No. 5 Louisville Hosts Boston College on Thursday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following four straight wins, No. 5 Louisville women's basketball (25-3, 14-2) returns home for the first of two games at the KFC Yum! Center to end the regular season against Boston College (17-10, 10-6) on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. The game will broadcast on the ACC Network and 790 WKRD-AM.

At 14-2 in league play, the Cardinals have claimed a piece of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title, which marks a program-record third straight regular season title. They have also clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

With one win in its final two games, UofL will clinch its first ever outright ACC title and its first outright conference title since they won the Conference USA regular season title in 2000-01.

UofL is giving up 57.0 points per game, which ranks third in the ACC, and have held opponents to 70 points or less in all but one game. In 16 ACC games, they are holding opponents to 55.6 points per game, which leads the league. The Cardinals have held opponents below 50 points in the last three games and below 60 points in eight of nine games. Over those nine games, opponents are averaging 54.1 points per game.

The Cardinals are limiting opponents to 35.7 percent shooting, which ranks second in ACC. They rank first in the league in ACC play with a 34.6 field goal percentage defense. They have held opponents below 40 percent shooting in nine straight games. Four times in that nine game stretch, they have held opponents below 30 percent. Over those nine games, opponents are shooting 33.0 percent.

In the last four games, Kylee Shook is averaging 12.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks. She has double-doubles in her last two games and three of her last four games. She had 13 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks at Georgia Tech and 17 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks at Pitt.

ABOUT THE EAGLES

Boston College enters Thursday's game with a 17-10 record, 10-6 in ACC play. They have won their last five games and are 8-3 in their last 11 after opening ACC play with a 2-3 record.

They are averaging 73.3 points per game, which ranks third in the league and their opponents are scoring 67.0 points per game, which ranks 13th in the ACC. The Eagles rank 13th in the league with a 40.2 field goal percentage defense. They rank second with 14.6 assists per game and fourth with 8.2 steals per game.

They have five players averaging more than 9.5 points per game with Taylor Soule (13.9 ppg), Emma Guy (13.7 ppg), Makayla Dickens (10.4 ppg), Cameron Swartz (9.7 ppg) and Marnelle Garraud (9.5 ppg). The Eagles have four players that have made more than 26 3-pointers with Dickens (50-150, .333), Garraud (44-125, .352), Swartz (29-106, .274) and Milan Bolden-Morris (26-76, .342). Garraud ranks second in the ACC with 2.0 steals per game.

Series History - UofL is 7-1 all-time against Boston College. They are 6-0 since joining the ACC, 3-0 at the KFC Yum! Center and 3-0 in Boston. The Cards' lone loss to the Eagles came on Dec. 28, 1985 (L, 74-68) in the NC State Christmas Tourney. Last year, UofL won 87-51 at the KFC Yum! Center. In the six games since UofL joined ACC, they have a +22.3 scoring margin against BC.

The Last Meeting (Jan 16, 2020) - Dana Evans hit seven 3-pointers and finished with 27 points, leading Louisville to an 81-70 victory over Boston College for its ninth straight victory. Yacine Diop, Jazmine Jones and Kylee Shook each added 12 points for the Cardinals. Jones added seven rebounds and seven assists. Boston College pushed Louisville a bit in the third quarter, trimming a 10-point halftime deficit to 49-43 on a 3-pointer by Dickens. Whenever the Cardinals seemed to need a basket or two to pull away, Evans came up with a 3-pointer. Her 3-pointer from the top of the key made it 60-48 with 3 1/2 minutes left in the third.

GAME FACTS
Date: Thursday, Feb. 27
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Site: KFC Yum! Center | Louisville, Ky.
TV: ACCN, Jenn Hildreth, play-by-play, LaChina Robinson, analyst
Radio: 790 AM (WKRD), Nick Curran, play-by-play; Adrienne Johnson, analyst
Last Meeting: W, 81-70 (Jan. 16, 2020 at KFC Yum! Center)
Series History: 7-1 (3-0 Home, 3-0 Away, 1-1 Neutral)
UofL National Ranking: 5th Associated Press, 5th USA Today
Promotions: Angel McCoughtry Bobblehead Giveaway, Thirsty Thursday
Next Game: Sunday, March 1 vs. Virginia Tech

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Players Mentioned

Yacine Diop

Dana Evans

Jazmine Jones

Kylee Shook

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