Boston College Athletics
Men's Hoops Hosts #2/2 Virginia Saturday
January 16, 2015 | Men's Basketball
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BC HOSTS UNDEFEATED VIRGINIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON
• Boston College will host undefeated #2/2 Virginia on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Conte Forum.
• The game will be televised on RSN/NESN with Wes Durham and Dan Bonner on the call.
• The Eagles have started ACC play by losing their first three games. The last two losses have come by an average of 2.5 points.
• BC defeated Harvard on Wednesday night in overtime, 64-57. It was the first win over the Crimson since 2005 (BC has lost six straight to Harvard).
• Virginia enters the weekend as one of two undefeated teams in the nation along with #1/1 Kentucky.
• The Cavaliers have the top ranked scoring defense in the country, allowing just 50.6 points per game.
• BC is 4-1 at home against UVa and 7-2 at Conte Forum this year.
BC GETS PAST HARVARD IN OVERTIME
• Junior Olivier Hanlan had game highs with 17 points and eight rebounds as Boston College beat Harvard in overtime, 64-57, on Wednesday night in Conte Forum.
• Senior Patrick Heckmann added 14 points, including nine in the overtime period.
• Junior Dennis Clifford recorded his first career double-double, going for 13 points and 10 rebounds.
• Graduate student Aaron Brown added 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
• Boston College jumped out to an 11-2 lead in the first 2:35 of the game. Brown hit a pair of 3-pointers to ignite the run.
• With the lead at 15-8, the Eagles went on a 10-2 run to make it a 25-10 advantage with 8:07 left in the half. Brown had matched Harvard as a team with 10 points for the first 12:04 of the game.
• BC kept the lead in double digits for the remainder of the half and took a 30-19 lead into the locker room.
• Harvard started the second half by scoring the first five points to make it a 30-24 game, but BC responded with five of its own to push the lead back to 11 points.
• The Crimson then went on a 15-4 run over a span of almost nine minutes to tie it up, 39-39, with 6:54 left. It was the first tie since 2-2.
• Harvard took its first lead of the game, 43-41, with an Evan Cummings dunk at the 5:23 mark.
• The teams traded buckets down to the end of regulation. Brown hit a layup with 19 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
• With Boston College holding a 56-54 lead in overtime, the Eagles went on a 6-1 run to take a 62-55 lead with 17 seconds left. Heckmann had five of the points in that span.
LAST SEASON AT VIRGINIA
• Ryan Anderson led the Eagles in points (20) and rebounds (7) as Boston College last at #20/21 Virginia, 77-67, on February 5, 2014 at John Paul Jones Arena.
• Lonnie Jackson tallied 12 points and Olivier Hanlan scored 14 points.
• Virginia made the first big run of the game by scoring 15 unanswered points over 6:42 to take a 20-5 lead at the 9:52 mark.
• With the Cavalier lead at 30-17, UVa closed out the first half on a 10-4 run to build a 40-21 advantage at the break.
• A 7-0 BC run cut the deficit to 47-33 at the 13:26 mark of the second half. Hanlan and Garland Owens hit a pair of 3-pointers in that span.
• UVa was up 71-52 with 4:47 left before BC cut the lead down to 73-67 with 39 seconds left - a 15-2 run.
• Brogdon hit two free throws and the Eagles did not convert on the next trip down the floor, which sealed the game.
DEFENSIVE FOCUS
• Boston College has allowed just 63.3 points per game this season through 15 games.
• Last year through 15 contests, the Eagles were giving up 76.2 points per game - a 12.9 point difference.
• BC has held six opponents to 60 points or less this year and is 4-2 in those outings. Last season, it held just one opponent (Division II Philadelphia University) to 60 points or less through 15 games.
• In addition, the 2014-15 Eagles have allowed just one opponent to score more than 80 points. Last year, five different teams reached that mark to this point.
UP NEXT
BC will be on the road for a pair of games next week at Syracuse (Tuesday) and Georgia Tech (Sunday).
