Eagles Host No. 21/RV Florida State Thursday at 7

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. –

This week's ACC schedule has the Boston College women's basketball team facing two ranked teams – No. 21/RV Florida State and No. 1 Notre Dame. The Eagles will host the Seminoles (14-2, 1-2 ACC) on Thursday at Conte Forum (7 p.m.). BC will then travel to South Bend to play the Irish (16-1, 4-0 ACC) on Sunday at 2. Fans can watch both games on ESPN3 or the ACC Network Extra.

LAST GAME
- Boston College is coming off a 2-0 ACC road swing with wins over Wake Forest and Pittsburgh.
- In the last game, BC defeated Pitt, 59-55, behind 14 points and five rebounds from Emma Guy along with 13 points from freshman Taylor Soule.
- Sophomore Milan Bolden-Morris had nine points and matched her career-high of nine rebounds. Freshman Makayla Dickens pitched in with 11 points and seven rebounds.

BC vs. FLORIDA STATE
- This is the 17^th meeting between BC and FSU. The Seminoles lead the overall series, 15-1.
- Boston College's only victory over FSU came in the ACC Tournament to advance to the semifinals in 2010. The Eagles earned a 67-60 victory behind a 43-point second half. Stefanie Murphy had 14 points and four boards, while Carolyn Swords pitched in with 11 points and seven rebounds. Jasmine Gill had 13 points, three rebounds and three assists in the win.
- In the 2017-18 season, Boston College lost to FSU, 67-39, on the road.

YOUTHFUL ENTHUSIAM
- Boston College added Cameron Swartz to the roster this week. Swartz a mid-year transfer from Colorado gives BC eight freshmen. They are now tied with FAU with the most true freshmen on the roster in the country.
- With the addition of Swartz, BC's average age is 19.0. The Eagles are tied with UMBC and SMU as the youngest rosters in the country.

FREE THROWS
- Freshman Makayla Dickens was named the ACC co-Rookie of the Week as she averaged 11.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the two road wins last week. Dickens notched her second career double-double (11 points, 16 rebounds) in the 65-64 win over Wake Forest last Thursday. She had 11 points and seven boards at Pitt on Sunday.
- In the last three games BC is, 2-1. The Eagles averaged 64.3 points and 39.3 rebounds a game in the three games.
- Junior Emma Guy leads the ACC in field goal percentage at 63.9 percent. She is also 16^th in the conference in rebounds per game (7.2 rpg.) and tied for seventh in offensive rebounds (2.9 rpg.).
- BC's win over Wake Forest was the first road win for the program since the Eagles defeated UNC on Feb. 9, 2017. It was also the first time since the 2014-15 season that BC won two consecutive ACC regular season road games. That season the Eagles defeated Wake Forest on Feb. 12, followed by a win at NC State on Feb. 16.
- Junior Taylor Ortlepp is third overall in the ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5).

HISTORY LESSON
- Former Eagles guard Kelly Hughes '17 scored her 1,000^th career point on January 17, 2016 against Duke. Hughes finished her career with 1,550 points and is the all-time leader in three-point field goals with 322.

UP NEXT
- Boston College will travel to South Bend to play No. 1 Notre Dame on Sunday at 1 p.m. The game will be on ACC Network Extra.
- Tickets for all upcoming BC home are on sale. Fans can visit bceagles.com/tickets, or call 617-552-GoBC (4622) to speak with an account representative.
- All BC home games can be viewed on the ACC Network Extra.

Eagles Host No. 21/RV Florida State Thursday at 7

Players Mentioned

Milan Bolden-Morris

Makayla Dickens

Emma Guy

Kelly Hughes

Taylor Ortlepp

Taylor Soule

Cameron Swartz

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