Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Boston College

#18/16 Louisville 88, Boston College 60
Jan. 25, 2024 – KFC Yum! Center
Attendance: 7,606

Team Notes:

Louisville is 55-0 at home against unranked ACC opponents during conference play since joining the league in 2014-15.
The Cardinals shot 57.1 percent (32-56) from the floor in the win over the Eagles.
- It is the seventh time this season they have shot 50 percent or better from the floor. They are 7-0 in those games this season.
- Louisville has shot 50 percent or better in five of their seven ACC games this season.
The 88 points scored for the Cardinals are the most against an ACC opponent since Feb. 6, 2022, when they scored 100 against Syracuse.
The 57.1 percent shooting is the best against an ACC opponent since Feb. 27, 2022, when the Cards shot 58.5 percent against Notre Dame.
The Cardinals are 132-25 (.841) in ACC play since the 2014-15 season.
- They are the only program with a winning percentage of .800 or greater in ACC play over the last 10 seasons.
- They have eight more conference wins than the second-best team during that span.
Louisville has totaled 194 wins and has an .847 winning percentage since the start of the 2017-18 season.
- The wins rank third and the winning percentage ranks sixth in the NCAA during that span.
The Cardinals forced the Eagles into 20 turnovers in the win Thursday night. It was the 13th time this season the Cardinals had forced 20 or more turnovers in a game.
- Four of those 13 occasions came against ACC opponents.
Louisville had 10 total players score in the win.
- It is the seventh time this season 10 or more players have scored and the Cards are 7-0 in those games.
The Cardinals are 97-5 in their last 102 games when they have scored 70 points or more, dating back to the 2018-19 season. UofL is 325-28 when surpassing the 70-point plateau under Walz.
The Cardinals are 198-10 in their last 208 games against unranked opponents.
Louisville scored 23 points off turnovers in the win. It is the 14th game this season they have had 20 or more points scored off turnovers.

Player Notes:

Kiki Jefferson led the team with a season-high 27 points, team-best seven rebounds and team-best four assists in 27 minutes played.
- It was her third 20-point game this season and 44th of her career
- It was the fifth time this season she has led the team in scoring, fourth time leading the team in rebounding and fifth time leading the team in assists.
- The 27 points were the most points scored by any Louisville player this season.
- Jefferson was 9-for-11 from the free throw line, a season high in both categories.
- She shot 8-for-14 from the floor, the 13th game this season she has shot 50 percent or better.
- Jefferson was 2-for-2 from behind the arc, her third game this season with multiple threes made.
Olivia Cochran tallied double-digit points for the 12th-straight game with 10 points and had a team-best seven rebounds.
- Cochran shot 50.0 percent (5-for-10) from the floor. It is the 12th-straight game and 16th game this season she has shot 50 percent or better.
Elif Istanbulluoglu scored a career-high 11 points on 5-for-8 shooting to go with four rebounds in the win.
- It is the second double-digit scoring game of the season and first against an ACC opponent
- It was the sixth game shooting 50 percent or better from the floor, fourth time against an ACC opponent
Nyla Harris tallied seven points on 2-for-2 shooting from the floor and 3-for-4 from the line to go with six rebounds and a team-best three steals.
- It is the third time this season she has shot 100 percent from the floor in a game.
- It is the second-straight game she has had three steals.
Nina Rickards had a team-best four assists to go with six points, four rebounds and a steal.
- It is the 11th time this season she has led the team in assists.
- It is the 11th time this season she has scored six points or more.

University of Louisville Athletics

Louisville Women's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. Boston College

Players Mentioned

Olivia Cochran

Nyla Harris

Elif Istanbulluoglu

Kiki Jefferson

Nina Rickards

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