Cardinals Play at Boston College on Wednesday Night

GAME 29
Date: Feb. 27, 2019
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Site: Silvio O. Conte Forum (8,606), Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Television: Regional Sports Networks (Fox Sports South in Louisville; Clink link to the right for other stations) - Wes Durham, play-by-play; Corey Alexander, analyst.
Radio: WHAS (840 AM) Paul Rogers, play-by-play; Bob Valvano, analyst. (Sirius channel 134, XM 193, Internet 955)
Series History: Louisville leads 7-3 (4-0 in Louisville, 2-1 in Chestnut Hill, 1-2 neutral)
Last Meeting: UofL 80, Boston College 70 (Jan. 16, 2019 in KFC Yum! Center)
UL National Ranking: 24th USA Today, unranked Associated Press (26th in voting)
Officials: Brian Dorsey, John Gaffney, Mike Stephens
Next UofL Game: March 3 vs. Notre Dame, KFC Yum! Center, 1:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

Louisville, ranked 24th in the USA Today poll, takes to the road -- where it will play two of its final three regular season games -- as the Cardinals face the Boston College Eagles for the second time this season on Wednesday.

Louisville fell 64-52 to Virginia in the KFC Yum! Center last Saturday as Jordan Nwora's 17 points -- his 26th double-figure scoring effort of the season -- led the Cardinals. Dwayne Sutton matched a career-high with 11 rebounds for UofL, which committed a season-low five turnovers.

The Cardinals (18-10, 9-6 ACC) are very balanced on the offensive end, with four players averaging over eight points. Sophomore Jordan Nwora leads the Cardinals in in scoring and rebounding with 17.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Dwayne Sutton ranks second on the team in scoring with 10.6 points along with 6.9 rebounds per game. Christen Cunningham is third on the team in scoring with 10.2 points and leads the team with 134 assists on the year. Steven Enoch averages 8.9 points per game along with 5.0 rebounds per game.

Boston College (13-13, 4-10 ACC) has won two of its last four games, but fell 76-66 at Clemson on Feb. 23 as Ky Bowman and Jairus Hamilton led the Eagles with 17 points each. The game was tied with four minutes remaining before Clemson, which shot 51.9 percent from the field, pulled away.

Junior guard Ky Bowman, who had 14 points and 13 rebounds against UofL earlier this year, is third in the ACC in scoring (19.2 ppg), 10th in rebounding (7.5), 10th in free throw percentage (.780) and leads the conference in minutes played (39.2 per game). Boston College is No. 96 in the Sagarin Ratings, No. 106 in ESPN's College Basketball Power Index (BPI), No. 124 in the NET rankings and No. 107 by Ken Pomeroy through Feb. 24.

Louisville has a 7-3 series advantage over Boston College, winning the last six matchups. The Cardinals prevailed 80-70 over Boston College earlier this season in Louisville (1-16-19) as Jordan Nwora scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for UofL.

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Louisville is one of four schools in the nation to have faced 10 schools in the nation's Top 25 (also Duke, North Carolina, Virginia). Virginia was the Cardinals' sixth opponent in the last seven games that ranks among the nation's top 16 teams in defensive efficiency by KenPom.
Jordan Nwora is the second-most improved scorer in the nation with his 17.3 scoring average (fifth in the ACC) up 10.6 ppg from his 5.7 average last year. He has scored 20 or more points on 11 occasions this season, including his sixth double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds against Duke on Feb. 12.
Christen Cunningham leads the ACC in assists in conference only games (6.4). He has handed out 81 assists in his last 12 games, including a season-best 12 assists vs. Duke on Feb. 12, the most for a Cardinal in five years.
In the Cardinals' 15 ACC games, centers Malik Williams (8.3 ppg, 5.9 rpg) and Steven Enoch (8.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg) have combined to average 17.2 points and 11.0 rebounds.
Louisville has allowed 55 or fewer points in four of its last 11 games. The Cardinals have limited an opponent to under 40 percent accuracy for a half on 27 occasions this season, including the first half vs. Virginia. UofL is 21^st in the nation in adjusted defensive efficiency.
UofL has scored 80 or more points in 13 games (75.5 ppg) and the Cardinals are 29^th in the nation in adjusted offensive efficiency by Kenpom. UofL is fourth in the ACC in scoring offense for conference games (72.8 ppg).
Louisville's 2019 signing class is ranked second in the nation by ESPN.com, fifth by Rivals.com and fifth by 247sports.com.

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Players Mentioned

Christen Cunningham

Steven Enoch

Jordan Nwora

Dwayne Sutton

Malik Williams

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