Louisville-Boston College postgame notes and quotes

Pat Kelsey/Terrence Edwards Video:

Opening Statement:

“Earl Grant is a friend of mine. I followed him at Charleston, and he was a tough act to follow for a lot of reasons. He’s a really good coach and an unbelievably classy individual. Class act, class personified. There are so many people in Charleston in my first year that told me Earl Grant stories. He’s doing a great job up here. The last two games they’re playing as well as they have all year long. He had a really tough injury with his big kid before the game but I know he’ll get those guys back on the right track.

I’m proud of our players. They showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in overcoming the loss last Saturday in Atlanta and with Chucky (Hepburn) going down early in the second half, the guys all really rallied around each other and stepped up. Terrence (Edwards Jr.) for one, assumed the total point guard minutes from that point, but we essentially had two point guards on the floor at all times anyway because he’s phenomenal in the pick and roll, he makes people around him better, he’s Steady Eddy and a big shot maker so I’m really proud of how he stepped up. Fortunate to get the win and got another tough one coming up on Saturday.”

Game Notes:

RECORDS AND NOTABLES

· Louisville improves to 17-6 on the season and 10-2 in league action.

· Boston College falls to 10-12 on the season and 2-9 in ACC play.

· The Louisville Cardinals are now 11-8 all-time against Boston College.

· Head coach Pat Kelsey is now 1-0 against Boston College.

· The 26-point win marks the longest margin of victory in an ACC game since an 82-54 victory at Wake Forest on Jan. 30, 2019

· UP NEXT: Louisville will return home to the KFC Yum! Center Saturday, February 8 for an ACC clash with Miami. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. ET and can be seen on ESPN2.

· TEAM NOTES

· UofL used the starting lineup of J’Vonne Hadley, Reyne Smith, Chucky Hepburn, James Scott and Terrence Edwards Jr. for the seventh time this season. The lineup is now 6-1 on the year.

· KEY FIRST HALF RUN: Louisville used an early 12-0 run starting at the 13:55 mark to take a 16-4 lead midway through the first half. After a BC run that cut the UofL lead to five, the Cardinals went on a 10-0 run to secure its biggest lead of the half of 15, to go into the locker with the score 29-14.

· KEY SECOND HALF RUN: The Cards used a 17-2 that spanned 4:55 to stretch the lead to 26, capped off by a corner three by Khani Rooths.

· Louisville shot 34-68 (50%) from the field, 9-23 (39.1%) from deep and 7-11 (63.6%) from the free-throw line.

· Boston College shot 23-60 (38.3%) from the field, 6-20 (30%) from behind the arc and 6-11 (54.5%) from the charity stripe.

· The Cardinals outrebounded the Eagles 44-32 on the night, with 12 coming off the offensive glass.

· UofL held the advantage inside, scoring 48 points in the paint compared to just 28 for Boston College.