LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University and Louisville men's basketball teams will meet for the 73rd time on Saturday at the KFC Yum! Center.
The game will begin at 12 p.m. ET and air live on The CW. The live radio broadcast of the game is available in the Richmond area on WCYO 100.7 FM, or worldwide on EKUSports.com.
THE COLONELS
- EKU fell to 6-6 this season after a 91-80 loss to Jacksonville State on Saturday. The Colonels had a 6-point lead with 10:43 left in the game.
- Senior wing
Devontae Blanton scored a career-best 36 points against JSU. He was 13-of-26 from the field and 8-of-9 at the free throw line.
- Redshirt sophomore
Jackson Holt finished with a career-high four steals and a new career-best five rebounds against Jacksonville State.
- Four Colonels rank among the top-15 in the Atlantic Sun Conference in steals.
George Kimble III is first (2.92/game).
Jordan Crawford (1.50) and Blanton (1.50) are tied for ninth.
Mayar Wol (1.33) is tied for 13th.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Louisville is 7-5 overall and 1-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). All five of the Cardinals' losses have come to teams who were ranked in the top-25 at the time or are top-25 ranked squads now.
- UofL is led by Chucky Hepburn, who spent the past three seasons at Wisconsin. The 6-foot-2 senior guard leads the team in scoring (15.3 ppg), assists (5.1 apg) and steals (2.9 spg) while shooting 47 percent from the field.
- Louisville ranks among the top-60 teams in the nation in 3-pointers made per game, but the Cardinals are among the bottom-60 in 3-point percentage (29.8 percent) and 3-point percentage defense (35.8 percent).
- J'Vonne Hadley is the team's top rebounder. The 6-foot-6 senior guard is pulling down 7.8 boards per game and contributing 9.8 points per game.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Louisville leads the all-time series 50-22. The Cardinals are 40-5 in games played in Louisville. The two teams have met five times since the 2000-01 season. UofL, ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time, won the most recent meeting, 99-67, on Dec. 14, 2019 in Louisville.
- Ty Taylor paced EKU in the last meeting with the Cardinals, finishing with 13 points. Tre King contributed 12 points, five rebounds and a steal. The Colonels won the turnover battle on the day, 16-14; however, the hot-shooting Cardinals went 34-of-54 (63 percent) from the field, 9-of-19 (47 percent) from deep and 22-of-23 (96 percent) from the stripe. Louisville's Jordan Nwora led all players with 26 points and seven rebounds.
