Seeking a Season Sweep over Notre Dame on Saturday

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. NOTRE DAME - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 44th meeting between the two schools. Boston College is 16-27 all-time vs. Notre Dame on the hardwood.
BC is 6-15 vs. ND in ACC play but has won the last three meetings. Earlier this month, BC beat the Irish, 63-59, at Conte Forum.
Last year, BC swept the season series for the first time in 26 years.
The Eagles downed the Irish, 70-63, at home on Jan. 3, 2023. Boston College won 84-72 at Notre Dame on Jan. 21, 2023.
The two teams held serve on their respective home courts in 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22. BC is 5-15 at Notre Dame.
From 1995-2005, the two teams were members of the Big East. BC compiled a 5-7 mark against the Irish in those 12 matchups.

MOST IMPROVED McGLOCKTON

Devin McGlockton is showing major jumps in several stat categories.
Through 19 games, McGlockton is fourth on the Eagles in scoring (10.4) and second in rebounding (6.6) and blocks (1.2).
McGlockton's per game averages have increased across the board: scoring +4.5, rebounding +2.7, and blocked shots +0.6.
In ACC play, McGlockton is averaging 13.8 points and 7.9 rebounds. His scoring in league games is up +8.3 points and rebounds +4.5.
His .657 FG% (44-67) is third 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.
He has logged two double-doubles this season, both in ACC play: at Syracuse (15p/14r) and at Virginia Tech (19p/10r).
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 16.9 points, 7.6 boards, 3.0 assists, and 2.0 blocks per game.
Using only points and rebounds: Post is one of nine major conference players averaging at least 16.9 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 16.9 points and 3.0 assists per game. Since 1996-97, he is one of seven major conference players 6-10 or taller to average 16.9 ppg/3.0 apg.
Post is also posting a 50/40/80 line of shooting percentages - at 50.4 FG%, 44.1 3FG%, and 82.3 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 68 games at BC since 2021-22, Post has registered nearly a 50/40/80 shooting line - .514 FG; .414 3FG; .794 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 15.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.4 blocks while shooting .516/.435/.817.

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

In Boston College's ACC victories, the Eagles are connecting on 47.1% from the floor, 46.3% from the perimeter, and 75.0% from the foul line, while posting a 3.86:1 assist/turnover ratio and averaging only four turns per outing.
In ACC losses, BC is shooting 43.2% from the floor, 31.3% from beyond the arc, and 68.6% from the charity stripe, while registering a 1.03:1 ATR while averaging 11.2 turnovers per game.

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 27

Boston College is 5-13 all-time and 1-1 in ACC play in games played on the January 27 calendar date.
The January 27 calendar date also marks the dual-celebration of National Seed Swap and National Chocolate Cake Days.
Several historic events occurred on January 27 - 1880: Thomas Edison patents the electric incandescent lamp; 1894: in the first college basketball game, the University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA, 19-11; 1924: Lenin placed in Lenin's Tomb in Red Square, Moscow; 1973:UCLA wins NCAA-record 61st consecutive game; 1976: "Laverne & Shirley" debuts on ABC.
Notable Jan. 27 birthdays: composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; actor John Witherspoon; comedian Patton Oswalt; author Lewis Carroll; guitarist Elmore James; actress Rosamund Pike; Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

THE QUINTEN POST 1,000-POINT WATCH IS UNDERWAY

Quinten Post is 22 points away from scoring the 1,000th point of his collegiate career.
The 7-footer has tallied 978 points in 107 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).

RECORD BOOK RESET

Jaeden Zackery is 23 steals away from cracking Boston College's all-time top 10 list. He has 136 swipes in 85 games.
Additionally, he is five 3FG attempts from qualifying for BC's all-time top 10 list in 3-point FG percentage (.388).
Quinten Post needs 13 more blocks to crack the Eagles' top 10 career list in that category. He has 83 swats in 68 games.

YEAR OVER YEAR IMPROVEMENTS

Boston College ranks 105th nationally (6th ACC) in scoring, at 77.0 points per game.
A year ago, the Eagles were 303rd (14th ACC) in points per game, at 66.6 per outing.
BC currently ranks 116th nationally (6th ACC) in field goal percentage, connecting on 46.0% 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 106th nationally (8th ACC) in 3FG%, connecting on 35.5% 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 19th nationally (3rd in ACC) in turnovers per game, committing 9.7 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.

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.

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.

ANALYTICALLY CORRECT

Per KenPom, Boston College ranks 58th nationally (6th ACC) in adjusted offensive efficiency with a 114.9 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 seventh overall in the conference, with a 105.9 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 (11.6) and first in assists (4.4), Post is first in scoring (16.9) and second in assists (2.9), and Harris is second in scoring (14.4) and third in assists (1.8). The trio combines for 9.1 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.

Seeking a Season Sweep over Notre Dame on Saturday

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Claudell Harris Jr.

Devin McGlockton

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Seeking a Season Sweep over Notre Dame on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Claudell Harris Jr.

Devin McGlockton

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery

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