The University of Louisville Cardinals are hosting Lipscomb (7-2) tonight at the KFC Yum! Center. Lipscomb’s two losses are to Belmont, but the Bisons do own wins over TCU and SMU. Lipscomb is a high scoring team but they do most of their work on the interior. The Cards shouldn’t have to worry too much about the 226th 3-point shooting team in the nation, but the Bisons are dangerous.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (136-21 in 9th year)
Television: ACC Regional Sports Networks/ Fox Sports South in Louisville – Wes Durham, play-by-play; Mike Gminski, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (XM channel 193, Internet 955)
Only Previous Meeting: UofL 45, Lipscomb 32 (Feb. 8, 1936 in Nashville, Tenn.)
Officials: Roger Ayers, Bert Smith, Tony Henderson
Here are the stats:
| Louisville | Lipscomb | |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 29th | 130th |
| PPG | 81.7 (35th) | 84.1 (15th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 12.2 (34th) | 10.5 (50th) |
| Field Goal % | 45.6% (119th) | 48.0% (47th) |
| Effective FG% | 53.4% (102nd) | 54.2% (70th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 54.1% (91st) | 57.7% (19th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 35.0% (143rd) | 32.4% (226th) |
| FT % | 76.5% (24th) | 78.0% (13th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 19.1 (200th) | 17.1 (78th) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 22.7 (16th) | 21.6 (36th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 28.9 (5th) | 23.9 (51st) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 19.7 (175th) | 16.9 (64th) |
| Opp Shooting % | 42.0% (103rd) | 43.6% (153rd) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 47.6% (89th) | 50.5% (173rd) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 46.8% (76th) | 50.0% (164th) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 32.8% (139th) | 34.2% (195th) |
| Rebound Rate | 53.6% (55th) | 49.7% (186th) |
| Assists Per Game | 13.3 (156th) | 16.9 (22nd) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 11.8 (54th) | 12.6 (100th) |
| Blocks Per Game | 3.8 (112th) | 2.9 (205th) |
| Steals Per Game | 5.3 (262nd) | 6.9 (100th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 12.3 (245th) | 16.1 (34th) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 2.8 (91st) | 4.5 (306th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 4.7 (28th) | 6.0 (151st) |
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