Cards Head Out for Boston College

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville men's basketball is staying on the road to take on Boston College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in the Silvio O. Conte Forum. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network.

The Cardinals recently had their 10-game winning streak snapped by Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Yellow Jackets 77-70 in Atlanta. The Eagles snapped a six-game losing streak of their own on Saturday, beating Florida State 77-76 after scoring five points in the final seven seconds.

Louisville leads the all-time series over the Eagles 10-8, but has not beaten Boston College since Jan. 19, 2022, losing the last four meetings between the two teams. The programs are all knotted up at 4-4 when playing in Chestnut Hill.

GAME 23
Listen: Cardinal Sports Network (WLCL 93.9 FM & WGTK 970 AM flagship);
Streaming (Paul Rogers, pxp | Bob Valvano, analysis)
Watch: ACC Network (Jay Alter, pxp | Randolph Childress, analysis)
Live Stats: Boston College Stats

CARDINAL NOTES

Louisville's 10-game winning streak was the longest winning streak since the Cardinals won 10 in a row between Jan. 7 and Feb. 8, 2020.
Four of Louisville's six losses have all come to teams now ranked in the AP Top 25: No. 2 Duke (19-2), No. 4 Tennessee (18-4), No. 14 Kentucky (15-6), and No. 25 Ole Miss (16-6). As of Feb. 4, those teams, along with Oklahoma (16-5) are a combined 84-23.
At SMU on Jan. 21, Chucky Hepburn broke the UofL single game assists record with 16. Reyne Smith broke the program's single game made 3's record with 10. Louisville became the only DI team this century to have a player with 10+ 3's and 15+ assists in the same game. The Last NBA team to do it was the Warriors with Klay Thompson (10 3PM) and Steph Curry (15 AST) on Nov. 20, 2022.
Against North Carolina on Jan. 1, Chucky Hepburn made 16 free throws, tying the program record for free throws made in a single game.
Louisville played five ranked opponents by Dec. 14. The Cardinals have the 18th best strength of schedule according to KenPom as of Feb. 4.
As of Feb. 4, Louisville is fourth in the country in 3-point attempts per game (31.0).
As of Feb. 4, Chucky Hepburn is 12th in the country in assists per game (6.4) and 14th total assists (140). He's also 12th in total steals (53) and 13th in steals per game (2.41). Reyne Smith is third in the country in 3's per game (3.77) and second in total 3-pointers (83). He's sixth in total 3-point attempts (206).
Sophomore forward James Scott is second in the country in dunks as of Feb. 4 with 50 makes on the year, according to Bart Torvik. He leads the ACC in that category and is now seventh on Louisville's dunks in a single season list. Find Chasing the Record Book on Page 9.
Senior guard Reyne Smith was named ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 23 for his 27-point performance at Florida State. It was just the third time in the program's 11 years in the ACC that Louisville has had multiple ACC Player of the Week awards as Chucky Hepburn also earned that title on Dec. 2

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Players Mentioned

Chucky Hepburn

James Scott

Reyne Smith

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