Preview: Louisville Cardinals vs. Boston College Eagles

To try to start a winning streak, the Cardinals travel up north to play the Eagles.
One hour ago, Matthew McGavic
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Cardinals in Louisville
The Lafayette Cardinals
Eagles of Boston College
COLLEGE BOSTON EAGLES
Boston College Eagles (13-10, 4-8 ACC) vs. Louisville Cardinals (8-16, 3-10 ACC)
Tuesday, February 13 at 9:00 p.m. EST is tipoff. Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the venue.
ACC Network is one way to watch; 93.9 FM is one way to listen.
– Boston College is my favorite to bet on. -9.0 – Maximum Series: Louisville leads 10-6; last meeting: Boston College, in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, on March 7, 2023, won 80-62.

Estimated Starting Lineups for Madison

G Skyy Clark, So. (6-3, 205).
G Tre White (205, So., 6-7).
G/F Mike James (R-So., 6-5, 200)
F. Kaleb Glenn, 206, Fr., 6-6
F. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (six-ten, twenty-four, junior)

Boston University

G Claudell Harris Jr. (190, Jr., 6-3)
Zackery, G. (6-2, 220, Jr.)
G. Mason Madsen, Sr. (6-4, 200)
F McGlockton, Devin (6-7, 230, So.)
Quinten Post (7-0, 235, Gr.) Full/Close
In contrast
Check out the Cardinals’ comparison to the Eagles and the team that the statistical models favor: Tale of the Tape, Boston College vs. Louisville Predictions

Notes on the Game: Louisville

After being outrebounded by a cumulative 53 boards in eight consecutive games, Louisville has won four of the past five games and outrebounded its opponents by a total of 45 boards in those five games.
In Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech, rookie forward Kaleb Glenn scored 15 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for his first double-double. With nine offensive rebounds, Glenn set records for both the most by a freshman at the University of Louisville and the most by a Cardinal since Chane Behanan in 2012.
Against Georgia Tech, Louisville had six players score in double figures. The Cardinals hadn’t achieved the feat since they played Wake Forest on February 5, 2020.
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield has averaged 15.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, and six double-doubles over the past 15 games while shooting 59.4% (85 of 143) from the field. Throughout the first 68 games of his career, he recorded two double-doubles.
Protect Ty-Laur Johnson joins Edgar Sosa (2006–07), current team video coordinator Reece Gaines (1999–00), DeJuan Wheat (1993–94), and Jason Osborne (1993–94), father of senior forward JJ Traynor, as the only five Louisville rookies since 1992 to record at least 85 assists in a season.
Along with New Mexico, UofL is one of only two teams in the country where five different players—Huntley-Hatfield (29), Tre White (29), Skyy Clark (29), Johnson (27) and Mike James (26—have scored at least 26 points in a game this season.
The previous time out: Louisville defeated Georgia Tech 79-67 after rallying from a halftime hole with a 28-7 surge.
ESSENTIAL FIRST HALF RUN: A 7-0 run from 14:00 to 11:14 put Georgia Tech ahead by as much as four points. In response, Louisville went on a 10-0 run that lasted for three minutes, increasing their lead to six points. Miles Kelly of the Yellow Jackets made three 3-pointers to tie Georgia Tech, and the team led 32–30 at the break.
ESSENTIAL SECOND HALF RUN: With 8:15 remaining, Georgia Tech utilized an 18-11 run to take a 60-51 lead. The Cardinals answered with an 18-2 run that took 5:52, giving Louisville the lead back at 69-62 with 2:23 remaining. After making a jumper to cut the deficit to five points, the Yellow Jackets were unable to mount a comeback as the Cards made six free throws to end the game.
University of Florida made 22 of 57 (38.6%) field goals, 4 of 18 (22.2%) 3-pointers, and 31 of 34 (91.2%) free throws from the line.
Six players for Louisville scored in double figures: Tre White (14), Mike James (11), Ty-Laur Johnson (12), Mike Glenn (15), and Skyy Clark (11). After their game against Wake Forest on February 5, 2020, UofL had six players score in double figures for the first time.
In his thirty-one minutes of play, Ty-Laur Johnson scored twelve points, grabbed two rebounds, and made an impeccable eight of eight free throws. In addition, he provided five assists.
With 12 points, Brandon Huntley-Hatfield recorded his 13th double-digit scoring performance of the year. In his 28 minutes, he grabbed nine more rebounds.
Tre White completed the feat in 37 minutes with 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 steal.
Boston University

One of the ACC’s Most Improved Players, Devin McGlockton has made significant strides in a number of statistical areas. McGlockton is second on the Eagles in blocks (1.0), rebounds (6.3), and scoring (10.8) in 23 games. McGlockton’s averages per game have gone up in all categories: blocking shots (+0.3), scoring +4.7, and rebounding + 2.0. McGlockton is averaging 13.4 points and 7.0 rebounds in 12 ACC games.
Quinten Post is among the top players in the nation, and his record with the Eagles this year is clear proof of that. With an average of at least 16.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game, he is the only player in a major conference. Just using rebounds and points: Post is one of nine key conference players who average at least 16.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Two of those players, Flipkowski and Omier, are in the ACC, and six of those players are on the Wooden midseason list.
The assist/turnover ratio of 1.32:1 for Boston College is the best since 2005–06 and the third-highest in program history. Only four times since turnovers were first collected as a statistic, in 1978–79, has BC had an ATR of 1.30:1 or higher.
Jaeden Zackery needs 16 steals to break into the top 10 all-time list at Boston College. In 89 games, he has swiped 143 times. In addition, Zackery, who has a career 3-point field goal percentage of.386 (98–254), is tied for sixth on BC’s all-time list.
The Eagles average 74.8 points in their ACC wins, making connections on 49.3% of their shots from the floor, 45.7% from beyond the arc, and 69.0% from the foul line. They also have a 1.44:1 assist/turnover ratio and average 10.3 turnovers per game.
BC averages 69.6 points in ACC defeats, shooting 42.6% from the field, 29.4% from beyond the arc, and 71.0% from the charity line. They also record an ATR of 1.07:1 and commit 11.4 turnovers per game on average.
Boston College commits 10.5 turnovers per game, which puts them in 65th place nationally and seventh in the ACC. It would be the lowest since Boston College started tracking turnovers per game in 1979–1980.
In five of Boston College’s 13 victories, the Eagles have fallen behind by ten points or more: in the first halves of games against Richmond (14), Harvard (10), St. John’s (10), Georgia Tech (16), and Notre Dame (12).