Boston College Athletics
Boston College
12-16, 4-11
Louisville
24-4, 12-3
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston College | 31 | 29 | 60 |
| LOUISVILLE | 46 | 31 | 77 |
Boston College Falls to No. 8 Louisville, 77-60
February 26, 2015 | Women's Basketball
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Mariya Moore scored 18 points and No. 8 Louisville beat Boston College 77-60 on Thursday night in the Cardinals' regular-season home finale.
Louisville's winningest class in school history was honored on senior night. Shawnta' Dyer, Sara Hammond, Jude Schimmel, Bria Smith and Sheronne Vails have 109 victories and all five started.
Dyer scored 13 points and Smith and Schimmel each had 11. Freshman Myisha Hines-Allen added 12 points for the Cardinals (24-4, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).
The Cardinals forced 27 turnovers, including 18 steals, to overcome 12 3s from Boston College (12-16, 4-11).
Nicole Boudreau led the Eagles with 12 points, hitting four 3-pointers.
"I never would have dreamed being where I'm from to be able to play for a national championship or go out to L.A. for the ESPY Awards," said Hammond, a Mt. Vernon, Kentucky native and the school's first McDonald's All-American. "Things like that have changed my life."
The emotion of senior night didn't slow the Cardinals. Louisville scored the first eight points, six by Dyer, and then quickly went on a 14-3 run to lead 22-9 after eight minutes, with all five seniors scoring by that point.
Louisville shot 55 percent in the first half, outscoring the Eagles 30-8 in the paint, but Boston College hit seven 3s to stay within 46-31 at halftime.
Emilee Daley and Kelly Hughes each made 3-pointers in the first minute after the break to cut Louisville's lead to single digits, and Alexa Coulombe's layup with 18:32 left again cut the Cardinals' lead to nine at 48-39.
Boston College hit 10 of its first 19 3s and trailed 55-44 before Louisville went on a 12-2 run to lead 67-48 midway through the second half. The Cardinals led by 26 with five minutes left before Boston College scored the game's final nine points.
"We shot 47 percent to their 42 percent," Boston College coach Erik Johnson said. "We had 19 assists; they had 19 assists. We just had too many mistakes."
Louisville's seniors won 33 games last season and went to the NCAA title game in 2013, losing to Connecticut.
Schimmel and Smith both had all-around performances before a crowd of 10,488. In addition to scoring 11 points apiece, Smith had seven steals and five assists while Schimmel added seven assists, five rebounds and four steals.
TIP-INS:
Louisville: The Cardinals are off to their third-best start in school history. Last year's team made it to the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight and the 2008-09 squad lost in the national title game.
Boston College: The Eagles will honor their two seniors, Shayra Brown and Victoria Lesko, in their regular-season finale against Virginia Tech on Sunday.
UP NEXT:
Louisville travels to Virginia on Sunday.
Boston College hosts Virginia Tech on Sunday.
