Eagles Travel To Syracuse Wednesday Night

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BC FACES SYRACUSE IN FIRST ACC ROAD TEST
• Boston College will travel to Syracuse on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. game at the Carrier Dome.
• The game will be televised by RSN/NESN and can be heard on the radio on WEEI 850 AM and bceagles.com.
• Boston College lost its first two ACC games at home, most recently against Notre Dame last Thursday, 82-54.
• Syracuse has lost its first four conference games of the year, including an 84-73 loss at home to North Carolina on Saturday.
• The Orange won both meetings between the two teams last season and own a 43-24 all-time record in the series.

EAGLES LOSE TO NOTRE DAME
• Senior Dennis Clifford recorded 13 points and five rebounds as Boston College lost to Notre Dame, 82-54, last Thursday night at Conte Forum.
• He was 4-for-5 from the field and hit all five of his foul shots.
• Graduate student Eli Carter also scored 13 points.
• Freshman Jerome Robinson had 11 points and three steals.
• Boston College led early, 9-4, but Notre Dame scored 12 unanswered points over two minutes to take a 16-9 lead.
• That ignited a 21-4 run that made it a 25-13 Irish lead with 5:39 left in the half.
• BC cut the deficit to seven, but Notre Dame scored the last six points of the half to take a 37-24 lead at the break.
• The Irish pushed its lead to 20 points, 46-26, less than five minutes into the second half and led by 17 or more the rest of the game.

LAST TIME vs. SYRACUSE
• Aaron Brown scored a team-high 19 points as Boston College lost to Syracuse on February 11, 2015, 70-56, at Conte Forum.
• Brown was 7-for-14 shooting and added four rebounds.
• Olivier Hanlan recorded 16 points, four rebounds and four assists.
• Boston College held an early 8-5 lead before Syracuse went on a 13-3 run over a span of seven minutes to take an 18-11 lead near the midway point of the half.
• The Orange held a 23-15 lead and then BC scored six unanswered points to cut the deficit to two with 3:15 remaining.
• Syracuse went into halftime with a 28-24 lead.
• The Orange maintained a 54-48 lead and then went on a 13-2 run over a 4:09 span to build its lead to 67-50 with 3:36 left in the game.

LAST TIME AT THE CARRIER DOME
• Aaron Brown led all scorers with 21 points while adding six rebounds as Boston College lost at Syracuse on January 20, 2015, 69-61.
• Dimitri Batten added 17 points and five boards.
• Olivier Hanlan had 13 points (all in the second half), five rebounds and five assists.
• Boston College jumped out to a 9-2 lead by hitting three of its four 3-point attempts. Brown connected on both of his tries to start the run.
• The Eagles held a 12-4 lead at the 14:41 mark, but Syracuse clamped down the rest of the half and finished with a 31-5 run to take a 35-17 lead into the locker room.
• An 11-2 BC run to start the second half brought the deficit back into single digits, 37-28, but a quick 9-3 run by the Orange pushed it back to 46-31.
• The Eagles never faded down the stretch and went on a 7-2 spurt to pull within six, 66-60, with 53 seconds left, but that is as close as they would get.

Eagles Travel To Syracuse Wednesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Dimitri Batten

Aaron Brown

Eli Carter

Dennis Clifford

Olivier Hanlan

Jerome Robinson