Eagles Close Out Non-Conference Play on Saturday vs. Dartmouth

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BOSTON COLLEGE VS. DARTMOUTH - ALL-TIME SERIES

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. THE IVY LEAGUE

Boston College is 88-31 in games versus Ivy League opponents.
Harvard is BC's' most common Ivy League foe (50 meetings; 34-16).
The Eagles downed Columbia, 81-66, earlier this season.
Boston College versus Ivy League opponents: Brown (19-1); Columbia (2-0); Cornell (3-0); Penn (1-2); Princeton (1-0); Yale (8-3).

(JE)ROME IS BURNING

In conference play, Jerome Robinson is the ACC's scoring leader.
Robinson is averaging 24.2 points per game in five ACC contests.
He has scored 24 or more points in four of his five ACC games, including a season-high 29 points at Virginia.
Robinson tallied 24 points in the ACC opening victory over top-ranked Duke - 15 coming over the last 20:00 of play.
He is shooting 54.4% from the floor (43-79) and 57.6% from the perimeter (19-33) in conference play.

Ky Bowman: THE MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY

Ky Bowman is the only player in the country to average at least 16.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game.
Bowman's 6.9 boards per game average is the best nationally among players that are 6-1 or under.
The last player 6-1 or shorter to average at least 6.9 rpg for a season was Jeff Early of Southern Illinois (7.2) in 2012-13.
Bowman is also the only player in the ACC to rank among the top 10 in scoring and assists and top 20 in rebounding.
He ranks eighth in the ACC in scoring, 17th in rebounding, and is fifth in assists.
Among the top 10 conferences (per KenPom), only six players rank among the top 10 in scoring and assists and top 20 in rebounding: Jevon Carter (WVU), Caleb Martin (Nevada), Chandler Hutchison (Boise St.), Malik Yarbrough (Illinois St.) and Peyton Aldridge (Davidson).
Prior to the Dec. 30 game at Virginia, he was the only player in the nation to have at least 10 pts/3 reb/3 asst in every game.

THE NEW BIG THREE: PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES

Through the first seven games of the season (prior to the Nebraska game), Ky Bowman accounted for 19.9% of the offense and Jerome Robinson (19.1%), Deontae Hawkins (17.5) and Jordan Chatman (13.1) accounted for 70.0% of the BC scoring.
Since the Hartford game, Robinson (27.8), Bowman (22.6), and Chatman (21.0) account for 71.4% of the offensive output.

CHAT SESSION

Jordan Chatman is averaging 16.0 points over the last eight games - despite going scoreless vs. #25/25 Clemson.
He has connected on 52.8% (28-53) from 3-point land over the eight-game span.
At Virginia, Chatman scored an efficient 18 points on just seven shots. He was 5-of-7 (4-5 3FG) and 4-of-4 from the FT line.
The junior guard tied his career-high with 30 points vs. Richmond, making 10-of-16 shots from the floor - including seven 3FG.
The junior from Vancouver, Wash. poured in 22 points (5-9 3FG) in the win over top-ranked Duke, playing all 40 minutes.
Chatman is tied for the team lead with 40 3-pointers and is third in scoring at 13.3 points per game.

TODAY'S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Steffon Mitchell is the only player to grab double-digit rebounds vs. North Carolina this season.
Boston College is one of four teams to have played at least seven opponents in "quadrant 1" on the NCAA RPI list.
Butler (eight) tops the list, followed by Boston College, Purdue, Kansas, and Gonzaga with seven.
Jerome Robinson's 47.1% 3-point percentage would rank as the second-best single-season 3FG% mark in BC history.
Today's game is the latest date for a non-conference game since Jan. 14, 2015 when BC hosted Harvard.
Since joining the Big East in 1979-80, the latest date for a non-conference tilt was Feb. 26, 2001 vs. Morris Brown.

HIGH BOARD SCORES FOR MITCHELL

Steffon Mitchell is poised to become the sixth Boston College freshman to lead the team in rebounds/game since 1972-73.
The freshman from Shakopee, Minn. would be the fourth BC player to average better than 7.0 rebounds per game as a frosh.
The others: Ryan Anderson (2011-12, 7.4 rpg); Craig Smith (2002-03, 7.9); Danya Abrams (1993-94, 7.1).
Mitchell currently ranks 10th in the ACC in rebounding, at 7.7 boards per outing.
Anderson ranked seventh in the ACC in rebounding, while Smith was seventh and Abrams 10th in the Big East.

CONFERENCE CALL

In ACC play, Jerome Robinson leads all scorers, averaging 24.2 points per game through five league contests.
Robinson also leads the ACC in 3FG made, averaging 3.8 treys per game.
The junior guard ranks fourth in FG% (54.4%) and is second in 3FG%, connecting on 57.6% from beyond the arc.

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 13

Boston College is 9-11 all-time in games played on January 13.
January 13 is also marks the tri-celebration of National Peach Melba Day, National Sticker Day, and National Rubber Ducky Day.
Several historic events occurred on January 13 - 1888: National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C.; 1968: Johnny Cash performs a live concert at the Folsom Prison; 1999: Michael Jordan announces his retirement to play baseball.
Notable January 13 birthdays: actress Julia-Louis Dreyfus, author Horatio Alger, former Supreme Court justice Salmon P. Chase, and game show mainstays Charles Nelson Reilly and Rip Taylor.

STEFFON THE STAT SHEET STUFFER

Sixteen games into his collegiate career, and Steffon Mitchell has proven to be a versatile contributor for the Eagles.
In 15 of the 17 games so far this season, Mitchell has led the team in either scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks, or steals.
Mitchell grabbed a team-best 10 rebounds at North Carolina. He was also BC's top rebounder on eight total occasions.
He led BC in steals in the Duke, Hartford, and S.C. State games. He was also the top assist man at Virginia and Hartford.
He was the team's leader in blocks six times, including back to back games with four swats versus Wake Forest and Clemson.
The Shakopee, Minn. native led BC in scoring with 21 points versus S.C State.
La Salle and Columbia are the only games this season in which he has not led Boston College in a statistical category.