QUICK PREVIEW: Louisville vs. Kennesaw State

Mark BlankenbakerDecember 16, 2015

Time: 7:00 p.m.
TV: ESPNU
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 119, XM 194)
Officials: Terry Wymer, Tony Chiazza, Earl Walton

Tonight’s game is a mis-match. No disrespect to the Kennesaw State Owls, but there isn’t a metric where Kennesaw measures up to the Cards. Louisville has a tremendous advantage inside and the Owls do not have the guards to be effective against UofL. The Cards win BIG & EASY.

Team Stats

	Louisville	Kennesaw State
Strength of Schedule (KenPom)	292nd	157th
Points Per Game	86.0 (8th)	63.4 (315th)
Avg Scoring Margin	+30.6 (1st)	-13.2 (316th)
Field Goal %	51.6% (5th)	39.0% (303rd)
2-point FG%	56.8% (18th)	42.2% (313th)
3-point FG%	36.2% (103rd)	30.4% (270th)
Free Throw %	67.4% (224th)	66.7% (241st)
Rebound Rate	61.7% (1st)	46.5% (276th)
Blocks Per Game	5.8 (21st)	2.7 (232nd)
Steals Per Game	8.5 (17th)	7.2 (81st)
Assists Per Game	15.0 (76th)	9.8 (330th)
Turnovers Per Game	10.8 (29th)	16.5 (339th)
Opponent Turnovers Per Game	15.5 (42nd)	13.5 (134th)
Team Fouls Per Game	19.1 (121st)	20.4 (205th)
Opponent Shooting %	33.9% (2nd)	46.8% (281st)
Opponent 2-point FG%	36.5% (3rd)	54.4% (310th)
Opponent 3-point FG%	29.6% (40th)	31.5% (85th)
Opponent Block Per Game	3.0 (109th)	4.0 (238th)
Opponent Steals Per Game	5.1 (60th)	9.2 (348th)

	*351 teams Play Division 1

Starters

	Quentin Snider	Yonel Brown
	6-1, 180, Soph	5-9, 160, Sr.
Minutes	28.4	39.3
Points	9.9	16.0
Field Goal %	43.1%	36.30%
3-point %	33.3%	33.80%
FT %	63.6%	75.60%
Rebounds	2.8	3.5
Assists	4.4	1.8
Steals	0.6	1.4
Blocks	0.0	0.0
Turnovers	1.0	2.9
Fouls	1.8	2.1

	Trey Lewis	Kendrick Ray
	6-2, 190, Sr.	6-1, 180, Jr.
Minutes	29.1	31.5
Points	13.8	16.1
Field Goal %	44.60%	44.70%
3-point %	41.70%	28.60%
FT %	87.50%	68.30%
Rebounds	4.4	6.5
Assists	3.3	2.5
Steals	1.1	1.5
Blocks	0.1	0.2
Turnovers	2.0	2.5
Fouls	1.5	2.7

	Damion Lee	Nick Masterson
	6-6, 200, Sr.	6-5, 180, Soph.
Minutes	29.5	21.6
Points	18.8	4.0
Field Goal %	53.7%	25.80%
3-point %	37.2%	25.00%
FT %	88.9%	60.00%
Rebounds	4.3	1.1
Assists	1.9	0.7
Steals	1.6	0.5
Blocks	0.0	0.4
Turnovers	1.4	1.6
Fouls	2.0	1.9

	Ray Spalding	Bernard Morena
	6-10, 210, Fr.	6-8, 200, Jr.
Minutes	13.1	18.2
Points	6.8	4.6
Field Goal %	76.70%	33.30%
3-point %	0.00%	20.00%
FT %	42.10%	56.30%
Rebounds	4.6	3.9
Assists	0.4	0.8
Steals	0.9	0.5
Blocks	1.1	0.6
Turnovers	1.0	1.4
Fouls	1.6	3.2

	Chinanu Onuaku	Jordan Jones
	6-10, 230, Soph	6-8, 205, Soph
Minutes	19.8	18.9
Points	9	2.3
Field Goal %	58.2%	31.00%
3-point %	0.0%	0.00%
FT %	53.3%	77.80%
Rebounds	7.0	2.4
Assists	1.0	0.8
Steals	1.1	0.2
Blocks	1.6	0.7
Turnovers	1.5	0.6
Fouls	2.3	2.1

Bench

	Donovan Mitchell	Tracy Hector
	6-3, 210, Fr.	6-4, 212, Fr.
Minutes	19.1	23.7
Points	7.4	2.3
Field Goal %	47.70%	42.90%
3-point %	23.50%	0.00%
FT %	86.70%	43.80%
Rebounds	4.1	2.9
Assists	2.0	1.6
Steals	1.1	0.8
Blocks	0.0	0.1
Turnovers	0.8	1.5
Fouls	3.3	2.2

	David Levitch	Kyle Clarke
	6-3, 180, Jr.	6-5, 188, Fr.
Minutes	7.0	9.8
Points	2.4	3.0
Field Goal %	66.70%	62.50%
3-point %	60.00%	0.00%
FT %	50.00%	80.00%
Rebounds	0.9	1.4
Assists	0.4	0.6
Steals	0.3	0.5
Blocks	0.0	0.0
Turnovers	0.4	2.3
Fouls	0.4	1.1

	Mangok Mathiang	Kosta Jankovic
	6-10, 220, Jr.	6-7, 200, Fr.
Minutes	18.9	4.9
Points	7.5	1.4
Field Goal %	57.50%	50.00%
3-point %	0.00%	0.00%
FT %	60.90%	0.00%
Rebounds	5.9	0.7
Assists	0.3	0
Steals	0.9	0
Blocks	1.3	0
Turnovers	0.9	0.1
Fouls	2.4	0.6

	Anas Mahmoud	Aubrey Williams
	7-0, 200, Soph	6-7, 215, Jr.
Minutes	12.5	24.8
Points	2.9	8.5
Field Goal %	52.9%	49.30%
3-point %	0.0%	0.00%
FT %	35.7%	72.20%
Rebounds	2.9	7.5
Assists	0.4	0.9
Steals	0.5	0.8
Blocks	1.3	0.5
Turnovers	0.6	1.5
Fouls	1.3	2.8

	Jaylen Johnson
	6-9, 215, Soph
Minutes	14.3
Points	4.5
Field Goal %	44.4%
3-point %	0.0%
FT %	40.0%
Rebounds	3.9
Assists	0.4
Steals	0.4
Blocks	0.4
Turnovers	0.3
Fouls	1.5