Eagles Host Harvard Wednesday Night

THE GAME
• Boston College will host local rival Harvard on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. inside Conte Forum.
• The Eagles stopped a two-game losing skid by beating Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon, 88-70.
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson scored 27 points for the second-straight game and has scored 20 or more points in four of the last five outings.
• Harvard is playing on consecutive nights as it will take on Northeastern Tuesday night at home.
• The Crimson have lost three of its last four but won its last contest, 64-52, against Fordham.

THE SERIES
• Boston College owns a 34-15 advantage in the all-time series against Harvard.
• Head coach Jim Christian is 2-0 against the Crimson since he took the helm at BC in 2014.
• Prior to his arrival, Harvard had won six-straight meetings from the 2008-09 season to 2013-14.
• Boston College won last year's game, 69-56, inside Conte Forum.
• The series dates back to the 1905-06 season, BC's second year playing collegiate basketball.
• Harvard won that game, 42-6.

NEED TO KNOW
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson ranks second in the ACC in scoring (20.1) and steals (2.14).
• He is the only player in the ACC to rank in the top 10 in both categories.
• Robinson is also seventh in the conference in 3-pointers made (2.29) and ninth in 3-point percentage (.410).
• Sophomore A.J. Turner is fourth in the conference in assist to turnover ratio (3.71). That number ranks 19th nationally.
• Graduate student Connar Tava reached the 1,000-point mark for his career against Kansas State. He has 1,016 points entering this game.
• Boston College ranks third in the ACC (19th nationally) in 3-point percentage defense (.277) - only Syracuse (.253) and Duke (.266) are better in the league.

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Players Mentioned

Jerome Robinson

Connar Tava

A.J. Turner