ACC Road Swing Begins Saturday at Georgia Tech

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. GEORGIA TECH - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 32nd meeting between the two schools. Boston College is 12-19 all-time vs. Georgia Tech.
Since joining the ACC, BC is 11-16 versus the Yellow Jackets. In ACC regular season play, BC is 8-13 against Georgia Tech.
BC has dropped its last five meetings against Georgia Tech. Last year, GT came away with a 73-65 win at BC on March 4, 2023.
BC is 2-8 vs. Georgia Tech in games played in Atlanta.

POST, PARTY OF ONE

Quinten Post is one of the best players in the country and his stat line for the 9-4 Eagles this season is perfect evidence.
He is the only player in the country averaging at least 18.4 points, 8.1 boards, 3.2 assists, and 2.2 blocks per game.
Using only points and rebounds: Post and fellow All-American and National Award candidates Hunter Dickinson (Kansas) and Zach Edey (Purdue) are the only major conference players averaging at least 18.4 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.
Using only rebounds and assists: Post joins fellow All-American and All-American candidate Devin Carler (Providence) as the only major conference players averaging at least 8.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game
Post ranks 10th in scoring and sixth in rebounding among players on the Naismith & Wooden Award watch lists.
Among players on the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar watch list, he is third in scoring, eighth in rebounds, and fourth in blocks.
Post is also posting a 50/40/80 line of shooting percentages - connecting on 52.6 FG%, 47.5 3FG%, and 81.6 FT%.
Post and Colorado's KJ Simpson are the only two players in the nation posting those percentages (min. 15.0 ppg).
Post is 12th in FG%, 3rd in 3FG%, and 2nd in FT% among players on the Naismith & Wooden Award watch lists.
It's not a small sample: in 62 games at BC since 2021-22, Post has registered nearly a 50/40/80 shooting line - .521 FG; .421 3FG; .790 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 (23 games), Post is averaging nearly 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.3 blocks while shooting .533/.455/.812.
In the ACC overall stats, Post ranks fifth in scoring, seventh in rebounding, and third in blocked shots.
He is also eighth in the ACC in field goal percentage and 13th in free throw percentage.

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

Each of the four leading scorers for Boston College also maintain a positive assist/turnover ratio.
Devin McGlockton's seven offensive rebounds vs. Wake Forest were the most by a Boston College player in an ACC game since Feb. 8, 2022 when James Karnik had seven offensive rebounds vs. Duke on Feb. 12, 2022.
Quinten Post also had seven offensive boards at home versus Syracuse on Feb. 8, 2022.

ON THIS DATE: JANUARY 6

Boston College is 9-13 all-time and 2-2 in ACC play in games played on the January 6 calendar date.
Several notable events in history occurred on January 6 - 1832: The New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes in Boston; 1838: Samuel Morse demonstrated his telegraph machine in New Jersey; 1893: the Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; 1929: Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her mission work; 1941: FDR delivers his "Four Freedoms" speech; 1973: "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC; 1975 "Wheel of Fortune" premieres on NBC; 1995: the Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens passes Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach.
Notable January 6 birthdays: actress Kate McKinnon; golfer Nancy Lopez; former NFL star Howie Long; poet Carl Sandburg; explorer John Smith; screenwriter John Singleton; and Joan of Arc.
January 6 also marks the dual celebration of National Cuddle Up and National Shortbread Days.

BACK TO DECEMBER

BC closed out a 4-1 December with four straight victories, including an 86-80 win over St. John's in Brooklyn.
Over those five games, Claudell Harris Jr. led the Eagles in scoring, at nearly a 17.0 ppg clip.
Harris scored the 1,000th point of his career en route to pouring in a season-high 29 vs. Lehigh.
During the month of December, Harris drilled nearly 55% of his 3-point attempts (13-24) - including 7-10 vs. Lehigh.
Jaeden Zackery averaged 15.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.8 steals in five December games.
The junior guard connected on nearly 61% from the floor (31-51), while registering a 3.50:1 assist/turnover ratio.
In 151 minutes played in five December games, Zackery committed only six turnovers.
Quinten Post dominated the stat sheet in December: 14.0 points, 8.3 boards, 4.4 assists, 2.0 blocks, and 1.2 steals per game.
Only Post and Kyle Filipkowski (Duke) posted those per-game averages during the month of December.
The 7-footer set new career-highs in assists (9 vs. St. John's) and blocked shots (6 vs. Holy Cross) in December.

UNPRECEDENTED

Through 13 games during the 2023-24 season, Quinten Post has set new single-game career-highs in scoring (31), rebounding (19), assists (9), blocked shots (5), and steals (6).
Since 1996-97, no player has equalled those game high statistical figures in a single-season.
In fact, since 1996-97, only four other players have tallied career-highs equal to what Post has done in 12 games.
Included in that list - 2002-23 National Player of the Year and 15-year NBA veteran David West (Xavier) as well as John Konchar (IPFW) and Lawrence Roberts (Baylor/Miss. State) who both played with the Memphis Grizzlies.

CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE

Boston College is 3-1 this year, 7-1 in 2022-23 and 11-3 since Feb. 21, 2022 when Jaeden Zackery scores at least 15 points.
Zackery tallied a career-high 21 points in nearly 39 minutes of play at The Citadel on Nov. 10.
On Dec. 8 against Holy Cross, Zackery led BC with 18 points to go with five boards, four assists, and a steal.
Against N.C. State, Zackery had a team-high 20 points, grabbing six rebounds, and dropping four dimes.
When Zackery goes to the free throw line at least five times, BC is 3-2 this year, was 7-2 in 2022-23, and is 12-5 all-time.
Zackery has committed one or fewer turnovers in seven games in 2023-24 and has 18 total turns in 389 minutes of play so far.
Boston College has won nine of its last 11 games when Zackery commits one or fewer turnovers in a game.
Zackery is the only ACC player with at least seven games of 10 points/4 assists/2 steals.
Last season, Zackery had nine games with four or more assists. He's done so in 11 of 13 games this season.

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

Boston College's 95 points against Holy Cross - the highest scoring total since Feb. 16, 2022 vs. Notre Dame (95).
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 was 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 (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 44-6 when they score at least 80 points, 22-3 when they score at least 85, and 7-2 when scoring 90 or more.
Since 1981, Boston College is 315-57 when it scores at least 80 points in a game.

McBLOCKTON

BC is 18-7 when Devin McGlockton blocks at least one shot and 9-1 when he blocks at least two shots.
The sophomore forward has registered at least one block in 10 of 13 games in 2023-24 and two blocks in four games.
The versatile 6-7 post presence is averaging 1.1 blocked shots per game in 27 minutes of playing time.
In ACC play, McGlockton is averaging nearly a double-double - 14.0 ppg & 9.0 rpg - while shooting nearly 65% from the floor.
The only other players averaging at least 14.0 and 9.0 in ACC play are Armando Bacot (UNC) and Norchad Omier (UM).

HARRIS SHINES AMONG THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE HEIGHTS

Claudell Harris Jr. has scored in double figures in 10 of the 12 games in which he has appeared this season.
He scored a season-high 29 points - including the 1,000th of his career - knocking down 7-of-10 3FG against Lehigh.
The junior guard also added 22 points at Vanderbilt, making 9-of-13 shots - including 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
Harris ranks second on the team in scoring (14.7), while leading the Eagles in 3FG made (30).
Harris arrived at BC as a transfer from Charleston Southern and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
He shined for CSU for two seasons, earning All-Big South second team honors as a sophomore a season ago.
The 6-3 guard averaged 17.5 points per game last year - the second-best scoring mark in the Big South.
Harris scored in double figures in 28 of 30 games for the Buccaneers in 2022-23 - including two consecutive 30-point games.
He scored at least 20 points on 14 occasions and also connected on three or more 3-pointers in 14 of CSU's 30 contests. Harris spent two seasons at Charleston Southern and was named to the 2021-22 Big South All-Freshman Team, averaging 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 31 games played (14 starts) in his first collegiate season.

A HELPING HAND FOR 2023-24

Over his last four games, Donald Hand Jr. is averaging 11.2 points, connecting on nearly 50 FG% and 40 3FG%.
Hand scored a career-best 16 points against CCSU on Dec. 5, making 5-of-9 shots - including 3-of-6 from the perimeter.
The redshirt freshman scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, also adding three rebounds and two steals.
On Dec. 10, Hand Jr. scored 11 points in a win over St. John's in 17 minutes of play.
Against Lehigh, he had nine points to go with a career-best six rebounds while tallying seven points against Wake Forest.
He has reached double-digits in the scoring column on four occasions; he had 13 points vs. Holy Cross and 14 at The Citadel.
Hand ranks fourth on the Eagles in 3FG percentage (.368) and is the team's fifth-leading scorer (7.1 ppg).
Last year, Hand Jr. tore his ACL after :37 of play in the first half vs. Detroit Mercy - game two of the season - on Nov. 11, 2022.
After successful surgery on Nov. 30, 2022, the 6-5 guard relentlessly attacked his rehabilitation.
Despite being fully cleared for action during this past summer, Hand did not play in the Eagles' three-game European tour.

MADSEN WITH CONSISTENT CONTRIBUTIONS OFF BENCH

Through the first 13 games this season, Mason Madsen has come off the bench to make big plays in a key reserve role.
On Dec. 8 vs. Holy Cross, Madsen had a season-high 17 points, knocking down 5-of-6 from the perimeter.
The game prior - vs. CCSU, he had 15 points, seven boards, four assists, and three steals. All were season highs.
One of the most consistent guards for BC, Madsen has only 21 turnovers over his last 32 games/587 minutes played.
He has made 12 of his last 19 shots from the perimeter and has connected on 17-of-37 (.459) this year.
Madsen led BC in 3-pointers made last season, connecting on 40 shots from beyond the arc.

ACC Road Swing Begins Saturday at Georgia Tech

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Players Mentioned

Donald Hand Jr.

Claudell Harris Jr.

Mason Madsen

Devin McGlockton

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery

ACC Road Swing Begins Saturday at Georgia Tech

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Donald Hand Jr.

Claudell Harris Jr.

Mason Madsen

Devin McGlockton

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery

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