Men's Basketball Travels to Boston College

GAME 23
Date: Feb. 4, 2017
Time: 3:05 p.m.
Site: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8,606)
Television: ACC Network/WHAS-TV in Louisville - Mike Gleason, play-by-play; Mike Gminski, analyst
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) - Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst (Sirius channel 83, XM 194, Internet 956)
Series History: UofL leads 4-3 (2-0 in Louisville, 1-1 at Chestnut Hill, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 79, Boston College 47 (Feb. 6, 2016 at KFC Yum! Center)
UofL National Ranking: seventh USA Today, sixth Associated Press
Officials: Tim Nestor, Jerry Heater, Lamont Simpson
Next UofL Game: Feb. 6 at Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 3 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Louisville will open the month of February on the road as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Saturday. Louisville won for the sixth time in its last seven games in defeating NC State 85-60 on Sunday as Donovan Mitchell led the Cardinals with 28 points, one below his career-high. UofL matched a season-best with 12 three-pointers and made a season-high 86.7 percent of its free throws (13-15).

Sophomore Donovan Mitchell leads three Cardinals who are averaging double figures. Mitchell is averaging 14.8 points per game and 4.8 rebounds. Quentin Snider, who is out with an injury for two to three weeks, ranks second on the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game along with a team leading 72 assists. Deng Adel rounds out the top scorers with 10.8 points per game. Jaylen Johnson leads the Cardinals on the boards with 6.5 rebounds per game.

As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 45.1 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from behind the arc. UofL is averaging 41.5 rebounds per game while holding opponents to 34.5 rebounds a game.

Boston College (9-14, 2-8 ACC) has dropped eight of its last nine games and its last six, falling 85- 80 to Wake Forest on Jan. 31 in its last game as sophomore guard Jordan Chatman scored 22 points in his first start of the season. The Eagles have league victories over Syracuse and NC State.

Sophomore guard Jerome Robinson is fourth in the ACC in scoring (19.7 ppg), fourth in steals (1.65 spg) and seventh in minutes played (34.0 mpg). He has scored 20 or more points in 12 games this season. Sophomore A.J. Turner leads the ACC in assist/turnover ratio (3.54; 11th in the nation). Boston College is No. 198 in the RPI, No. 141 in the Sagarin Ratings and No. 144 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 1.

UofL has a 4-3 series advantage over Boston College. The Cardinals have won the last three matchups, including a 79-47 victory in the KFC Yum! Center last season (2-6-16) when Trey Lewis led the Cardinals with 16 points. UofL led 32-14 at halftime in the game, the lowest point total for a Cardinal opponent last season.

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Louisville posted a collective 3.18 grade point average for the recently completed 2016 fall semester, with 11 men's basketball student-athletes achieving a 3.0 or better GPA.
Louisville is sixth in the nation in field goal defense (.375), seventh in blocked shots (6.1 bpg) fifth in three-point field goal percentage defense (.283), eighth in scoring margin (+15.9) and 10th in offensive rebounds per game (14.2).
Louisville has faced the nation's second toughest schedule according to the RPI through games of Feb. 1.
Louisville has won at least 18 of its first 22 games for the fifth straight season.
In his last nine games, Donovan Mitchell has averaged 19.6 points 4.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.9 steals and made 30-of-65 three-pointers (.462). Mitchell, who earned he ACC Player of the Week honors this week, scored a career-high 29 points at Pittsburgh and 28 vs. NC State in his last game. Mitchell is ninth in the Kenpom.com national player of the year ratings through Feb. 1.
Louisville has a 26-14 record in its conference road games over the last five years (.650).
Louisville has a 52-16 record (.765) in February over the last nine years (since 2007-08), winning 18 of its last 24 in the month.
Louisville's 164 victories over the last six years are the fifth-most wins in the nation in that stretch. The Cards are one of just three teams to win at least 30 games in three of the last five seasons (30-10 in 2011-12, 35-5 in '12-13, 31-6 in '13-14).

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Players Mentioned

Deng Adel

Jaylen Johnson

Trey Lewis

Donovan Mitchell

Quentin Snider

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