CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Nina Rickards scored the game-winning shot with 18.4 seconds left and finished with 16 points to help No. 18 Louisville beat Boston College 69-67.

What You Need To Know

  • Louisville beat Boston College 69-67

  • Nina Rickards led the Cardinals in scoring with 16

  • The Cardinals didn't take the lead in the game until  the third quarter, but entered the fourth down one.

  • No. 18 Louisville welcomes No. 12 Virginia Tech to the KFC Yum! Center Sunday, Feb. 18

Back-to-back jumpers from Boston College’s Dontavia Waggoner and T’yana Todd tied it 67-all with 1:13 to play. Rickards’ layup capped the scoring. Eylia Love then forced a Waggoner turnover with five seconds remaining to seal it.

Rickards shot 7 of 10 from the floor. Kiki Jefferson added 14 points and Sydney Taylor had 13 for Louisville (21-5, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference). Olivia Cochran scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds. This was the first time this season Rickards led the Cards in scoring. She tied her season hiigh with 16 points. 

Waggoner scored 22 points on 8-of-18 shooting to lead Boston College (11-16, 3-11). Todd finished with 16 points and JoJo Lacey and Andrea Daley chipped in with 10 each.

Rickards and Jefferson scored six points apiece as Louisville outscored BC 24-15 in the second quarter to knot it 32-all at halftime. The Cardinals took the lead for good with a 6-0 spurt to open the fourth quarter for a 57-52 advantage with 7:09 remaining.

Boston College will look to end an eight-game losing streak in a road game against Florida State on Feb. 22.

Louisville, which has played four of its last five games against ranked teams, hosts 12th-ranked Virginia Tech on Sunday, Feb. 18. The game is at 2 p.m. and will be shown nationally on ESPN.

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