The University of Louisville will face the Marquette Golden Eagles tonight inside the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Marquette hung tough with a very talented Kansas team on Wednesday but fell 77-68. MU also suffered its only other loss on the end in Bloomington vs. Indiana and were blasted 96-73.
Marquette is lead by ball dominant point guard Markus Howard. It is interesting that guard Joseph Chartouny is not playing up to his typical level despite playing 20+ minutes per game, he was nearly a 15 ppg scorer last year and has only notched 4.4 ppg through 5 games thus far for the Golden Eagles. Marquette has elected to go BIG and it cost them against Indiana who pressed the pace. MU also does not create a lot of turnovers.
If Louisville can continue to score at the pace in which they have thus far in 2018-19 and they can DEFEND on the other end they should be able to pullout the victory despite being 6.5 point underdogs.
Team
| Louisville | Marquette | |
| Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 295th | 176th |
| PPG | 89.0 (11th | 74.8 (137th) |
| Avg Scoring Margin | 15.0 (40th) | 9.0 (80th) |
| Field Goal % | 50.7% (18th) | 44.0% (173rd) |
| Effective FG% | 58.9% (15th) | 52.6% (113th) |
| 2-pt FG % | 60.3% (18th) | 51.0% (156th) |
| 3-pt FG % | 37.9% (69th) | 36.2% (103rd) |
| FT % | 77.5% (32nd) | 78.2% (25th) |
| FT Attempted Per Game | 37.8 (1st) | 17.4 (261st) |
| Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 21.0 (202nd) | 18.0 (105th) |
| Rebound Rate | 56.7% (22nd) | 53.8% (67th) |
| Blocks Per Game | 3.0 (198th) | 5.4 (30th) |
| Steals Per Game | 5.2 (252nd) | 3.2 (338th) |
| Assists Per Game | 13.5 (155th) | 15.6 (61st) |
| Turnovers Per Game | 12.5 (109th) | 15.0 (248th) |
| Opp Turnovers Per Game | 13.2 (185th) | 11.4 (297th) |
| Team Fouls Per Game | 19.8 (205th) | 17.2 (80th) |
| Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 26.5 (3rd) | 19.0 (178th) |
| Opp Shooting % | 44.9% (199th) | 38.0% (34th) |
| Opp Effective FG% | 52.0% (213th) | 43.8% (34th) |
| Opp 2-pt FG % | 49.6% (157th) | 40.7% (19th) |
| Opp 3-Pt FG % | 37.2% (263rd) | 33.0% (162nd) |
| Opp Blocks Per Game | 2.8 (107th) | 3.2 (159th) |
| Opp Steals Per Game | 2.8 (116th) | 3.2 (160th) |
Starters
| Christen Cunningham | Markus Howard | |
| 6-2, 190, Sr. | 5-11, 175, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 21.0 | 33.2 |
| Points | 4.3 | 19.6 |
| FG % | 20.00% | 40.80% |
| 3P % | 16.70% | 37.20% |
| FT% | 100.00% | 87.00% |
| Rebounds | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| Assists | 2.7 | 5.6 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Fouls | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Darius Perry | Jamal Cain | |
| 6-2, 195, Soph | 6-7, 195, Soph | |
| Minutes | 24.7 | 15.6 |
| Points | 14.7 | 4.2 |
| FG % | 73.70% | 33.30% |
| 3P % | 66.70% | 26.70% |
| FT% | 90.90% | 25.00% |
| Rebounds | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| Steals | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Turnovers | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Fouls | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| VJ King | Sam Hauser | |
| 6-6, 215, Jr. | 6-8, 225, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 21.0 | 31.8 |
| Points | 11.3 | 16.4 |
| FG % | 44.40% | 45.30% |
| 3P % | 33.30% | 38.10% |
| FT% | 76.20% | 88.90% |
| Rebounds | 4.3 | 6.4 |
| Assists | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Fouls | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| Dwayne Sutton | Joey Hauser | |
| 6-5, 215, Jr. | 6-9, 230, Fr. | |
| Minutes | 28.0 | 27.0 |
| Points | 5.0 | 11.4 |
| FG % | 33.3% | 50.00% |
| 3P % | 20.0% | 42.90% |
| FT% | 72.7% | 89.50% |
| Rebounds | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| Assists | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| Steals | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Turnovers | 1.3 | 2.0 |
| Fouls | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Steven Enoch | Theo John | |
| 6-10, 260, Jr. | 6-9, 240, Soph. | |
| Minutes | 21.0 | 17.6 |
| Points | 14.0 | 7.4 |
| FG % | 76.50% | 72.70% |
| 3P % | 100% | 0.00% |
| FT% | 88.20% | 41.70% |
| Rebounds | 5.0 | 4.4 |
| Assists | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Turnovers | 1.7 | 2.4 |
| Fouls | 2.3 | 3.6 |
Bench
| Ryan McMahon | Joseph Chartouny | |
| 6-0, 180, Jr. | 6-3, 200, Sr. | |
| Minutes | 18.0 | 20.6 |
| Points | 8.0 | 4.6 |
| FG % | 45.50% | 53.80% |
| 3P % | 44.40% | 44.40% |
| FT% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Rebounds | 1.3 | 3.0 |
| Assists | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Fouls | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| Khwan Fore | Sacar Anim | |
| 6-0, 185, Sr. | 6-5, 210, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 17.3 | 24.6 |
| Points | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| FG % | 37.50% | 39.30% |
| 3P % | 33.30% | 50.00% |
| FT% | 44.40% | 100.00% |
| Rebounds | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Assists | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Turnovers | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Fouls | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Jordan Nwora | Brendan Bailey | |
| 6-8, 215, Soph | 6-8, 190, Fr | |
| Minutes | 23.7 | 14.2 |
| Points | 18.0 | 1.8 |
| FG % | 53.10% | 12.50% |
| 3P % | 35.70% | 11.10% |
| FT% | 83.30% | 100.00% |
| Rebounds | 6.3 | 1.8 |
| Assists | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Steals | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Blocks | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Turnovers | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Fouls | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| Akoy Agau | Ed Morrow | |
| 6-8, 235, Sr. | 6-7, 235, Jr. | |
| Minutes | 12.0 | 9.2 |
| Points | 7.0 | 2.8 |
| FG % | 100.0% | 50.00% |
| 3P % | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| FT% | 83.3% | 40.00% |
| Rebounds | 7.0 | 1.4 |
| Assists | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| Steals | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Blocks | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Turnovers | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Fouls | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Malik Williams | Matt Heldt | |
| 6-11, 215, Soph | 6-10, 240, Sr. | |
| Minutes | 16.0 | 6.8 |
| Points | 8.7 | 1.5 |
| FG % | 64.30% | 50.00% |
| 3P % | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| FT% | 50.00% | 100.00% |
| Rebounds | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Assists | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Steals | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Blocks | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnovers | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Fouls | 2.7 | 1.8 |
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