Eagles Open 2021-22 ACC Slate on Friday vs. Notre Dame

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. NOTRE DAME - ALL-TIME SERIES

BOSTON COLLEGE IN ACC REGULAR SEASON PLAY

Boston College is 89-179 in 15 seasons in the ACC.
Last year, BC was 7-13 in ACC play, finishing 10th.
It marked the most ACC wins since the 2017-18 season and was the seventh time since 2005-06 that BC had at least seven ACC wins.
BC's 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 was fourth in 2010-11 (9-7).

BOSTON COLLEGE IN ACC OPENERS

Boston College is 8-8 in Atlantic Coast Conference opening games.
The Eagles have won three of their last five ACC debuts, the latest coming on Nov. 6, 2019 - a 77-70 win over Wake Forest.

BOSTON COLLEGE AT CONTE FORUM

Boston College is 331-192 all-time - and 60-71 in ACC games - played at the Silvio O. Conte Forum.
BC was 10-8 at home in 2019-20 - the 18th time that BC won 10+ games at Conte Forum in a single-season.

BOARD MAN BICKERSTAFF

T.J. Bickerstaff tied for the fifth-most rebounds in a gme in Boston College history, grabbing 17 boards vs. Columbia.
The 17 rebounds also rank as the fourth-most in a single-game in Conte Forum history.
Danya Abrams holds the BC rebounding record, grabbing 20 boards at home vs. Providence on Jan. 22, 1994.
It was Bickerstaff's second game with at least 15 rebounds this year.
He registered his first collegiate double-double - 22 points/15 rebounds - and three steals and two blocks at Rhode Island.
Bickerstaff is one of only three players nationally to have a stat line with at least 22-15-3-2 in a single game.
The transfer from Drexel is shooting nearly 50% from the floor, including close to 40% from beyond the arc on the season.
He leads BC and ranks seventh in the ACC in overall rebounding (7.9), including ninth in offensive boards (2.6) and 12th in DReb (5.3).

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

Boston College trailed for a total of 49 seconds through five homes games in 2021-22.
BC ranks second in the ACC and 27th nationally in free throw attempts, having made it to the FT line 168 times.
DeMarr Langford Jr. leads the Eagles with 38 free throw attempts, good for third in the conference and 68th nationally.

ON THIS DATE: DECEMBER 3

Boston College is 13-5 all-time in games played on the November 29 calendar date.
December 3 also marks the celebration of National Roof Over Your Head Day.
Several notable events in history occurred on December 3 - 1847: Frederick Douglass published first issue of his newspaper "North Star;" 1854: the Eureka Stockade battle takes place in Ballarat, Victoria, marking the birth of Australian democracy; 1956: Wilt Chamberlain had 52 points and 31 rebounds in his collegiate debut at Kansas.
Notable December 3 birthdays: Rapper Lil Baby, actress Julianne Moore, actress Daryl Hannah, artist Gilbert Stuart, novelist Joseph Conrad, Olympian Katerina Witt, singer Montell Jordan.

ZACKERY MAKING AN IMPACT

Jaeden Zackery ranks second on BC in scoring (10.9) and assists (2.5) while leading in steals (1.4) so far this season.
He was named to the Sunshine Slam All-Tourney team, after scoring a season-high 19 points against Rhode Island.
Over the two games in Daytona Beach, the freshman knocked down 7-of-10 from the perimeter, including 4-6 vs. Rhody.
The 6-2 guard added 15 points (3-4 3FG) vs. Utah the night before in the semifinal round of the Sunshine Slam tourney.
In three total games of the MTE, Zackery averaged 15.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.7 steals while shooting 64% (16-25) from the floor and 63.6% (7-11) from the perimeter.
Earlier this season, he became the first BC freshman to dish out at least six assists in consecutive games in nearly a decade.
In 2012-13, Boston College's Joe Rahon had six dimes against Providence (12/21/12) and Holy Cross (12/29/12).
Zackery was a 2020-21 NJCAA Third Team All-American out of Chipola College in Florida.

GALLOWAY DIALS LONG-DISTANCE IN RETURN TO LINEUP

Brevin Galloway saw 14 minutes of play vs. Columbia, connecting on 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.
The graduate transfer finished with nine points and two assists.
He had missed the previous five games due to an injury suffered in the season opener vs. Dartmouth.
Galloway is a career 36% 3-point shooter, having connected on 145 made trifectas in 78 games.

BOO FROM THE WOO - LANGFORD JR. BREAKING OUT

Through eight games, DeMarr Langford Jr. is showing no signs of a sophomore slump.
He leads BC in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per game while shooting close to 50.0% from the floor.
He averaged 17.3 points per game while shooting nearly 63.3% (19-30) from the floor in the Eagles' first three wins.
Langford Jr. scored a career-high 20 points (6-9 FG; 8-8 FT) in 31 minutes vs. Holy Cross.
The sophomore connected 13 of his first 15 field goal attempts on the season, making his first five shots vs. Holy Cross.
He opened the season with a 16-point performance vs. Dartmouth, making 8-of-10 shots on the night.
Since 1996-97, only 22 Boston College players have shot at least 80% while attempting at least 10 field goals in a game.
Last season as a freshman, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 boards while adding 1.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.
Langford Jr. - nicknamed Boo by his grandmother - is the younger brother of starting point guard Makai Ashton-Langford.
On Nov. 26, 2020 vs. Rhode Island, they became the first brothers from Massachusetts to start in the same game for BC.

ASHTON-LANGFORD'S JOURNEY CONTINUES

Makai Ashton-Langford enters his fourth season of college basketball in 2021-22.
He is averaging 10.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.3 steals per game with a 1.81:1 assist/turnover ratio.
Ashton-Langford has tallied double digits in the scoring column in seven of BC's eight games in 2021-22.
He did not miss a shot in 37 minutes of play against Dartmouth in the season opener (2-2 FG; 4-4 FT).
Against Fairfield, Ashton-Langford scored a season-high 17 points (6-9 FG; 3-4 3FG).
Last season, he posted career-high averages in scoring (9.6 ppg), rebounding (3.3), assists (3.2), and steals (1.7).
Over the final four games of 2020-21, he averaged 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists - one of just two ACC players to post those averages over the final stretch of the regular season.
Ashton-Langford ranked 56th nationally in steal percentage (3.6) and 201st in assist rate (24.5) per KenPom.
This past summer, Ashton-Langford was awarded his undergraduate degree in communications from Boston College.
He began his college career at Providence, playing 63 games for the Friars from 2017-19.

QUINTEN POST-ING NUMBERS

Quinten Post made an impact in his first game for Boston College, registering a new career-high wth 14 points vs. Dartmouth.
The 7-0 center is averaging 8.1 points per game through seven outings.
He has reached double figures four times this year, while nearly logging a double-double vs. Fairfield (9 pts/8 reb).