Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Arkansas State

The Cardinals return home and kick off a three-game home stand against the Red Wolves.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (4-5, 0-0 ACC) is set to face Arkansas State (3-7, 0-0 Sun Belt) on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 8:00 p.m. EST from the KFC Yum! Center. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Red Wolves:

- Rankings:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	247th	275th
RPI	304th	300th
SOS	285th	312th
BPI	192nd	236th
KenPom	194th	176th
Torvik	181st	184th

- Team Leaders:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
Points	Taryn Todd (13.2)	Skyy Clark (17.1)
Rebounds	Dyondre Dominguez (8.6)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (8.7)
Assists	Freddy Hicks (3.1)	Ty-Laur Johnson (3.4)
Steals	Taryn Todd (1.3)	Tre White (1.2)
Blocks	Izaiyah Nelson (1.1)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (0.7)

- Scoring:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
Points Per Game	74.6	74.6
Field Goal %	41.3%	41.7%
FGM/FGA Per Game	26.0/62.9	24.8/59.4
Three Point %	33.9%	28.2%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	9.6/28.3	5.3/18.9
Free Throw %	66.7%	73.8%
FTM/FTA Per Game	13.0/19.5	19.7/26.7

- Rebounding:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	38.0	38.2
Off. Reb. Per Game	13.4	12.8
Def. Reb. Per Game	24.6	25.4
Rebound Margin	-0.1	2.9

- Defense:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	79.8	74.7
Opp. FG%	45.9%	45.2%
Opp. 3P%	32.9%	30.4%
Steals Per Game	5.5	5.8
Blocks Per Game	4.4	3.0

- Ball Handling:

	Arkansas State	Louisville
Assists Per Game	14.5	10.7
Turnovers Per Game	13.8	13.0
Turnover Margin	-2.8	-0.4
Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.1	0.8

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 57.3 percent chance to win against Arkansas State.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 65 percent chance to take down the Red Wolves, with a projected final score of 77-72 in favor of Louisville.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 64 percent chance to take down the Red Wolves, with a projected final score of 78-74 in favor of Louisville.

- Personal Prediction: Louisville 72, Arkansas State 71.

(Photo of Tre White: Jared Anderson - Louisville Report)

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