No. 5 Louisville Plays at Boston College on Thursday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 5 Louisville women's basketball (16-1, 5-0) travels to play at Boston College (9-7, 2-3) on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.

The Cardinals have won their first five games in Atlantic Coast Conference play and sit atop the league standings. They are 5-0 to open league play for the first time since 2018-19. That season, they opened at 6-0 and finished with a 15-1 record to claim the regular season conference title.

Louisville's scoring margin in ACC games is a league-best +18.8 points and they have won three of five games by 14 or more points. Their scoring margin in the two ACC road wins is +35.5 points. On the season, UofL's scoring margin is +17.5 points, which ranks fifth in ACC.

UofL is giving up 57.2 points per game, which ranks third in the ACC, and have held opponents to 67 points or less in all but one game. In five ACC games, they are holding opponents to 53.0 points per game, which leads the league.

The Cardinals lead the ACC with 15.9 assists per game and rank second with a 1.14 assist-to-turnover ratio. They have a 1.56 assist-to-turnover ratio in five ACC games, which leads the league. The Cardinals have 44 assists in the last two games, which is the best two-game stretch this season. They had 19 assists vs. Wake Forest and had a season-high 25 assists in the win over Miami

ABOUT THE EAGLES

Boston College enters Thursday's game with a 9-7 record, 2-3 in ACC play. They are 0-2 in ACC home games with a 72-54 loss to NC State and a 69-52 loss to Virginia in their last game.

They are averaging 76.8 points per game, which ranks second in the league and their opponents are scoring 68.2 points per game, which ranks 13th in the ACC. They have the two highest scoring outputs in the ACC this season with a 109-69 win over Delaware State and a 106-69 win over St. Francis (Brooklyn). The Eagles rank last in the league with a 40.6 field goal percentage defense. They rank second with 15.8 assists per game and third with 9.0 steals per game.

They have five double-digit scorers with Taylor Soule (12.8 ppg), Cameron Swartz (12.6 ppg), Emma Guy (12.1 ppg), Marnelle Garraud (10.3 ppg) and Makayla Dickens (10.1 ppg). The Eagles have four players that have made more than 20 3-pointers with Dickens (29-83, .349), Garraud (26-71, .366), Milan Bolden-Morris (24-71, .338) and Swartz (22-69, .319). Garraud ranks first in the ACC with 2.6 steals per game.

Series History - UofL is 6-1 all-time against Boston College. They are 5-0 since joining the ACC, 3-0 at the KFC Yum! Center and 2-0 in Chestnut Hill. 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 year, UofL won 87-51 at the KFC Yum! Center. Last time at Boston College, Louisville won 87-52 as six different players scored in double figures. In the five games since UofL joined the ACC, they have a +24.6 scoring margin against BC.

The Last Meeting (Feb. 24, 2019) - Asia Durr led the way with 23 points as UofL rolled past Boston College, 87-51, at the KFC Yum! Center. UofL started out hot, jumping out to a 22-6 lead, and ended the first quarter with a 23-11 advantage. The Cardinals outrebounded the Eagles, 22-11, in the first half, led by Sam Fuehring's six, and went to the break with a 45-27 lead. Boston College opened the second stanza on an 8-3 run to trim the lead to 13, but did not get any closer as Louisville cruised to a 36-point win. The Cardinals' defense controlled throughout, as they finished with 11 steals, forced 24 turnovers, scoring 27 points off those turnovers.

GAME FACTS
Date: Thursday, Jan. 16
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Site: Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass.
TV: ACCNX, Erik Gallanty, play-by-play, Kerri Shields, analyst
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: W, 87-51 (Feb. 24, 2019 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: 6-1 (3-0 Home, 2-0 Away, 1-1 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 5th Associated Press, 4th USA Today
Next Game: Sunday, Jan. 19 at North Carolina

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Players Mentioned

Asia Durr

Sam Fuehring

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