No. 4 Louisville Hosts Boston College on Sunday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 4 Louisville women's basketball (24-2, 11-2) hosts Boston College on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET.

Louisville trailed 28-25 at halftime at Virginia and it marked the first time they have trailed at halftime all season. Their 25 points marked the fewest points in the first half this year.

The Cardinals then used a 23-9 third quarter to gain control of the game after trailing at half. Overall, they used a 16-0 run to turn a 28-21 deficit into a 37-28 lead before cruising to a 71-49 win.

Five players scored in double figures at Virginia (Evans 13, Durr 12, Fuehring 11, Dunham 10, Shook 10), which marked the fourth time this season at least five players have scored in double figures.

Evans led the team in scoring and assists (6) at Virginia, which marked the second time this year she has led the team in points and assists. She also led the team in points (21) and assists (6) vs. Northern Kentucky. She has led the team in points three times and assists 13 times.

After starting the first two games, she has come off the bench in 22 of the last 24 games. She is second on the team with 10.6 points and is averaging a team-high 4.0 assists, which ranks ninth in the ACC. In 13 ACC games, she is averaging 10.2 points, while shooting 28-56 (.500) from deep.

She is 37-84 (.440) from deep, which ranks fourth in the league. She is 23-46 (.500) from beyond the arc in the last seven games, after shooting 14-38 (.368) in first 19 games. She has 104 assists and 51 turnovers and ranks 4th in ACC with 2.0 assist-to-TO ratio.

After holding Virginia to 49 points, the Cardinals have held opponents below 50 points in seven of the last 11 games.

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Boston College enters Sunday's game with a 14-13 overall record and they are 3-11 in the ACC. They opened ACC play with two wins in their first four games, but have lost nine of 10 and six straight. Two of their ACC wins have come on the road at Wake Forest (W, 65-64) and at Pitt (W, 59-55).

They rank fifth in the ACC with 75.3 points per game, but they are giving up 72.3 points per game, which ranks last in the league, and 315th nationally. In league play, they are giving up 84.6 points per game, which ranks last and is 10 points worse than 14th ranked Pitt. They also rank last in the ACC, and 325th nationally, in field goal percentage defense (.441). In ACC play, they are the only team in the league allowing opponents to shoot better than 50 percent at .501. Their 3-point defense is .371 overall and .405 in league play, both of which rank last.

Junior Emma Guy leads the team with 14.0 points and 6.7 rebounds, and ranks fifth in the league with a .596 field goal percentage. Freshman Makayla Dickens ranks second on the team with 12.5 points. She leads the team and ranks 13th with 3.8 assists, ranks ninth with 2.3 3-pointers made per game, and ranks 15th with a .381 3-point field goal percentage.

Series History - UofL is 5-1 all-time against Boston College. They are 4-0 since joining the ACC and 2-0 at the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards' lone loss to the Eagles came on Dec. 28, 1985 (L, 74-68) in the NC State Christmas Tourney in Raleigh, N.C. Last season, Louisville won 87-52 in Boston as six different players scored in double figures for the Cards. In the last matchup at the KFC Yum! Center, UofL won 68-43 on Feb. 12, 2017. In the four games since UofL joined ACC, they have a +21.8 scoring margin against BC.

Date: Sunday, Feb. 24
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. (22,000)
Radio: WKRD-790, Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Video: ACCNE, Don Russell, play-by-play; Sara White, analyst; Cortnee Walton, sideline
Last Meeting: W, 87-52 (Feb. 15, 2018 at BC)
Series History: 5-1 (2-0 Home, 2-0 Away, 1-1 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 4th Associated Press, 4th USA Today

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Cortnee Walton

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