NJIT faces No. 6 Louisville, aims to break road losing streak

NJIT Highlanders (3-4) at Louisville Cardinals (6-0)

Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: NJIT travels to No. 6 Louisville looking to break its three-game road skid.

The Cardinals are 5-0 in home games. Louisville leads the ACC averaging 95.5 points and is shooting 47.9%.

The Highlanders are 2-3 in road games. NJIT has a 2-1 record against teams over .500.

Louisville averages 12.2 made 3-pointers per game, 4.5 more made shots than the 7.7 per game NJIT allows. NJIT has shot at a 38.2% rate from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points greater than the 36.9% shooting opponents of Louisville have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mikel Brown Jr. is shooting 42.3% and averaging 18.3 points for the Cardinals. Ryan Conwell is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers.

David Bolden is averaging 13.4 points for the Highlanders. Ari Fulton is averaging 12.1 points.

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