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BOSTON COLLEGE VS. COLUMBIA - ALL-TIME SERIES

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. THE IVY LEAGUE

Boston College is 87-31 in games versus Ivy League opponents.
Harvard is the Eagles' most common Ivy League foe (50 meetings; 34-16).
BC will take on Dartmouth on Jan. 13, 2018 in the non-conference finale.
Boston College versus Ivy League opponents: Brown (19-1); Cornell (3-0); Dartmouth (20-9); Penn (1-2); Princeton (1-0); Yale (8-3).

THE DUKE GAME - TRENDS, FACTS, FIGURES, AND OTHER STUFF

Boston College shot 50.8% from the floor and hit 15 3-pointers in the win.
Trailing 79-75 with 3:39 to play, BC used a 14-5 run to close the game.
Ky Bowman missed a triple-double by one assist - 30 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists.
It would have been the fourth triple-double in ACC history with at least 30 points.
Jerome Robinson added 24 points and Jordan Chatman had 22 - each with five 3FG apiece.
Down by four with 3:36 to play, Boston College closed the game on a 14-5 run.
BC connected on 8-of-8 from the charity stripe with under a minute to play to seal the victory.

BOWMAN NAMED ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (DEC. 11)

Fresh off his near triple-double in the 89-84 win over top-ranked Duke, Ky Bowman was named the ACC Player of the Week.
Bowman registered season-highs with 30 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists in the victory over the top-ranked Blue Devils.
It was BC's first win over Duke since 2009 and the Eagles' first victory over a No. 1 ranked team since 2014.
He connected on 12-of-24 of his shots from the floor, including three 3-pointers and all three of his free throw attempts.
He scored 15 of his 30 points in the first half; 10 points in the final 10:00 of play; and six in the final five minutes of regulation.
The 30 points were the most scored in a single-game by an opposing player vs. Duke this season and the most by a Blue Devil opponent since Feb. 18, 2017 (John Collins, Wake Forest - 31).
The 10 rebounds and nine assists were each the second-most registered by an opposing player vs. Duke this season.
It marks Bowman's fourth career 30-point game and third in ACC play through 19 career conference contests.
This marks Bowman's third career ACC weekly award. Last season, he was a two-time ACC Rookie of the Week selection.
He is the first BC player to earn ACC Player of the Week accolades since Jerome Robinson on Dec. 19, 2016.
Additionally, Bowman earned ACC and National Player of Week honors from collegesportsmadness.com.

ROBINSON REACHES 1,000 CAREER POINTS

With a second half layup at Hartford, Jerome Robinson became the 42nd Boston College player to score 1,000 career points.
The junior guard is the first BC player to reach the milestone since Olivier Hanlan did so at Pittsburgh on Feb. 26, 2014.
Robinson reached 1,000 points in his 64th career game - the eighth-fastest Eagle to join the 1,000 point club.
He is the 19th BC player to reach 1,000 points as a junior/third-year player.
Four players in BC history - John Austin, Troy Bell, Craig Smith, and Olivier Hanlan - reached the 1,000 point mark as sophomores/second-year players.
At 1,034 career points, Robinson ranks 40th on the all-time scoring list.

BOWMAN IN SELECT COMPANY

Ky Bowman is the only player in the country to average at least 17.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per game.
Bowman is also the only player in the ACC to rank among the top 10 in scoring and assists and top 20 in rebounding.
He ranks sixth in the ACC in scoring (17.2 ppg), 20th in rebounding (6.4 rpg), and fourth in assists (5.8 apg).
Nationally, Bowman checks in at 34th in assists per game (5.8) and 27th in total assists (58).

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. THE NO. 1 TEAM (Updated, 12/9/17; 2:03 P.M.)

Boston College is 4-5 all-time versus the No. 1 ranked team on the AP poll.
The Eagles have won their last three meetings against the top-ranked team, including an 89-84 victory over Duke on Dec. 9.
On Feb. 19, 2014, Boston College upset No. 1 Syracuse, 62-59, in overtime at the Carrier Dome.
Prior to that, Boston College downed No. 1 North Carolina, 85-78, on Jan. 4, 2009 at the Smith Center.
In the second round of the 1994 NCAA Tournament, the Eagles earned a 75-72 victory over the top-ranked Tar Heels.
The Eagles have faced Duke twice when the Blue Devils were ranked No. 1.
On Dec. 21, 1979, the Blue Devils beat the Eagles, 70-64, as part of the InBank Classic at the Providence Civic Center.

TODAY'S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT (Theme: The Duke game)

Boston College's 15 3-pointers made vs. Duke is the most since connecting on 16 treys vs. Syracuse on Jan. 1, 2017.
The last time three BC players had at least 20 points - Jan. 23, 2007 vs. Florida State (Rice 26; Dudley 23; Marshall 22).
The last BC player with a double-double with at least 30 points - Jared Dudley (30 p/10 r) vs. Michigan State, Nov. 29, 2006.
Ky Bowman (30), Jerome Robinson (24), Jordan Chatman (22) accounted for 85.4% of the Eagles' scoring, 57.1% of the rebounding, and 66.7% of the assists.

ON THIS DATE: DECEMBER 12

Boston College is 11-10 all-time in games played on this date. Last year, the Eagles beat Auburn, 72-71, thanks to a Nik Popovic tip-in at the buzzer as part of the Under Armour Reunion at Madison Square Garden.
Three times on December 12, Boston College scored more than 114 points: 128 points vs. Vermont (1978); 122 vs. Holy Cross (1987); 114 at Harvard (1989).
December 12 is also marks the multi-faceted celebration of National Ambrosia, National Ding-A-Ling, National Poinsettia, and National Gingerbread House Days.
Several historic events occurred on December 12 - 1800: Washington, D.C. established as the U.S. capital; 1917: Fr. Flanagan founds Boys Town in Omaha, Neb.; 1968: Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to reach #1 in men's tennis; 1982: the New England Patriots beat Miami, 3-0, after a FG by John Smith in the famous "snowplow" game.
Notable December 12 birthdays: Francis Albert Sinatra; actress Mayim Bialik; The Price is Right host Bob Barker; former NYC mayor Ed Koch; and U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Jay.