Two-Game Road Swing Starts on Wednesday at Miami

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. MIAMI - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's game marks the 58th meeting between the two schools. Miami holds a slim 29-28 lead in the all-time series.
In ACC regular season play, BC is 11-19 versus the Hurricanes.
This is the second of two regular season matchups. On Feb. 17, BC won the first contest, 85-77 at Conte Forum.
The Eagles have lost their last 10 matchups in Coral Gables, last winning at the Watsco Center on Jan. 19, 2010.
From 1989-2004, both schools were members of the Big East. BC compiled a 15-6 mark versus Miami during that span.

MOST IMPROVED McGLOCKTON

Devin McGlockton is one of the ACC's Most Improved Players, showing major jumps in several stat categories
Through 29 games, McGlockton is fourth on the Eagles in scoring (10.6) and second in rebounding (6.0) and blocks (1.0).
McGlockton's per game averages have increased across the board: scoring +4.6, rebounding +2.0, and blocked shots +0.3.
In ACC play (18 games), McGlockton is averaging 12.2 points and 6.2 rebounds in 32 minutes per game.
Year-over-year, he has almost tripled his scoring (+7.0) and more than doubled his rebounding (+3.8) in ACC games.
McGlockton leads the ACC in FG percentage (ACC games only) at .610 (89-146); up from .500 a year ago.
The 6-7 forward ranks second in the ACC in effective FG% at .626 - a metric which adjusts for 3-point shooting.
McGlockton registered one of 17 30-point performances in ACC play - a 30-point performance at Georgia Tech.
He has two double-doubles and has set new career-highs in scoring (30), rebounding (14), and blocks (3) this year.

POST AMONG NATION'S ELITE

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 in the nation averaging 16.7 points, 7.9 boards, 2.9 assists, and 1.9 blocks per game.
The last ACC player to average that season stat line: Wake Forest's Tim Duncan in 1996-97.
Using only points and rebounds: Post is one of seven major conference players averaging at least 16.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game; two in the ACC (Omier); five of those players are on the Wooden midseason list.
Using only points and assists: Post is one of 21 major conference players to average at least 16.7 points and 2.9 assists.
Post is also posting a 50/40/80 line of shooting percentages - at 51.4 FG%, 44.2 3FG%, and 81.5 FT%.
Post is one of three players in the nation to post those percentages (min. 16.0 ppg).
It's not a small sample: in 77 games at BC since 2021-22, Post has registered nearly a 50/40/80 shooting line - .516 FG; .419 3FG; .796 FT. - the only active player (min. 10.0 ppg) to post such shooting lines since the start of 2021-22- present.
Over the past three seasons vs. major conference opponents (60 games), Post is averaging 13.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.3 blocks while shooting .518/.430/.792.
Post is one of two players to rank among the top 10 in the ACC in scoring, rebounding, blocks, and FG percentage.

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

Quinten Post is one of 14 players - six among the major conferences - with two double-doubles when scoring 30 or more.
Zach Edey (7) tops the list for major conference players, along with Post, Devin Carter (Providence), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Jaedon LeDee (SDSU), Terrance Shannon Jr. (Illinois) - all of whom have done it twice.
Over his last five games, Jaeden Zackery is 10-of-14 from beyond the arc (.714); he was 15-of--50 (.300) in his first 24 games.

ON THIS DATE: MARCH 6

Boston College is 7-5 in games played on March 6. Five of those games came in conference tournaments, with BC going 4-2.
The March 6 date marks the celebration of three separate but related causes: National Oreo Cookie Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day, and National Dentists Day.
On this day in history - 1646: Massachusetts inventor Joseph Jenkes receives first patent issued in North America; 1831: Edgar Allen Poe expelled from the U.S. Military Academy; 1834: The city of Toronto was incorporated; 1836: The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege; 1869: Mendeleev presents the periodic tabel of elements for the first time; 1950: Silly Putty begins selling in the U.S.; 1954: NC State beats Wake Forest in the inaugural ACC Men's Basketball Championship.
Notable March 6 birthdays: basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, artist Michelangelo; former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan; actor/meathead Rob Reiner, and poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

MASON MADSEN, FOR STARTERS

Since entering the starting lineup six games ago, Mason Madsen is averaging 14.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.
On Feb. 24 at N.C. State, Madsen scored 21 points (8-11 FG; 4-7 3FG) to go with seven boards and two assists.
Madsen drilled a career-high seven 3-pointers en route to a career-high 25 points in a win over Miami on Feb. 17.
Over the last seven games, Madsen is also posting a 1.70:1 ATR, with 17 assists and 10 turnovers in 215 minutes.
At Florida State, he made 4-of-8 3-pointers, scoring 14 point, while tallying 11 points, four rebounds, four assists vs. Louisville.
In his first start of the seven-game string, Madsen had a team-high 15 points (6-11 FG) at Duke on Feb. 10.
In eight total games as a starter this year, he is averaging 14.1 points per game and has made 22-of-52 3-pointers.
In the 21 games he came off the bench, Madsen averaged 6.1 points per game in nearly 17 minutes per outing.

ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE HELPERS

As a playmaker, Jaeden Zackery ranks among the top players nationally in three different categories.
He is 69th nationally in assist/turnover ratio (2.39:1), 110th in total assists (122), and 116th in assists per game (4.2).
Earlier this month, Zackery became the 14th different Eagle since 1996-97 to reach the 100 assist mark in a season.
Zackery's 122 assists are the most by a BC player since Ky Bowman (125) during the 2018-19 campaign.
Jaeden Zackery is one of eight Boston College players to tally at least 122 assists and 53 steals in a single season.
The others: Michael Adams (2x), Troy Bell (2x), Howard Eisley (2x), Ryan Sidney, Duane Woodward, John Bagley, and Jim Sweeney.

DISHIN' AND SWISHIN'

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 (4.2), Post is first in scoring (16.7) and second in assists (2.9), and Harris is second in scoring (13.1) and third in assists (2.1). The trio combines for over 9.2 of the 14.4 assists per game.

THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER

BC has connected on 58 3-pointers over its last six games, including a season-high 15 in the first meeting vs. Miami.
The 15 3-pointers made against Miami tied for the fourth-most in a single-game in Boston College men's basketball history.
Over the six-game stretch, the Eagles are connecting at a .423 clip from the perimeter, making 58-of-137 shots from deep.
The Eagles rank 46th nationally - and fourth in the ACC - in 3-point percentage, making 36.7% of their long-range attempts.
The 36.7% clip ranks as the 11th-best season 3FG% in BC history; the 235 made 3-pointers is fifth-best in a single-season.

RECORD BOOK RESET

Career

Quinten Post is eighth all-time on BC's career blocked shots list. He has 101 swats in 78 games.
Jaeden Zackery is one steal away from cracking Boston College's all-time top 10 list. He has 158 swipes in 96 games.
Zackery also ranks sixth on BC's all-time 3-point field goal percentage list, connecting on .401 for his career (108-269).

Season

Post's 53 blocked shots this season rank as the seventh-most in a single-season in Boston College history.
Devin McGlockton's .588 field goal percentage mark would rank as the 10th-best single-season FG proficiency mark.

POSSESSION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

Boston College's 1.37:1 assist/turnover ratio ranks as the second-best mark in program history.
BC's assist/turnover ratio ranks 65th nationally - and sixth in the ACC - having compiled 417 assists to 305 turnovers.
The 2010-11 team holds the Boston College record for best assist/turnover mark, at 1.38:1 (517:376).
Since turnovers were compiled as a statistic in 1978-79, BC has registered an ATR of 1.30:1 or better only four times.

LOW TURNOVER COUNT

Boston College ranks 69th nationally (7th in ACC) in turnovers per game, committing 10.5 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.
BC has registered single-digits in the TO column 16 times (10-6 in those games), including 3-2 in games with five or fewer.

YEAR OVER YEAR IMPROVEMENTS

Boston College ranks 129th nationally (9th ACC) in scoring, at 75.3 points per game.
A year ago, the Eagles were 303rd (14th ACC) in points per game, at nearly 10 points less (66.6) per outing.
BC currently ranks 87th nationally (5th ACC) in field goal percentage, connecting on 46.3% 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 46th nationally (4th ACC) in 3FG%, connecting on 36.7% of their long-distance tries.
In 2022-23, BC ranked among the bottom nationally - 294th (14th ACC) at 31.9%.

CAN'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE

Boston College is 5-3 this year, 7-1 in 2022-23 and 13-5 since Feb. 21, 2022 when Jaeden Zackery scores at least 15 points.
He scored a team-high 19 points, making all three 3-point attempts - including his 1,000th career points - at Florida State.
Zackery tallied a career-high 21 points in nearly 39 minutes of play at The Citadel on Nov. 10.
Against Notre Dame, Zackery had a team-high 20 points, grabbing three rebounds, and dropping three dimes.
When Zackery goes to the free throw line at least five times, BC is 3-3 this year, was 7-2 in 2022-23, and is 12-6 all-time.
Zackery has committed one or fewer turnovers in 12 games in 2023-24 and has 42 total turns in 790 minutes this year.
Boston College has won 13 of its last 17 games when Zackery commits one or fewer turnovers in a game.
Zackery is one of three ACC players (Mintz - 14; Beekman - 14; Zackery - 13) with at least 13 games of 10 pts/4 asst/2 stl.
Last season, Zackery had nine games with four or more assists. He's done so in 20 of 29 games this season.
On Feb. 13, Zackery became the 17th different Boston College player since the 1996-97 season to tally at least 100 assists.
With 122 assists so far this season, it is the most dimes by an Eagle since 2018-19 (Ky Bowman - 125).

Two-Game Road Swing Starts on Wednesday at Miami

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Players Mentioned

Claudell Harris Jr.

Mason Madsen

Devin McGlockton

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery

Two-Game Road Swing Starts on Wednesday at Miami

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Players Mentioned

Claudell Harris Jr.

Mason Madsen

Devin McGlockton

Quinten Post

Jaeden Zackery

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