Eagles Face Florida State In ACC Tournament

GAME DAY INFORMATION
WHEN	Tuesday, March 8 at 2 p.m.
WHERE	Verizon Center, Washingon, DC
HOW TO FOLLOW	ACC Network Listings // Watch on WatchESPN // Live Stats // Audio
GAME NOTES	Boston College // Florida State
TV	ESPN2 - PxP: Sean McDonough // Analyst: Doris Burke
TV	ACC Network - PxP: Tim Brando // Analyst: Cory Alexander
RADIO	Radio (WEEI 850 AM) - PxP: Jon Meterparel // Analyst: Danya Abrams

BC-FLORIDA STATE MEET IN FIRST ROUND OF ACC TOURNAMENT
• Boston College will take on Florida State in the first round of the 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
• The game will be televised by ESPN2 and the ACC Network, and can be heard on the radio on WEEI 850 AM and bceagles.com.
• Boston College lost all 18 of its conference games, most recently losing to Clemson on Saturday, 66-50.
• Florida State has won its last two games after losing the previous five. FSU defeated Syracuse on Saturday, 78-73.
• The Seminoles won the regular season meeting between the teams on January 26, 72-62.

BC IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
• Boston College is 8-10 all-time in the ACC Tournament.
• BC has not advanced past the quarterfinal round since 2007.
• The Eagles reached the ACC Tournament championship game in their first season in the conference in 2006 and advanced to the semifinals the following year.
• The Eagles went 1-1 last year in Greensboro, beating Georgia Tech in the first round and then losing to North Carolina.
• This will be the first time that Boston College and Florida State will meet in the ACC Tournament.
• The Eagles had met Georgia Tech in the first round of the tournament in each of the last three seasons.

LAST TIME vs. FLORIDA STATE
• Graduate student Eli Carter registered team highs with 16 points and eight assists as Boston College lost to Florida State on January 26, 72-62.
• Freshman Jerome Robinson added 15 points, going 6-for-10 from the field.
• Eight of the 10 players that saw action scored points.
• The first half was tight the entire 20 minutes with six ties and five lead changes.
• Florida State scored the final five points of the half to take a 37-32 lead into the locker room.
• The Seminoles kept the run going, scoring the first eight points of the second half to build a 45-32 lead.
• FSU led, 52-43, but BC scored five straight to cut the deficit to 52-48 at the 8:41 mark.
• Florida State came right back with five of its own to push the lead back to nine points. It kept the lead the rest of the way.

Eagles Face Florida State In ACC Tournament

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Players Mentioned

Eli Carter

Jerome Robinson