Men's Hoops Falls To #10/9 Louisville, 81-72

Wednesday, January 28

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

9:00 PM

Boston College

1-69-10; ACC

Louisville

5-217-3; ACC

Team	1	2	F
Louisville	35	46	81
Boston College	33	39	72

Men's Hoops Falls To #10/9 Louisville, 81-72

January 29, 2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Jan. 29, 2015

Box Score
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GAME INFORMATION
Score: #10/9 Louisville 81, Boston College 72
Records: Boston College (9-10, 1-6 ACC), Louisville (17-3, 5-2 ACC)
Location: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA
Attendance: 5,119
BC Starters: Batten (G), Magarity (F), Hanlan (G), Brown (G), Heckmann (G)
Louisville Starters: Rozier (G), Jones (G), Harrell (F), Blackshear (F), Onuaku (C)

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Graduate student Aaron Brown scored a game-high 28 points, going 5-for-12 from beyond the arc. It was the most points scored by a BC player this season.
- Senior Patrick Heckmann recorded 14 points, five rebounds and five assists.
- Junior Olivier Hanlan had 11 points and matched a career high with nine assists.

TURNING POINT
After Boston College cut its deficit to two points, a 9-4 Louisville stretch gave the Cardinals a 68-61 lead with 3:29 left in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The two teams traded matching 8-2 runs to start the game with Louisville's coming first. Brown had five of the points in the BC run.
- The Cardinals were on top, 21-20, and then scored eight unanswered to build a nine-point lead with 7:08 left in the half.
- BC responded with a 9-2 run, hitting three 3-pointers, to cut the deficit to 31-29.
- The Eagles trailed at the half, 35-33.
- Louisville built its lead to 45-37 but a quick 5-0 spurt by the Eagles brought it to within three with 12:39 remaining.
- The Cardinals stretched the lead back to 59-49 but BC battled back again with eight unanswered points to pull within two at the 6:48 mark. Heckmann had five of the points.
- A 9-4 Louisville stretch after that put the lead at 68-61 with 3:29 left and BC could only get as close as five points the rest of the way.

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Aaron Brown, 28
Rebounds: Dimitri Batten and Will Magarity, 6
Assists: Olivier Hanlan, 9

Louisville
Points: Chris Jones, 28
Rebounds: Chris Jones, 6
Assists: Terry Rozier, 5

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Junior Olivier Hanlan's 11 points now gives him 1,413 in his BC career. He now ranks 17th all-time at Boston College in scoring.
- Senior Patrick Heckmann scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half. He is averaging 9.6 points per game after halftime in the last five games.
- Graduate student Aaron Brown's 28 points were a season-high this year for Boston College.
Ties: 2
Lead Changes: 0
Largest Leads: LOU by 10 2nd-8:06
BC led for: 00:00
Louisville led for: 37:46
Game was tied for: 1:51