Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Pepperdine

The Cardinals host the Waves in an attempt to snap a three-game losing streak.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (4-6, 0-0 ACC) is set to face Pepperdine (5-7, 0-0 WCC) on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 2:00 p.m. EST from the KFC Yum! Center. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Waves:

- Rankings:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	227th	293rd
RPI	308th	336th
SOS	267th	326th
BPI	230th	257th
KenPom	190th	203rd
Torvik	191st	204th

- Team Leaders:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
Points	Houston Mallette (18.0)	Skyy Clark (16.3)
Rebounds	Michael Ajayi (10.0)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (8.9)
Assists	Ethan Anderson (3.4)	Ty-Laur Johnson (3.4)
Steals	Michael Ajayi (1.3)	Tre White (1.2)
Blocks	Jalen Pitre (0.7)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (0.9)

- Scoring:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
Points Per Game	72.1	73.4
Field Goal %	45.3%	41.1%
FGM/FGA Per Game	27.0/59.7	24.5/59.6
Three Point %	36.9%	27.0%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	6.3/17.2	5.0/18.5
Free Throw %	69.8%	73.8%
FTM/FTA Per Game	11.8/16.8	19.4/26.3

- Rebounding:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	33.6	38.2
Off. Reb. Per Game	10.8	12.8
Def. Reb. Per Game	22.8	25.4
Rebound Margin	1.9	2.1

- Defense:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	71.8	74.7
Opp. FG%	48.6%	45.1
Opp. 3P%	35.0%	29.1%
Steals Per Game	5.6	5.6
Blocks Per Game	2.8	3.2

- Ball Handling:

	Pepperdine	Louisville
Assists Per Game	13.8	10.1
Turnovers Per Game	12.7	12.6
Turnover Margin	0.3	-0.2
Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.1	0.8

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 66.9 percent chance to win against Pepperdine.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 60 percent chance to take down the Waves, with a projected final score of 75-72 in favor of Louisville.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 62 percent chance to take down the Waves, with a projected final score of 75-72 in favor of Louisville.

- Personal Prediction: Pepperdine 75, Louisville 71.

(Photo of Skyy Clark: Jared Anderson - Louisville Report)

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