Eagles Travel to Saint Louis on Saturday

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. SAINT LOUIS - ALL-TIME SERIES

Boston College is 1-3 in the all-time series.
Previously, SLU won 64-54 in the Gotham Classic on Nov. 27, 2019.
This game is the return the conclusion of the series from that MTE.
The Eagles and Billikens played home/home in 2007 and 2008.
The home team was victorious in both games in the series.

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE ATLANTIC 10

Boston College is 33-39 against Atlantic 10 opponents.
Rhode Island is BC's most common A-10 foe, having met 54 times.
BC is 0-2 vs. Rhody this season, meeting on Nov. 17 and 21.
From 1995-2018, BC faced at least one A-10 opponent every year.

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS OTHER JESUIT SCHOOLS

Boston College is 164-162 all-time vs. Jesuit basketball opponents.
SLU is BC's third Jesuit opponent in 2021-22 (Holy Cross; Fairfield).
Holy Cross (55-58) is BC's most common opponent, all-time (113).
Versus the other Jesuit institutions of higher learning: Canisius (5-12); Creighton (0-1); Fairfield (28-11); Fordham (20-9); Georgetown (28-44); LeMoyne (13-5); Loyola Chicago (1-0); Loyola Md. (1-0); Loyola Marymount (1-0); Marquette (1-2); San Francisco (2-0); Santa Clara (1-1); Saint Joseph's (7-13); Saint Louis (1-3); Seattle (0-1); Saint Peter's (1-2).

TIS' THE SEASON TO BE STINGY

Over its last three games, Boston College has limited opponents to 55.3 points per game.
It is the lowest three-game scoring defense mark since the 2010-11 season, when the Eagles yielded only 55.0 points.
During that span, BC held No. 19 North Carolina to 48 points, Miami to 73, and Virginia to 44 between Feb. 19-20, 2011.
Since the 1996-97 season, BC's lowest three-game span of opponent scoring was 48.7 (Feb. 22-March 3, 2004).

KARNIK POSTING DOUBLE-DOUBLES

Over the last four games. James Karnik is averaging 12.5 points and 9.5 rebounds, shooting 63.6% (21-33) from the floor.
The 6-9 post player is also connecting on 4-of-7 from the perimeter during that stretch.
He registered his second double of the season against Notre Dame - finishing with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Karnik was 8-of-11 from the floor vs. ND, connecting on a 3-pointer. He also had two steals and two blocks.
The senior from Surrey, B.C. logged 11 points and 11 rebounds in 10 minutes of play in the first half vs. the Irish.
He had his first double-double in a BC uniform, logging 15 points and 13 boards vs. Rhode Island at the Sunshine Slam.
He has 14 career double-doubles, dating back to him three seasons at Lehigh (2017-20).
Through the first five games of the season, Karnik was averaging 5.0 points and 2.8 boards, while shooting 42.9% (9-21).

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

Boston College ranks third in the ACC in scoring defense, holding opponents to 59.78 points per game.
Over the last three games, BC is holding opponents to 55.3 points, while allowing just 38.7% from the floor (29.4% 3FG).
The Eagles lead the ACC in defensive rebounding percentage, grabbing nearly 80% of its DReb opportunities.
Makai Ashton-Langford has had five games with at least four rebounds and four assists. BC is 4-1 in those games.

ON THIS DATE: DECEMBER 11

Boston College is 18-5 all-time in games played on the December 11 calendar date.
December 11 also marks the celebration of National Noodle Ring Day.
Several notable events in history occurred on December 11 - 1946 - The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established; 1978 - The Lufthansa heist at JFK, as thieves made off with $5.8 million in cash and jewelry; 1987 - Wall Street movie debuts; 2008 - Bernie Madoff arrested and charged with fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Notable December 11 birthdays: Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, actor Gary Dourdan, rapper/actor Mos Def, actress Rita Moreno, Virginia founding father George Mason.

BOARD MAN BICKERSTAFF

T.J. Bickerstaff tied for the fifth-most rebounds in a game 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 four 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 sixth in the ACC in overall rebounding (7.7), including tied for sixth in offensive boards (2.7) and 13th in DReb (5.0).

BOO FROM THE WOO - LANGFORD JR. BREAKING OUT

Through nine games, DeMarr Langford Jr. is showing no signs of a sophomore slump.
He leads a balanced BC scoring attack, averaging 12.1 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 10.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.3 steals per game with a 1.94:1 assist/turnover ratio.
Ashton-Langford ranks 12th in the ACC in assists (3.7) and 11th in assist/turnover ratio (1.94:1).
Ashton-Langford has tallied double digits in the scoring column in seven of BC's nine 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.

ZACKERY MAKING AN IMPACT

Jaeden Zackery ranks fourth on BC in scoring (9.9) third in assists (2.3) and third in steals (1.2) 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.

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 8.7 points per game through nine outings.
Post had 13 points against Notre Dame and 11 points versus USF.
He has reached double figures five times this year, while nearly logging a double-double vs. Fairfield (9 pts/8 reb).

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Players Mentioned

Makai Ashton-Langford

T.J. Bickerstaff

James Karnik

DeMarr Langford Jr.

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery