Cardinals Welcome Pepperdine to KFC Yum! Center on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville men's basketball continues its three-game homestand against Pepperdine at 2 p.m. ET Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center. The game will air on the ACC Network.

The Cardinals have lost three straight, most recently falling at home to Arkansas State, 75-63, on Wednesday night. Pepperdine hasn't played since a win over UC San Diego on Dec. 9. The Waves are 0-5 overall away from home this season, including 0-2 in true road contests.

The two teams have only met once before, a 65-62 Pepperdine win in California in 1950.

GAME 11

Pepperdine (5-7) at Louisville (4-6)
December 17, 2023 | 2 p.m. CT
KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.

MEDIA INFO

Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship); Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)

Watch: ACC Network (Ariya Massoudi, pxp | Dan Bonner, analysis)

Live Stats: Louisville Stats

TICKETS

Single-Game Tickets | Season Tickets

TOP STORYLINES

• After allowing UMBC and Chattanooga to make 25 of 55 combined 3-pointers (45.5%) in the first two games, the Cardinals have held their last eight opponents to a combined 35-for-151 from 3-point range (23.2%). As of Friday, Louisville ranked 50th in the country in 3-point defense at 29.1% overall.

• As of Friday, Louisville ranked 18th in the country in free-throw attempts per game (26.3) and 13th in made free throws per game (19.4). UofL's 194 made free throws are the program's second-most through 10 games since at least 2010, behind only the 2018-19 team.

• The Cardinals are 4-3 this season when they shoot more free throws than their opponent, and 4-2 when they outrebound their opponent. They have not won this season when not accomplishing either task.

• In Louisville's first three games, sophomore guard Skyy Clark averaged 11 points per game while going 0-for-8 from 3-point range and 7-for-13 from the free-throw line. In the last seven games, Clark is averaging 18.6 points per game while shooting 15-for-43 (34.9%) from long range and 37-for-42 (88.1%) from the stripe.

• In the last seven games, freshman guard Ty-Laur Johnson has totaled 29 assists against just 13 turnovers. Johnson had just five total assists and eight turnovers in the Cardinals' first three outings. Since 2010, Johnson is just the third Louisville freshman to have at least four games with five-plus assists, joining NBA Draft picks David Johnson (eight times in 2019-20) and Terry Rozier (four times in 2013-14).

HISTORY VS. PEPPERDINE

Last Meeting: Pepperdine 65, Louisville 62
Feb. 11, 1950 | Malibu, Calif.

Cardinals Welcome Pepperdine to KFC Yum! Center on Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Skyy Clark

Ty-Laur Johnson

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