Eagles Home Stand Ends vs. No. 9 NC State on Sunday

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College (11-3, 0-1 ACC) will host No. 9 NC State (14-0, 1-0) on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. Fans can view the game on ACC Network.

Sunday's game vs. NC State game marks the ninth consecutive home game for the Eagles. It is the longest home stretch for BC since the 2016-17 season. That season the Eagles played five consecutive home games from Dec. 10 to Jan. 2 and went 5-0. This nine-game run started on Nov. 27 vs. Providence. BC is currently 5-3 in the run.

The Eagles are coming off a hard-fought 81-76 loss to Georgia Tech on Thursday night. Junior forward Georgia Pineau led BC with 22 points, six rebounds and five assists. Freshman Makayla Dickens chipped in with 15 points, while junior guard Taylor Ortlepp had 13 points.

NC State improved to 14-0 with a win over in-state rival Duke, 63-51, on Thursday night. Aislinn Konig and Erika Cassel had 14 points apiece in the win.

BC VS. NC STATE
- BC is 8-15 against NC State in the overall series.
- NC State has won the last four meetings.
- BC's last win over NC State came on Feb. 16, 2015 in a 65-63 overtime game at Conte Forum.
- Last year Boston College lost to the Wolfpack, 72-54, in Raleigh. Georgia Pineau led BC with 21 points and seven boards.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- Jr., For. - Georgia Pineau
- Jr., G - Taylor Ortlepp
- Jr., F - Emma Guy
- Fr. G - Marnelle Garraud
- Fr., G – Makayla Dickens

FREE THROWS
- Junior Georgia Pineau had five assists in the game vs. Georgia Tech. She now has 200 career assists and is 45 boards from 500 rebounds. She is also just six points from 700 career points.
- Junior Emma Guy needs just four points to get to 500 in her career.
- The team is ranked fourth in scoring offense in the ACC (80.5 ppg.) and fourth in scoring margin (+19.9).
- Boston College is fourth in the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (35.3%) & three-pointers made, third in assists (18.1 apg.) and first in offensive rebounds (17.8 pg., 249 total).

LAST THREE GAMES
- BC is 2-1 in the last three games.
- The Eagles defeated Campbell (76-56) and Dartmouth (99-68) but fell to ACC foe Georgia Tech (81-76).
- In the three game run, Boston College is averaging 83.7 points and 37.7 rebounds a game.
- BC is shooting 48.2 percent from the floor and 35 percent from the three-point arc.
- Junior Emma Guy is averaging 17.3 points and shooting 69 percent from the floor, while junior Georgia Pineau is averaging 14.3 points and shooting 55 percent from the floor.
-The Eagles are averaging 18.7 assists per game in the three games.

PLAY4KAY GAME
- This year the Play4Kay Initiative game will be played on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. It is also scheduled to be the annual Alumni Game. Fans please remember to wear pink as the game will be played in honor of our celebrated alum Clare Droesch '05, who lost her battle to cancer in 2018.

HISTORY LESSON
- On Jan. 5, 2005, Boston College set school records for margin of victory and fewest points allowed with a 78-29 victory over Georgetown. BC was ranked 13th in the country at that time. With the 49-point victory, Boston College (11-1, 2-0 Big East) broke the mark of 47 set in a 90-43 win over Holy Cross in December 2003.

- The Eagles also broke the school record for fewest points allowed of 34 set against Colgate in December 1996. BC rolled to its 10th straight win by holding Georgetown (5-7, 0-1) to 20-percent shooting. The Hoyas shot 4-for-24 from the field in the first half and had a 10-minute stretch between field goals when the Eagles went on a 24-3 run.
- The current margin of victory record is 52 points set against Niagara on Dec. 12, 2006. BC fell one point shy of the record with the win, 112-61 (51 points), Rider at the Hawk Holiday Tournament on Nov, 25, 2018. The fewest points allowed of 29 points remains the program record.

UP NEXT
- Boston College will take to the road for an ACC two-game swing. BC will play at Wake Forest (9-4, 0-0) on Thursday night at 7. The second game will be on Sunday, Jan. 13 at Pittsburgh (9-6, 0-1) (1 p.m.).

Eagles Home Stand Ends vs. No. 9 NC State on Sunday

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Makayla Dickens

Marnelle Garraud

Emma Guy

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau