Eagles Face Loyola Chicago in Fort Myers Tipoff Championship Game

Game Day Central - vs. Loyola Chicago - 7:30 p.m. ET
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BOSTON COLLEGE vs. LOYOLA CHICAGO

Tonight marks the first all-time meeting between Boston College and Loyola Chicago.
Both schools are Jesuit institutions of higher learning.
Current BC assistants Bill Wuczynski (2001-03) and Scott Spinelli (2002-05) spent time on the coaching staff of the Ramblers program.\

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. THE MISSOURI VALLEY

Boston College is 5-2 versus teams that currently make up the MVC.
The Eagles are 2-2 vs. Evansville all-time, and 1-0 against Southern Illinois, Valpo, and Drake.

BOSTON COLLEGE IN MTE / IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT PLAY

Tonight's game is the fourth of four games in the Fort Myers Tipoff.
Dating back to the 1951-52 season, Boston College has compiled a 93-85 record in MTE and in-season tournaments.
BC is 2-1 in Fort Myers Tipoff play so far.
Last season, BC went 3-1 in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament.
Boston College earned victories over Maine, Sacred Heart, and La Salle as part of tournament play. The lone loss came versus Elite Eight team Texas Tech.

KY BOWMAN: THE NATION'S MOST DYNAMIC GUARD

Ky Bowman is the Nation's Most Dynamic Guard and should rank among the leaders in scoring, rebounding, and assists.
He is the only player in the country averaging at least: 24.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.25 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game.
In 2017-18, Bowman was the only player in the country in to average at least 17.6 points; 6.8 rebounds; 4.7 assists per game.
Since 1990, only 10 players have posted at least those averages for an entire season.
One of those players was National Player of the Year - Denzel Valentine of Michigan State in 2016.
Three were top three NBA Draft picks: Ben Simmons, LSU (#1, 2016); Evan Turner, Ohio State (#2, 2010); and Penny Hardaway, Memphis (#3, 1993).
Five were first round NBA Draft picks: Simmons; Turner; Hardaway; Valentine (#14, 2016); Bob Sura, FSU (#17, 1995).
Seven were named their conference's Player of the Year: Valentine (2015-16); Hardaway (1991-92); Turner (2009-10); Trenton Hassell, Austin Peay (1999-2000); Ricky Minard, Morehead State (2002-03); T.J. Cline, Richmond (2016-17); Patrick Cole N.C. Central (2016-17).
Nine of the 10 earned Associated Press All-American honors.

TODAY'S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Ky Bowman currently leads the ACC in scoring, at 24.3 points per game.
Bowman's five 30-point performances rank as the most among all active ACC players.
BC's season-high 19 assists vs. Wyoming were the most since dishing out 19 vs. NC State at the ACC Tournament on March 7, 2018.
Since the 2016-17 season, the Eagles are 9-1 when dishing out at least 19 assists in a game.

THE WYOMING GAME: NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

There were nine lead changes and five ties through the first 8:40 of the first half.
Tied at 20-20 at the 11:20 mark, the Eagles went on a 13-0 run and would not trail the rest of the way.
In the second half, a Johncarlos Reyes dunk with 17:27 to play gave BC its largest lead of the night - 22 points - at 54-32.
The Cowboys rallied to get within three, outscoring BC 33-14 to get it to 68-65 with 5:40 to play.
Ky Bowman led all scorers with a career-high 38 points. Bowman was 14-of-22 from the floor, making 7-of-12 from beyond the arc and 3-of-3 from the charity stripe. He added seven rebounds, three assists, and three steals in 40 minutes of play.
Johncarlos Reyes earned his first start of the season, scoring a career-best 15 points (6-7 FG; 3-4 FT) in 19 minutes.
Steffon Mitchell tallied his first double-double of the season - and fifth of his career - with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

PUT IT ON MY TABBS

Wynston Tabbs ranks third on the team in scoring through four games - checking in at 12.0 points per game.
It is believed that the Suitland, Md. native is the first BC freshman to score at least 15 points in his first three games.
He had 15 points vs. IUPUI and scored 14 of his 15 points in the second half in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn.
Tabbs scored 16 points in his Boston College debut on Nov. 6 against Milwaukee.
It was the most points scored by a BC frosh in his debut since Nov. 14, 2015 (Jerome Robinson - 19 pts vs. St. Francis Brooklyn).

JORDAN CHATMAN: ONE OF THE TOP SHOOTERS IN THE COUNTRY

Jordan Chatman returns for his final season of college basketball and is one of the top long-range shooters in the nation.
Chatman was tabbed as the 27th-best shooter nationally by Haslametrics.com.
Over the past two seasons, he is one of 10 active players to make at least 145 3-pointers and shoot better than 40% from 3FG.
Last year, BC was 7-3 when Chatman hit at least 4 3FG and 5-0 when he made at least 5 3FG.
The Vancouver, Wash. native tallied double-figures in scoring in 17 of the Eagles' 19 victories a season ago.
He enters the 2018-19 season ranked sixth among all active players in career FT% - 90.4% (113-125).
Andy Katz of NCAA.com tabbed Chatman as one of his 11 under-the-radar players to keep an eye on this season.
Chatman is poised to become the 44th member of BC's 1,000 point club.
For his college career, including his freshman year at BYU (2015-16), he has totaled 859 total points.
Chatman is tied for the BC single-game record for 3FG made with nine, set at Virginia Tech on Jan. 29, 2017.
With 146 3-pointers made in a BC uniform, Chatman should crack the school's top 10 list for career 3FG makes.

STEFFON STILL STUFFING STAT SHEETS AS A SOPHOMORE

Steffon Mitchell picked up where he left off, beginning the 2018-19 season by leading the team in rebounding three times.
He opened the season with 14 rebounds vs. Milwaukee and grabbed 10 boards vs. St. Francis Brooklyn.
Last time out vs. Wyoming, he registered his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
He ranks second in the ACC in rebounding, at just under 10 boards per outing (9.8 rpg).
As a freshman, the 6-8 forward was Boston College's top rebounder on 18 occasions a season ago.
Mitchell became the first true freshman in BC history to average better than 8.0 rebounds per game.
The Shakopee, Minn. native pulled down 8.3 rebounds per game and is the ACC's third-leading returning rebounder.
Mitchell's 1.95:1 assist/turnover ratio led the Eagles in 2017-18, just ahead of the 1.93:1 mark by Jordan Chatman.
In ACC play, Mitchell posted a 2.56:1 ATR, committing just 16 turnovers in 599 minutes played in 17 conference games.
Overall, Mitchell led BC in at least one statistical category - scoring, rebounding, assists, blocks, or steals - in 31 of 34 games.

RECORD BOOK RESET

Ky Bowman ranks 33rd on the all-time scoring list (1,169 points) and needs 25 points to pass Kenny Walls '02 for 32nd.
Jordan Chatman needs 141 points to reach 1,000 for his college career; 236 to score 1,000 points at Boston College; 23 more 3-pointers to crack Boston College's top 10 career 3FGM list.
Jim Christian needs seven more wins to reach 300 for his career.

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