Boston College Athletics
Friday, November 25
Brooklyn, N.Y.
7:00 PM
Boston College
vs
Kansas State
Eagles Face Kansas State In Brooklyn Friday
November 24, 2016 | Men's Basketball
Tip time is 7 p.m.; aired on NESNplus/American Sports Network
THE GAME
• Boston College travels to Brooklyn this weekend to take part in the Barclays Center Classic.
• The Eagles will face Kansas State on Friday at 7 p.m. and then face either Maryland or Richmond on Saturday.
• BC is looking for its fourth-straight win after losing its season opener. The wins have come against Maryland Eastern Shore, Stony Brook and Towson.
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson has averaged 20.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists in the last three games.
• Kansas State enters Brooklyn with a 4-0 record, winning by an average of nearly 21 points.
• Boston College is 1-1 in the Barclays Center. It won last year against Fordham on December 22 and the loss came against VCU on December 28, 2013.
THE SERIES
• This will be the third meeting between the two programs on the hardwood.
• BC and Kansas State have both won a game in the series and both times they faced each other in the NCAA Tournament.
• The teams last met in the Sweet Sixteen of the 1982 tournament. Boston College won that game, 69-65, in St. Louis to advance to the Elite Eight.
• The first matchup against the Wildcats was in the 1975 NCAA Tournament with Kansas State taking the second round game, 74-65.
• Looking ahead to Saturday, BC is 9-9 all-time against Maryland and 0-1 vs. Richmond.
NEED TO KNOW
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson ranks second in the ACC in scoring (19.0) and eighth in steals (1.75).
• Graduate student Mo Jeffers currently ranks 11th in the ACC in rebounding (8.3).
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is ninth in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (3.75).
• Graduate student Connar Tava currently has 994 career points and is just six away from reaching the 1,000-point mark.
• Freshman Ky Bowman scored a season-high 14 points against Towson. He was 9-for-11 from the foul line.
• Boston College has assisted on 66 percent of its baskets this year. It has recorded 70 assists on 106 buckets.
• Boston College travels to Brooklyn this weekend to take part in the Barclays Center Classic.
• The Eagles will face Kansas State on Friday at 7 p.m. and then face either Maryland or Richmond on Saturday.
• BC is looking for its fourth-straight win after losing its season opener. The wins have come against Maryland Eastern Shore, Stony Brook and Towson.
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson has averaged 20.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists in the last three games.
• Kansas State enters Brooklyn with a 4-0 record, winning by an average of nearly 21 points.
• Boston College is 1-1 in the Barclays Center. It won last year against Fordham on December 22 and the loss came against VCU on December 28, 2013.
THE SERIES
• This will be the third meeting between the two programs on the hardwood.
• BC and Kansas State have both won a game in the series and both times they faced each other in the NCAA Tournament.
• The teams last met in the Sweet Sixteen of the 1982 tournament. Boston College won that game, 69-65, in St. Louis to advance to the Elite Eight.
• The first matchup against the Wildcats was in the 1975 NCAA Tournament with Kansas State taking the second round game, 74-65.
• Looking ahead to Saturday, BC is 9-9 all-time against Maryland and 0-1 vs. Richmond.
NEED TO KNOW
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson ranks second in the ACC in scoring (19.0) and eighth in steals (1.75).
• Graduate student Mo Jeffers currently ranks 11th in the ACC in rebounding (8.3).
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is ninth in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (3.75).
• Graduate student Connar Tava currently has 994 career points and is just six away from reaching the 1,000-point mark.
• Freshman Ky Bowman scored a season-high 14 points against Towson. He was 9-for-11 from the foul line.
• Boston College has assisted on 66 percent of its baskets this year. It has recorded 70 assists on 106 buckets.
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