Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. Florida A&M

Take a look at how the Cardinals stack up against the Rattlers for their Saturday matchup, and who the statistical models favor:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (1-9, 0-2 ACC) is set to face Florida A&M (2-6, 0-0 SWAC) on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 2:00 p.m. EST at the KFC Yum! Center. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Rattlers:

- Rankings:

Florida A-M	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	358th	347th
RPI	309th	294th
SOS	81st	88th
BPI	360th	304th
KenPom	359th	227th
Torvik	362nd	281st
Sagarin	349th	218th

- Team Leaders:

Florida A-M	Louisville
Points	Two Tied (9.1)	El Ellis (17.0)
Rebounds	Jaylen Bates (7.1)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (5.7)
Assists	Byron Smith (2.0)	El Ellis (4.1)
Steals	Hantz Louis-Jeune (1.4)	Jae'Lyn Withers (1.0)
Blocks	Chase Barrs (1.1)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (0.7)

- Scoring:

Florida A-M	Louisville
Points Per Game	54.9	60.6
Field Goal %	35.5%	39.0%
FGM/FGA Per Game	19.8/55.6	20.6/52.8
Three Point %	26.8%	31.8%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	4.3/15.9	6.2/19.5
Free Throw	64.5%	75.0%

- Rebounding:

Florida A-M	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	34.6	31.9
Off. Reb. Per Game	11.8	7.9
Def. Reb. Per Game	22.9	24.0
Rebound Margin	-4.9	-3.0

- Defense:

Florida A-M	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	75.0	74.9
Opp. FG%	45.9%	47.9%
Opp. 3P%	35.7%	34.1%
Steals Per Game	7.4	4.8
Blocks Per Game	3.5	2.4

- Ball Handling:

Florida A-M	Louisville
Assists Per Game	8.6	8.9
Turnovers Per Game	18.3	16.6
Turnover Margin	-4.0	-4.3
Assist/Turnover Ratio	0.5	0.5

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 90.2 percent chance to win against Florida A&M.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 93 percent chance to take down the Rattlers, with a projected final score of 73-57 in favor of Louisville. By current metrics, FAMU is the worst team that Louisville will face all season, and fifth-worst in all of D1.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 93 percent chance to take down the Rattlers, with a projected final score of 70-56 in favor of Louisville. By current metrics, FAMU is the worst team that Louisville will face all season, and second-worst in all of D1.

- Personal Prediction: Louisville 75, Florida A&M 51.

(Photo of El Ellis: Matt Stone - The Louisville Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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