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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's basketball team will host Clemson on Saturday, Feb. 16 at Conte Forum (1 p.m.). Tickets for Saturday's game are available at the gate or online. Fans can also watch the game via the ACC Network.

The game is billed as the annual #Play4Kay game, as well as the Alumni Game. Fans attending the game are encouraged to wear pink in support of the Kay Yow Initiative, which all women's college basketball programs across the country take part in during the month of February to raise awareness for breast cancer.
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This year, the game has more meaning as Boston College will honor alumna Clare Droesch, who passed away in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.

Droesch '05 was a member of the 2004 Big East Championship team and was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2016. A number of her former teammates are scheduled to attend the game, as well as Droesch's parents – George and Patricia and brother George and sister-in-law Jen.

The team is also participating in the Play4Kay Free Throw Challenge for the month of February, which raises money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Help support the BC women's basketball in the challenge by making a pledge for each free throw the Eagles make this month –

GAME PREVIEW
- Boston College is currently 14-10 overall and 3-9 in the ACC. Clemson (16-9, 7-5) comes to Chestnut Hill after victory over No. 21 Florida State on Thursday at home.
- BC and Clemson have played 15 times. The first meeting took place in 1996 at the Dartmouth Invitational on Dec. 28, 1996.
- The Eagles lead the overall series vs. the Tigers, 10-5. Last season, Clemson defeated BC, 65-61, in overtime at in South Carolina.
- Clemson is led by first-year head coach Amanda Butler. Senior Kobi Thornton is one of four players on the roster averaging double-figures in scoring. She averages 14.6 points per game and posted a double-double vs. FSU on Thursday – 19 points, 10 rebounds.
- Simone Westbrook is averaging 13.8 points a game, while Danielle Edwards is right behind her at 13.4. Aliyah Collier is averaging 10.6 points a game and a team-high 7.7 rebounds.
- The Tigers averaged 68.7 points a game and are shooting 42 percent from the floor.

TEAM NOTES
- Junior Emma Guy is third in the ACC in field goal percentage (56.5%), while averaging 13.8 points and 7.1 rebounds a game. Guy has notched double-figures in scoring in 16 games this season, including her career-high 30 points at Syracuse on Feb. 10.
- Makayla Dickens is the second highest scoring freshman in the ACC. Dickens is averaging 12.9 points per game and has tallied double-figures in 17 games this season. She also has three double-doubles – all against ACC teams (NC State, Wake Forest & FSU).
- In ACC action, Boston College is fourth overall in assists (191 – 15.9 apg.). The Eagles are also fifth overall in field goal percentage (42%).

UP NEXT
- Boston College will next head out on a two-game road trip. BC will play at North Carolina on Feb. 21, followed by the final regular season road game at No. 2 Louisville on Sunday, Feb. 24 (2 p.m.).
- The Eagles final regular season home game is on Sunday, March 3 against Syracuse. Tickets are available online or at the gate.

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Players Mentioned

Makayla Dickens

Emma Guy