Louisville Cardinals (6-4, 0-1 ACC) at Kentucky Wildcats (9-1)
Lexington, Kentucky; Saturday, 5:15 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -12; over/under is 159
BOTTOM LINE: Louisville visits No. 5 Kentucky after Terrence Edwards scored 22 points in Louisville’s 77-74 victory over the UTEP Miners.
The Wildcats are 7-0 on their home court. Kentucky has college basketball’s top-scoring offense averaging 91.1 points while shooting 48.8% from the field.
The Cardinals play their first true road game after going 6-4 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to start the season. Louisville is eighth in the ACC with 24.6 defensive rebounds per game led by J’Vonne Hadley averaging 5.3.
Kentucky makes 48.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.7 percentage points higher than Louisville has allowed to its opponents (43.1%). Louisville has shot at a 42.5% rate from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points above the 38.8% shooting opponents of Kentucky have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Otega Oweh is shooting 51.4% and averaging 15.6 points for the Wildcats.
Chucky Hepburn is averaging 14.1 points, 4.8 assists and 3.2 steals for the Cardinals.
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