Eagles Host Dartmouth Saturday Afternoon

THE GAME
• Boston College returns home for a three-game homestand beginning with Dartmouth on Saturday at 1 p.m. inside Conte Forum.
• The Eagles are coming off of a pair of losses to Kansas State and Richmond last weekend in the Barclays Center Classic.
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in those two games and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
• Dartmouth has lost its first five games of the season. The Big Green lost a pair of games earlier this week in Virginia at Longwood and Old Dominion.

THE SERIES
• Boston College owns a 19-9 advantage in the all-time series against Dartmouth.
• The Eagles have won each of the last five meetings dating back to the 1989-90 season and have won nine of the last 10.
• The average margin of victory for BC in the last five games has been 20.2 points.
• The last time these teams met was on December 31, 2012 - a 79-58 Eagle triumph.
• Boston College faced Dartmouth in its third game ever back on January 19, 1905.
• It was a 60-13 win for the Big Green at St. Alphonsus Gym in nearby Roxbury.

NEED TO KNOW
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson ranks third in the ACC in scoring (19.0) and steals (2.00).
• He is the only player in the ACC to rank in the top 10 in scoring and steals.
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is third in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (3.33).
• Graduate student Mo Jeffers currently ranks 17th in the ACC in rebounding (7.0).
• Graduate student Connar Tava reached the 1,000-point mark for his career against Kansas State. He has 1,010 points entering this game.
• Boston College ranks third in the ACC (15th nationally) in 3-point percentage defense (.266) - only Syracuse (.242) and Duke (.259) are better.
• The Eagles also rank second in the conference in defensive rebounding percentage (.748). Virginia leads the ACC at .780.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Mo Jeffers

Jerome Robinson

Connar Tava

A.J. Turner

Boston College Athletics