Boston College Athletics
Tuesday, November 15
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Maryland Eastern Shore
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles Host Stony Brook For Sunday Matinee
November 19, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Tip time set for 1 p.m. in Conte Forum
THE GAME
• Boston College will host Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. inside Conte Forum.
• BC is looking for its second-straight win after taking down Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday night, 73-57.
• Boston College controlled that game the entire way, leading for nearly 38 minutes.
• Stony Brook lost its season opener against Columbia last Friday, 73-66.
• Today's contest is a non-bracketed game of the Barclays Center Classic.
THE SERIES
• Boston College has won each of the four previous meetings between the two programs.
• The first game in the series came back on December 15, 2002. The Eagles won that, 79-61.
• All four wins have come inside Conte Forum and by double digits.
• The last time the teams met was on December 11, 2011 - a 66-51 BC triumph.
• Stony Brook assistant coach Geno Ford and BC head coach Jim Christian are close friends.
• Ford was Christian's assistant coach at Kent State and took over as head coach of the Golden Flashes when Christian left for TCU.
NEED TO KNOW
• Graduate student Mo Jeffers currently ranks fourth in the ACC in rebounding (9.5). He is tied for first in defensive rebounds (7.0).
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is 4-for-6 from beyond the arc this season and his .667 percentage ranks second in the conference.
• Graduate student Connar Tava currently has 974 career points and is just 26 away from reaching the 1,000-point mark.
• Jeffers (13) and Tava (10) combined for 23 rebounds against Maryland Eastern Shore. It was the first time two BC players had 10+ rebounds in the same game since Ryan Anderson and Dennis Clifford did it vs. Bryant on November 25, 2012.
• Boston College has assisted on 66 percent of its baskets this year. It has recorded 37 assists on 56 buckets.
• Boston College will host Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. inside Conte Forum.
• BC is looking for its second-straight win after taking down Maryland Eastern Shore on Tuesday night, 73-57.
• Boston College controlled that game the entire way, leading for nearly 38 minutes.
• Stony Brook lost its season opener against Columbia last Friday, 73-66.
• Today's contest is a non-bracketed game of the Barclays Center Classic.
THE SERIES
• Boston College has won each of the four previous meetings between the two programs.
• The first game in the series came back on December 15, 2002. The Eagles won that, 79-61.
• All four wins have come inside Conte Forum and by double digits.
• The last time the teams met was on December 11, 2011 - a 66-51 BC triumph.
• Stony Brook assistant coach Geno Ford and BC head coach Jim Christian are close friends.
• Ford was Christian's assistant coach at Kent State and took over as head coach of the Golden Flashes when Christian left for TCU.
NEED TO KNOW
• Graduate student Mo Jeffers currently ranks fourth in the ACC in rebounding (9.5). He is tied for first in defensive rebounds (7.0).
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is 4-for-6 from beyond the arc this season and his .667 percentage ranks second in the conference.
• Graduate student Connar Tava currently has 974 career points and is just 26 away from reaching the 1,000-point mark.
• Jeffers (13) and Tava (10) combined for 23 rebounds against Maryland Eastern Shore. It was the first time two BC players had 10+ rebounds in the same game since Ryan Anderson and Dennis Clifford did it vs. Bryant on November 25, 2012.
• Boston College has assisted on 66 percent of its baskets this year. It has recorded 37 assists on 56 buckets.
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