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SMU
Ziegler and the No. 13 Louisville Cardinals host conference foe SMU
By The Associated Press
SMU Mustangs (7-7, 0-2 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (12-3, 2-0 ACC)
Louisville, Kentucky; Thursday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Louisville takes on SMU in a matchup of ACC teams.
The Cardinals have gone 8-2 at home. Louisville is 10-1 when it has fewer
turnovers than its opponents and averages 12.0 turnovers per game.
The Mustangs have gone 0-2 against ACC opponents. SMU averages 16.4 turnovers
per game and is 4-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Louisville makes 45.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.2
percentage points higher than SMU has allowed to its opponents (39.6%). SMU
averages 6.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than
Louisville allows.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams
in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Laura Ziegler is averaging 11.5 points and 7.4 rebounds for the
Cardinals. Tajianna Roberts is averaging 13.0 points and 2.8 rebounds while
shooting 43.7% over the past 10 games.
Zahra King is averaging 12.8 points and 1.5 steals for the Mustangs. Kyla Deck
is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 8-2, averaging 84.6 points, 43.8 rebounds, 17.5
assists, 9.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 56.3 points per game.
Mustangs: 6-4, averaging 69.2 points, 31.1 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 10.6 steals
and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 65.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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