No. 19 Louisville rolls past Boston College 79-47

Louisville’s Deng Adel (22) and Chinanu Onuaku, right, battle Boston College’s Ervins Meznieks (10) for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, in Louisville Ky.

It’s understandable to feel bad for players who had no involvement with the alleged scandal, and particularly for players such as Damion Lee and Trey Lewis, who both transferred to Louisville for a fifth and final season of college ball.

Boston College meanwhile started 1 of 7 from the field and shot just 30 percent in a first half, which included 11 turnovers leading to 12 Louisville points.

“We all think about the tournaments, but we take it one game at a time because in the ACC, as you see this year, any team can upset another team”, he said. “This is a punishment I thought would never happen this season”. Sammy Barnes-Thompkins was the Eagles lone double digit scorer with 14 points on four long balls with Garland Owens tossing in eight.

Donovan Mitchell chipped in 10 points, while Quentin Snider and Jaylen Johnson had nine apiece.

On the arena’s giant video boards with a few minutes to go before the Boston College game, U of L showed a clip before the game of Lee and Lewis’ press conference from Friday night discussing how they are coping with the news of the Cardinals’ self-imposed postseason fans. The Cardinals have played all season while the NCAA continues to investigate a claim made by a former escort in October that alleged a former Cardinals’ staffer hired dancers to strip and have sex with recruits and players.

Dennis Clifford added nine points for the Eagles, who got within 37-28 before Louisville settled down and coasted to victory.

“We just were really cold”, coach Jim Christian said. Schools and coaches, on the other hand, should pay dearly, if it were up to him, starting with a $10 million fine for schools and a big financial hit for coaches. Lee got some of the biggest cheers when he was brought to center court for an honorary tipoff. Those struggles made it easy for the Cardinals to mount a 17-0 run over 4:05 for a 19-2 lead and an advantage that reached 19.