Men's Basketball Hosts Boston College on Saturday Afternoon

Saturday, February 6

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Men's Basketball Hosts Boston College on Saturday Afternoon

February 05, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Louisville will close out a three-game homestand as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles in the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday

By: Kim Pemberton

GAME 23
Date: Feb. 6, 2016
Time: 12:05 p.m.
Site: KFC Yum! Center/Crum Court, Louisville, Ky. (22,000) (94-14 in 6th yr.)
Television: ACC Network (WHAS-TV in Louisville) - Tim Brant, play-by-play; Dan Bonner, analyst.
Radio: WKRD (790 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Doug Ormay, analyst (Sirius channel 132, XM 194).
Series History: Tied 3-3 (1-0 in Louisville, 1-1 in Chestnut Hill, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UL 81, Boston College 72 (Jan. 28 2015 at Chestnut Hill, Mass.)
UofL National Ranking: 18th USA Today, 19th Associated Press
Officials: Les Jones, Bill McCarthy, Matt Potter
Next UofL Game: Feb. 8 at Duke, Durham, N.C., 7 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Louisville will close out a three-game homestand as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles in the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday. The Cardinals' 1956 NIT Championship team will be honored at the game on the 60^th anniversary year of their achievement. Louisville prevailed 71-65 over No. 2/1 North Carolina on Feb. 1, breaking the Tar Heels' 12-game winning streak while limiting UNC to 34.5 percent shooting from the field -- the ninth team UofL has held below 36 percent from the field.

The Cardinals are led by three players averaging double figures, Damion Lee leads the trio of top scorers with 17.0 points per game. Trey Lewis ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.1 per game. Chinanu Onuaku leads the team in rebounding with 8.6 per game while averaging 10.2 points per game.
Quentin Snider also leads the team in assists with 3.8 per game while averaging 9.6 points.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 48.2 percent from the field while holding opponents to 37.5 percent shooting. Louisville leads the nation in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of 18.5 points per game. The Cards are also averaging 40.7 rebounds and 13.5 assists per game.

Boston College (7-15, 0-9) dropped its ninth straight as falling 61-47 at Virginia on Feb. 3 as Sammy Barnes-Thompkins led the Eagles with 14 points. Boston College connected on a season-low 26.5 percent of its field goals against Virginia, but made 8-of-26 three-pointers and held the Cavaliers to 40.5 percent accuracy from the field.

Eli Carter is the top scorer for Boston College (16.8 points per game, 4.0 assists per game, 47- of-150 three-pointers). BC is 205th in the RPI and No. 199 in the Sagarin Ratings through Feb. 3. Louisville and Boston College both fell to Michigan State early this season.

The series between Louisville and Boston College is tied 3-3, but the Cardinals have won the last two matchups. Louisville prevailed 81-72 at Boston College last season (1/28/15) -- their first meeting in 18 years -- as Chris Jones led the Cardinals with a season-high 28 points and six rebounds. Three meetings came in New York in tournament competition: BC won 96-90 in the first round of the NIT on March 12, 1966; Louisville won 81-74 in the Holiday Festival on Dec. 30, 1967; and BC won 88-83 in the quarterfinals of the NIT on March 18, 1969.

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Louisville's academic performance in the 2015 fall semester was impressive, with 13 of 15 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better grade point average. The Cardinals posted a collective 3.36 GPA for the 2015 fall semester, just short of the team record of 3.47 achieved in 2013.
Chinanu Onuaku and LSU's Ben Simmons are the only two players in Power 5 conferences with seven double-doubles in league play. He had 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. North Carolina. In league games only, he is second in the ACC in blocked shots (1.9) and rebounding (9.9).
Louisville's 141 victories over the last five years are the second-most wins in the nation in that stretch.
UofL leads the nation in scoring margin (+18.5), is fifth in scoring defense (60.4), sixth in field goal percentage defense (.375), 10th in rebound margin (+10.0) and eighth in offensive rebounds (14.6).
Damion Lee posted his seventh 20-point game of the season against North Carolina with 24 points, five rebounds and 4-of-7 shooting on three-pointers. He passed the 1,900 mark for career scoring against North Carolina.
Louisville has a 48-13 record in February over the last nine years (since 2007- 08), winning 14 of its last 17 in the month.
UofL Coach Rick Pitino will coach his 1,000th game when the Cardinals face Duke on Feb. 8. Pitino has a 740-258 record in 31 seasons.