Late Night ACC Matchup at Virginia Tech on Tuesday

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. VIRGINIA TECH - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 37th meeting between the two schools. Boston College is 23-13 all-time vs. Virginia Tech.
In ACC play, the Eagles are 16-11 versus the Hokies. BC has won five straight over VT, dating back to Jan. 25, 2020.
Last year, BC swept the regular season series: On Dec. 21, BC earned a 70-65 win in OT over the #20/21 Hokies.
On Feb. 8, BC held on for an 82-76 win at Cassell Coliseum. BC leads, 9-8, in matchups at Cassell Coliseum.
From 2000-04, both teams were members of the Big East. Boston College was 6-1 against Virginia Tech in Big East play.

MOST IMPROVED McGLOCKTON

In his second full season, Devin McGlockton is showing major jumps in virtually every statistical category, year over year.
Through 18 games, McGlockton is fourth on the Eagles in scoring (9.9) and second in rebounding (6.4) and blocks (1.2).
McGlockton's per game averages have increased across the board: scoring +4.0, rebounding +2.5, and blocked shots +0.5.
In ACC play, McGlockton is averaging 13.0 points and 7.6 rebounds. His scoring in league games is up +7.5 points and rebounds +4.1.
His .648 FG% (35-54) is 2nd in ACC play; up from .500 a year ago.
McGlockton registered the fifth-highest single-game scoring total in ACC play - a 30-point performance at Georgia Tech.
On Jan. 10, McGlockton logged his first double-double of the season, with 15 points and 14 boards at Syracuse.
He has set new single-game career-highs in scoring (30), rebounding (14), and blocks (3) this year.

POST, PARTY OF ONE

Quinten Post is one of the best players in the country and his stat line for the Eagles this season is perfect evidence.
He is the only major conference player averaging at least 17.1 points, 7.6 boards, 3.1 assists, and 1.9 blocks per game.
Using only points and rebounds: Post is one of nine major conference players averaging at least 17.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game; five of those players are on the Wooden midseason list; two in the ACC (Flipkowski, Omier).
Using only points and assists: Post is one of 39 major conference players to average at least 17.1 points and 3.1 assists per game. Since 1996-97, he is one of seven major conference players 6-10 or taller to average 17.1 ppg/3.1 apg.
Post is also posting just under a 50/40/80 line of shooting percentages - at 49.5 FG%, 43.9 3FG%, and 83.6 FT%.
Post is one of three players in the nation - and the only ACC standout - to post those percentages (min. 15.0 ppg).
It's not a small sample: in 67 games at BC since 2021-22, Post has registered nearly a 50/40/80 shooting line - .512 FG; .413 3FG; .799 FT. - the only active player (min. 12.0 ppg) to post such shooting lines since the start of 2021-22- present.
Over the past two seasons vs. major conference opponents (36 games), Post is averaging 16.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.4 blocks while shooting .517/.432/.847.

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

Jaeden Zackery is 24 steals away from cracking Boston College's all-time top 10 list. He has 135 swipes in 84 games.
Additionally, he is six 3FG attempts from qualifying for BC's all-time top 10 list in 3-point FG percentage (.389).
Quinten Post needs 13 more blocks to crack the Eagles' top 10 career list in that category. He has 81 swats in 67 games.

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 23

Boston College is 7-7 all-time and 1-2 in ACC play in games played on the January 23 calendar date.
The January 23 calendar date also marks the dual-celebration of National Handwriting and National Pie Days.
Several historic events occurred on January 23 - 1933: the 20th Amendment, establishing the date of U.S. presidential inaugurations, ratified; 1943: Duke Ellington plays Carnegie Hall for the first time; 1957: Walter Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc toy to Wham-O, which renames it the "Frisbee;" 1964: the 24th Amendment, eliminating the poll tax, ratified; 1977: the TV mini-series "Roots debuts on ABC; 1986: the inaugural class of artists were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, including Ray Charles, James Brown, Chuck Berry, and Sam Cooke.
Notable Jan. 23 birthdays: Second Continental Congress President John Hancock; news anchor Norah O'Donnell; actor Richard Dean Anderson; hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger; R&B legend Anita Baker; impressionist painter Edouard Manet.

THE QUINTEN POST 1,000-POINT WATCH IS UNDERWAY

Quinten Post is 37 points away from scoring the 1,000th point of his collegiate career.
The 7-footer has tallied 963 points in 106 games between Mississippi State and Boston College.
Since arriving at BC in 2021-22, Post has scored 868 points in 67 games in an Eagles' uniform (13.0 ppg avg).
On Dec. 28 vs. Lehigh, Claudell Harris Jr. reached the career scoring milestone; he started his career at Charleston Southern.

YEAR OVER YEAR IMPROVEMENTS

Boston College ranks 100th nationally (6th ACC) in scoring, at 77.3 points per game.
A year ago, the Eagles were 303rd (14th ACC) in points per game, at 66.6 per outing.
BC currently ranks 131st nationally (6th ACC) in field goal percentage, connecting on 45.8% of its shot attempts.
A season ago, the Eagles were 222nd (11th ACC), making only 43.7% of its shots from the floor.
BC has seen similar jumps, year-over-year, in its 3-point field goal percentage.
This year, the Eagles rank 100th nationally (8th ACC) in 3FG%, connecting on 35.6% of their long-distance tries.
In 2022-23, BC ranked among the bottom nationally - 294th (14th ACC) at 31.9%.

LOW TURNOVER COUNT

Boston College ranks 13th nationally (3rd in ACC) in turnovers per game, committing 9.4 turnovers per game.
It would rank as the lowest turnovers/game rate since Boston College tracked the stat beginning in 1979-80.
Previously, the lowest turnovers per game rate was 2010-11, when BC committed 11.1 turns per outing.
The Eagles have committed 15 turnovers over their last three games, including a season-low three turns against Notre Dame.
BC has registered single-digits in the TO column 12 times (8-4 in those games), including 3-1 in games with five or fewer.

BRINGING YOU THE BEST OF THE 80'S AND 90'S

Boston College has put forth two games with at least 95 points on the scoreboard - at Georgia Tech and vs. Holy Cross.
Prior to this season, it marks the team's highest scoring total since Feb. 16, 2022 vs. Notre Dame (95).
The 95 points at Georgia Tech ties for the third-most points scored by BC in an ACC game since joining the league in 2005-06.
It the most points in a regulation game for BC since Jan. 1, 2017, when BC tallied 96 points in a home win over Syracuse.
It ties as the highest single-game scoring total of the Earl Grant era and tied for the most points in a regulation Division I game under Grant as a head coach (95 pts at CofC vs. Hofstra - Feb. 14, 2019)
In nine-plus seasons between College of Charleston and Boston College, Earl Grant-coached teams are 45-6 when they score at least 80 points, 23-3 when they score at least 85, and 8-2 when scoring 90 or more.

COMEBACK KINGS

Five of Boston College's 11 wins have come when the Eagles have trailed by double digits: Richmond (14, 1st half); Harvard (10, 2nd half); vs. St. John's (10, 2nd half), at Georgia Tech (16, 2nd half); Notre Dame (12, 1st half).
Boston College's 16-point comeback win at Georgia Tech was the largest for the Eagles since Jan. 15, 2022.
On that date, the Eagles came back from 23 down in the first half at Clemson to win by two - 70-68.
The 16-point comeback at GT was the third-most in BC history, behind Clemson (23) and Kent State (18) on Dec. 29, 2004.

ANALYTICALLY CORRECT

Per KenPom, Boston College ranks 60th nationally (6th ACC) in adjusted offensive efficiency with a 114.8 rating.
The metric measures the total points scored by a team per 100 possessions.
It is the highest national ranking in the key offensive metric since the 2013-14 season, when BC was 32nd with a 114.3 mark.
In ACC play only, BC ranks sixth overall in the conference, with a 105.8 adjusted offensive efficiency mark.

ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS

Boston College's top three scorers - Quinten Post, Claudell Harris Jr., and Jaeden Zackery - are also its top three assists men.
Zackery ranks third in scoring (11.9) and first in assists (4.3), Post is first in scoring (17.1) and second in assists (3.1), and Harris is second in scoring (14.4) and third in assists (1.8). The trio combines for 9.2 of the Eagles' 13.8 assists per game.
Wake Forest is the only other ACC school to have its top three scorers rank as its top three distributors.

BOSTON'S NEW BIG THREE FOUR

Quinten Post (17.1 ppg), Claudell Harris Jr. (14.4), Jaeden Zackery (11.9), and Devin McGlockton (9.9) account for over 66% of BC's scoring. Through 18 games, the trio is averaging nearly 54 of BC's 77.3 points per outing.
The four account for over 55% of BC's rebounds, 70% of assists, 80% of blocks, 60% of steals, and 63% of 3-pointers made.
In ACC games, the quartet accounts for nearly 70% of the Eagles' scoring output.

McBLOCKTON

BC is 20-9 when Devin McGlockton blocks at least one shot and 10-2 when he blocks at least two shots.
The sophomore forward has registered at least one block in 14 of 18 games in 2023-24 and two blocks in six games.
The versatile 6-7 post presence is averaging 1.2 blocked shots per game in over 28 minutes of playing time.

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