Eagles Open ACC Play on Saturday at #10/10 Virginia Tech

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. VIRGINIA TECH - ALL-TIME SERIES

BOSTON COLLEGE IN ACC PLAY

Boston College is 77-143 in 13 seasons in the ACC.
The Eagles finished with a 7-11 record in ACC play last year - the most conference wins since the 2012-13 season.
The Eagles' best ACC mark came in its inaugural season, going 11-5 in conference play in 2005-06 en route to a third place finish.
BC tied for third in 2006-07 (10-6) and fourth in 2010-11 (9-7).
Boston College is 7-6 all-time in ACC openers.
The Eagles won their ACC opener in 2017-18 with an 89-84 win over #1 Duke at Conte Forum on Dec. 9, 2017.

KY BOWMAN: THE NATION'S MOST DYNAMIC GUARD

Ky Bowman is the only player in the country averaging at least: 20.9 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game.
It is the most well-rounded stat line in 26 years of Division I basketball.
In 1992-93, Penny Hardaway of Memphis posted at least that stat line (21.0 ppg/8.5 rpg/6.4 apg/2.5 spg/1.2 bpg).
Last year, Bowman was the only player in the country to average at least 17.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game.
Since the 1990-91 season, only 10 players have registered at least those season averages.
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 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.

WYNSTON TABBS: ADDING ANOTHER DYNAMIC TO BOSTON COLLEGE BACKCOURT

Wynston Tabbs is the only freshman nationally to average 14.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.2 steals/game.
He is one of 32 players nationally and four in the ACC - Ky Bowman, Marquise Reed (Clemson), and Nickeil Alexander-Walker (VT) to post that stat line.
The Suitland, Md. native ranks fifth in the ACC and 28th nationally among all freshmen in scoring.
In each of the nine games which Tabbs has reached double figures, he has scored at least 15 points.
Tabbs scored 13 of his 15 at DePaul in the second half, including 10 straight points during a 1:54 stretch as BC took its first lead.

KY BOWMAN GOES FOR 44 POINTS VS. HARTFORD, PT. I

Ky Bowman poured in a career-high 44 points (14-23 FG; 5-8 3FG; 11-14 FT) vs. Hartford on Dec. 31.
It is the sixth-highest single-game scoring performance in Boston College history. It was also the 13th 40-point game in BC history.
The 44 points were the second-most in Conte Forum history, bested only by Tyrese Rice's 46 points vs. UNC on March 1, 2008.
Bowman's 44 points were the most by a BC player since Jerome Robinson went for 46 points at Notre Dame on Feb. 6, 2018.
His 14 FG made tied for the second-most in a game by a BC player, trailing Robinson's 15 from last season's at Notre Dame.
Since the ACC's inaugural season in 1953-54, there have been 108 40-point games by 58 different players.

KY BOWMAN GOES FOR 44 POINTS VS. HARTFORD, PT. II

In addition to his 44 points vs. Hartford, Ky Bowman tallied his fourth double-double of the season by grabbing 10 rebounds.
It is the first 44/10 game nationally since Davidson's Peyton Aldridge had 45 and 12 at St. Bonaventure on Feb. 27, 2018.
Since the 1996-97 season, 24 total players have had at least 44 points and 10 boards in a single game.
Bowman also registered a career-high five steals and blocked two shots in 45 minutes of play in the Hartford game.
Dating back to the 1996-97 season, he is the only player to post that statistical line in a box score.

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

Ky Bowman is one of three players in the ACC to rank among the top 10 in scoring (2nd, 20.9) and rebounding (9th, 7.8).
Zion Williamson of Duke (4th, 19.8ppg; 2nd, 9.4 rpg) and Jordan Nwora of Louisville (7th, 17.8 ppg; 5th, 8.3 rpg) are the others.
Boston College is the only school in the ACC with three players averaging 7.5 rebounds per game or more.
Wynston Tabbs (44-52, 84.6%), Jordan Chatman (31-37, 83.8%), and Ky Bowman (61-74, 82.4%) are shooting a combined 83.4% (136-163) from the free throw line this season. The rest of the team is connecting at a 54.9% clip (89-162).

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 5

Boston College is 10-12 all-time and 0-1 in ACC play in games played on the January 5 calendar date.
The January 5 calendar date also marks the dual celebration of National Bird and National Whipped Cream Day.
Several historic events occurred on January 5 - 1886: Robert Louis Stevenson's "Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) published; 1903: the San Francisco-Hawaii telegraph opens for public use; 1925: Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the first female governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming); 1930: Bonnie Parker first meets Clyde Barrow; 1933: work begins on the Marin County side on the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Notable January 5 birthdays: actor Bradley Cooper; choreographer Alvin Ailey; actress Diane Keaton; former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.

FOR THE ANALYTICS CROWD

So far this season, Boston College has had four single-game efficiency ratings of 30 or more.
Efficiency rating is calculated using the following formula: (PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK - Missed Shots - TO)
Ky Bowman set the season high-mark vs. Hartford, with an efficiency rating of 45.
Wynston Tabbs held the previous season high, with an EFF rating of 38 against Sacred Heart on Nov. 29.
Versus Columbia, both Nik Popovic (32) and Bowman (30) recorded at least a mark of 30.