29.4	28.6
Points	19.1	8.3
Field Goal %	55.3%	45.50%
3-point %	37.8%	28.60%
FT %	86.7%	84.60%
Rebounds	4.3	3.9
Assists	1.9	3.7
Steals	1.7	1.9
Blocks	0.0	0.3
Turnovers	1.4	2
Fouls	2.1	2.2

	Ray Spalding	Brandon Nazione
	6-10, 210, Fr.	6-8, 225, Sr.
Minutes	12.4	24.6
Points	6.1	10.0
Field Goal %	73.10%	59.30%
3-point %	0.00%	0.00%
FT %	38.50%	62.50%
Rebounds	4.3	7.1
Assists	0.1	1.3
Steals	0.7	1.3
Blocks	0.9	0.2
Turnovers	0.9	1.6
Fouls	1.7	2.4

	Chinanu Onuaku	James Thompson IV
	6-10, 230, Soph	6-10, 220, Fr.
Minutes	19.4	28.7
Points	8.6	15
Field Goal %	57.8%	65.90%
3-point %	0.0%	0.00%
FT %	53.3%	57.40%
Rebounds	7.0	11.7
Assists	1.1	0.4
Steals	1.1	0.7
Blocks	1.6	2.4
Turnovers	1.4	1.6
Fouls	2.3	3.2

Bench

	Donovan Mitchell	Raven Lee
	6-3, 210, Fr.	6-3, 175, Jr.
Minutes	17.9	21.3
Points	7.7	12.0
Field Goal %	51.40%	35.70%
3-point %	23.10%	30.80%
FT %	86.70%	85.70%
Rebounds	3.9	2.0
Assists	1.3	1.7
Steals	1.0	1.7
Blocks	0.0	0.3
Turnovers	0.6	2.7
Fouls	3.3	2.7

	David Levitch
	6-3, 180, Jr.
Minutes	6.7
Points	2.5
Field Goal %	62.50%
3-point %	60.00%
FT %	50.00%
Rebounds	0.8
Assists	0.5
Steals	0.2
Blocks	0.0
Turnovers	0.3
Fouls	0.3

	Mangok Mathiang	Jodan Price
	6-10, 220, Jr.	6-8, 185, Jr.
Minutes	19.3	20.2
Points	7.4	7.3
Field Goal %	57.10%	37.50%
3-point %	0.00%	31.60%
FT %	60.00%	63.20%
Rebounds	6.3	2.1
Assists	0.3	0.3
Steals	0.9	1
Blocks	1.4	0.6
Turnovers	1.0	0.6
Fouls	2.4	1.4

	Anas Mahmoud	Jordan Nobles
	7-0, 200, Soph	6-9, 195, Fr.
Minutes	13.7	11.9
Points	3.3	3.0
Field Goal %	56.3%	47.40%
3-point %	0.0%	0.00%
FT %	35.7%	54.50%
Rebounds	3.3	3.0
Assists	0.3	0.1
Steals	0.6	0.3
Blocks	1.4	0.4
Turnovers	0.6	0.4
Fouls	1.0	1.5

	Jaylen Johnson
	6-9, 215, Soph
Minutes	14.0
Points	4.9
Field Goal %	42.9%
3-point %	0.0%
FT %	40.0%
Rebounds	3.9
Assists	0.4
Steals	0.3
Blocks	0.1
Turnovers	0.3
Fouls	1.4