Boston College Athletics
Men's Hoops Travels To Syracuse Tuesday Night
January 19, 2015 | Men's Basketball
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BC TAKES ON SYRACUSE AT THE CARRIER DOME
• Boston College will travel to Syracuse on Tuesday night to take on the Orange in the Carrier Dome at 7 p.m.
• The game will be televised on ESPNU with Tom Hart and Len Elmore on the call.
• The last time BC was in Syracuse, it stunned the undefeated #1/1 Orange in overtime, 62-59.
• The Eagles have started ACC play by losing their first four games. The most recent setback came on Saturday to #2/2 Virginia, 66-51.
• Clemson snapped Syracuse's seven-game win streak on Saturday with a 66-53 win.
#2/2 VIRGINIA PULLS AWAY LATE
• Junior Olivier Hanlan led Boston College with 18 points and six assists as the Eagles lost to #2/2 Virginia on Saturday, 66-51.
• Hanlan was 6-for-14 from the field.
• Senior Patrick Heckmann was the other player in double figures with 15 points. He was 6-for-11 from the floor.
• He sparked an Eagle run in the beginning of the second half by scoring nine of the first 12 points.
• The first half was tight the entire 20 minutes as the largest lead was a five-point one for Virginia, 14-9, at the 11:06 mark in the half.
• Sophomore Will Magarity hit his second 3-pointer of the half to tie it up, 22-22, with 4:09 left. It was the first tie since the score was 9-9.
• Virginia's Anthony Gill hit a pair of free throws with four seconds left to take a 27-24 lead into the locker room.
• Heckmann sparked a 14-6 run to begin the second half to give BC a 38-33 lead - its largest of the game.
• The Cavaliers responded immediately with 10 unanswered points to take a 43-38 lead with 8:34 left in the game.
• Holding a 53-48 lead, UVa went on an 8-0 run that pushed the lead to 61-48 with 2:08 remaining.
LAST TIME AT SYRACUSE
• Olivier Hanlan recorded a team-high 20 points and dished out three assists as BC upset undefeated #1/1 Syracuse, 62-59, in overtime on February 19, 2014 at the Carrier Dome.
• Lonnie Jackson scored 10 points while adding three assists and two rebounds. He hit all four of his free throws down the stretch in OT to seal the win.
• Syracuse closed the first half by scoring the last seven points to take a 25-17 lead into the locker room.
• Syracuse scored the first five points of the second to make it 12 unanswered points which stretched the lead to 30-17.
• BC responded with a 29-12 run to take a 46-42 lead at the 6:12 mark.
• Hanlan hit a layup with 47 seconds left to force the overtime.
• Hanlan connected on a 3-pointer to give BC a 53-50 edge with 4:33 left in OT.
• C.J. Fair hit a jumper, but Heckmann responded with a trey to give the Eagles a 56-52 lead with 2:55 to play.
• Tyler Ennis hit a layup to tie the game at 56 with 2:12 to go.
• A layup by Heckmann gave the Eagles a one-point lead, 58-57, with 44 seconds left.
• Jackson hit all four of his free throw attempts down the stretch to seal the win.
DEFENSIVE FOCUS
• Boston College has allowed just 63.5 points per game this season through 16 games.
• Last year through 16 contests, the Eagles were giving up 75.1 points per game - an 11.6 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 two opponents to 60 points or less through 16 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
Boston College travels to Atlanta over the weekend to take on Georgia Tech on Sunday at 1 p.m.
