Edwards leads No. 14 Louisville against Stanford
Stanford Cardinal (19-11, 11-8 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (24-6, 17-2 ACC)
Louisville, Kentucky; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 14 Louisville hosts Stanford after Terrence Edwards scored 35 points in Louisville’s 85-68 victory against the California Golden Bears.
The Cardinals are 13-3 in home games. Louisville is third in the ACC with 25.3 defensive rebounds per game led by J’Vonne Hadley averaging 5.1.
The Cardinal have gone 11-8 against ACC opponents. Stanford scores 73.7 points and has outscored opponents by 3.3 points per game.
Louisville averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game, 3.5 more made shots than the 6.3 per game Stanford allows. Stanford averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.4 more makes per game than Louisville allows.
The Cardinals and Cardinal meet Saturday for the first time in ACC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Reyne Smith is shooting 38.3% from beyond the arc with 3.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, while averaging 13.4 points. Edwards is averaging 20.8 points and 3.1 assists over the last 10 games.
Maxime Raynaud is shooting 47.1% and averaging 20.2 points for the Cardinal. Benny Gealer is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 9-1, averaging 80.4 points, 33.4 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 6.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.1 points per game.
Cardinal: 5-5, averaging 67.1 points, 30.6 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 6.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.