Eagles at Virginia Tech on Thursday

GAME INFORMATION
Boston College at Virginia Tech
RECORDS: BC (10-8, 3-4 ACC) | Virginia Tech (13-4, 3-3 ACC)
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020
WHERE: Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Va.
TIME: 7 p.m.
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The Game
- Boston College (10-8, 3-4 ACC) travels to Blacksburg to play the Virginia Tech on Thursday night at Cassell Coliseum (7 p.m. on the ACC Network).
- The Eagles are coming off its third ACC road win of the season - 55-48 at Georgia Tech. Sophomore Taylor Soule led BC with 13 points and 11 rebounds while Emma Guy pitched in with 11 points and four boards. Sophomores Cameron Swartz and Makayla Dickens combined for 18 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
- Virginia Tech (13-4, 3-3 ACC) defeated Virginia, 69-61 on Sunday. Five players scored in double-figures with Dara Mabrey leading the Hokies with 15 points. Elizabeth Kitly had 12 points and 10 boards, while Trinity Baptiste had six points and 10 rebounds. Tech won the battle of the boards, 40-31 and made seven three-pointers in the win.

The Series
- Virginia Tech leads the overall series with Boston College, 15-12.
- Boston College has lost the last three meetings. The last win came in 2016 at the ACC Tournament - 49-37. Then freshman Ella Awobajo recorded a double-double (12 pts. and 13 rebs.) in the win. BC entered the tournament ranked 14th while Virginia Tech was ranked 11th.
- BC is 4-7 at the Cassell Coliseum. The last victory at Cassell was on Feb. 13, 2012 (64-60).
- Last year the Eagles lost to Virginia Tech at Conte Forum, 95-86, despite 23 points (7-for-13 from the 3-point line) from Taylor Ortlepp and 20 points from Makayla Dickens. Meghan Magarity led Tech with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
- The two teams first played on Dec. 29, 1989 at the Richmond Tournament in Virginia - BC lost, 74-65.
- BC's first win against Virginia Tech came on Feb. 18, 2001 on the road.

Free Throws
- The Eagles have won three ACC games on the road. It is the first time since the 2010-11 season BC has three ACC road wins.
- The three wins matches the amount of victories BC had in 2019-20 (at Wake Forest, at Pitt vs. Duke). The last time BC won more than three ACC games was in 2014-15 with five.
- Sophomore Taylor Soule tallied her fourth double-double (13 points, 11 rebounds) against Georgia Tech.
- R-sophomore Cameron Swartz returned to the starting lineup after missing two games with an injury. A native of Georgia, she had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists at G-Tech.
- Four players average double figures in scoring - Taylor Soule (12.6 ppg.), Emma Guy (12.4 ppg.), Cameron Swartz (12.4 ppg.) and Makayla Dickens (10.4 ppg.).
- Senior Emma Guy is second in the ACC in field goal percentage (18g, 95-for-161 .590). In seven ACC games, Guy is shooting 56.7 percent.
- HC Joanna Bernabei-McNamee needs one more win for her 150^th career victory.

Up Next
- Boston College will not play on Sunday but travel to Tallahassee next week to play No. 14 Florida State Thursday at 7 p.m.
- The Eagles will return home to host Wake Forest on Sunday, Feb. 2 (1 p.m.).
- Tickets for the 2019-20 women's basketball season are on sale. Fans can visit bceagles.com/tickets, or call 617-552-GoBC (4622).

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Players Mentioned

Makayla Dickens

Emma Guy

Taylor Ortlepp

Taylor Soule

Cameron Swartz