Men's Basketball Faces Boston College on Wednesday
January 27, 2015 | Men's Basketball
GAME FACTS - Louisville at Boston College
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Site: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8,606)
Television: ACC Network (WHAS-TV in Louisville) - Tim Brant, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst
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Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius 93, XM 193)
Series History: Louisville trails 2-3 (1-0 in Louisville, 0-1 in Chestnut Hill, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 89, Boston College 85 / 2 OT (Dec. 29, 1996 in Freedom Hall)
UofL National Ranking: 9th USA Today, 10th Associated Press
Officials: Michael Stephens, Wally Rutecki, John Gaffney
Next UofL Game: Jan. 31 vs. North Carolina, KFC Yum! Center, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Louisville will play its second straight on the road during a stretch with four of five games on the road as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Wednesday. The Cardinals plan to depart Louisville on a flight mid-day Wednesday. Severe weather with a heavy blizzard threatened to postpone the game, but improving conditions and much work on snow removal is expected to allow the event to take place as scheduled.
Louisville won 80-68 at Pittsburgh on Jan. 25 as the Cardinals connected on 65.2 percent of their shots from the field, their best effort since 1993. Terry Rozier (26 points, 6 assists), Chris Jones (17 points, 9 assists) and Montrezl Harrell (18 points 7 rebounds) paced the Cards.
Louisville has four players averaging double figures. Rozier leads the Cards in scoring with 17.8 points per game. Montrezl Harrell ranks second with 15.1 points, while Jones ranks third on the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game and Wayne Blackshear averages 11.9 points. The Cardinals are solid on the boards, Harrell leads the team with 9.1 rebounds per game. Mangok Mathiang leads four players averaging five or more rebounds with 5.5 per game.
Louisville ranks among the nation's top 20 in eight statistical categories through games of Jan. 25. Individually, Montrezl Harrell is 33rd nationally in rebounding (9.1) and 21st in field goal percentage (.579). Terry Rozier is 32nd in steals (2.1) and Chris Jones 40th in steals (2.1).
Boston College (9-9, 1-5) picked up their first ACC victory of the season with a 64-62 victory at Georgia Tech on Jan. 25 as Olivier Hanlan led the Eagles with 25 points and seven rebounds.
Hanlan, a junior guard, leads Boston College in scoring (16.8 ppg, fifth in the ACC), assists (4.5 apg, seventh in the ACC) and steals (1.6 spg, eighth in the ACC), one of two players in the ACC to rank among the top 10 in scoring, assists and steals. Boston College is 120th in the ratings percentage index (RPI) and 111th in the Sagarin Ratings through Jan. 25. The Eagles have held double-digit leads in 12 of its 18 games this year.
Louisville trails 2-3 in its series with Boston College. The teams last met 18 years ago with the Cardinals winning 89-85 in double overtime over the No. 25 Eagles in Freedom Hall as DeJuan Wheat led four Cardinals in double figures with 23 points.
CARDINAL NOTES:
fÞ Louisville's academic performance in the recently completed fall semester was impressive, with 15 of its 16 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade point average. The Cardinals posted a collective 3.33 GPA for the 2014 Fall Semester, just short of the team record of 3.47 achieved last fall.
fÞ Terry Rozier has averaged 24.2 points in six road or neutral games this season. He has averaged 20.7 points over the last 12 games, scoring over 20 points in five contests. He is second in the ACC in steals.
fÞ Louisville's 112 victories over the last four years are the most wins in the nation in that stretch. Louisville is the only school in the nation with three straight 30-win seasons, including a school-record 35 victories by its 2012-13 NCAA Title team.
fÞ Montrezl Harrell became the Cardinals' 66th career 1,000-point scorer with 18 points at Pittsburgh. He is third in the ACC in rebounding and has seven double-doubles this season.
fÞ Louisville's 65.2 percent shooting accuracy from the field at Pitt was its best since shooting 70 percent vs. Tulane (35- of-50) on Feb. 27, 1993. Louisville has shot above 47 percent from the field on nine occasions this season, including five times in the last seven games.
fÞ Louisville has a 47-26 record in conference games on the road over the last nine seasons (.644), claiming the best road record in both the Big East and AAC during its time in those two leagues.
