BC Challenges UMass at Basketball Hall of Fame Classic

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College Men's Basketball travels to Springfield to take on the UMass Minutemen in the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic Wednesday evening. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPNU.

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. UMASS - ALL-TIME SERIES

Wednesday marks the 48th meeting between BC and UMass.
BC holds a 26-21 series lead, winning six of the last 10 matchups.
The most recent contest was over a decade ago at TD Garden, where the Minutemen defeated the Eagles 71-62.

BOSTON COLLEGE vs. MAC CONFERENCE

The Eagles are 34-26 all-time vs. current Mid-American Conference teams.
Boston College's last contest against a MAC school was against UMass back in 2014, where they lost 71-62.
This will be the only matchup against a MAC opponent this season.

LAST TIME OUT

Boston College welcomed New Haven for the first time in program history. The Eagles used a second half spark to come from behind and earn a 67-63 victory over the Chargers. 12 second half
Fred Payne scored a season-high 18 points in the win, 12 of which came in the second half.
Caleb Steger and Luka Toews made their first career starts, finishing with a combined 14 points. Donald Hand Jr. added 13 points.
Payne matched his career-high points tally (18) and set a new best in 3pt field goals (4).

EDGERLEY FAMILY COURT

The basketball court at Silvio O. Conte Forum will officially be named the Edgerley Family Court starting this season.
The Edgerley's are active members of the Parents Leadership Council and are supporters of undergraduate financial aid at Boston College, having co-chaired Pops on the Heights in 2023 and 2024.
Sandra Edgerley serves on the Boston College Board of Trustees, where she is a member of the Academic Affairs Committee. Paul Edgerley is a senior advisor at Bain Capital, where he was a managing director and played a leadership role for more than 30 years.
The court is a lasting symbol of the Edgerleys' commitment to enhancing the tradition of excellence at Boston College.

ON THIS DATE: DECEMBER 10

Boston College is 21-5 all-time when playing on December 10. The most recent contest was played against St. John's in 2023, where BC took an 86-80 win in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Eagles' first win on December 6 came against Rhode Island in 1920, winning 36-2.
December 10 marks Human Rights Day and Nobel Prize Day.
Basketball players born on December 10: Mark Aguirre, Tacko Fall and Dion Waiters.
Notable events to occur on December 10 - US President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1906); 1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered (1984); Atlanta Hawks player Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls (1986); Carmelo Anthony matches George Gervin's NBA record for points in a quarter with 33 points (2008).

RISING ABOVE THE CROWD

Boston College is making their mark nationally through the first nine games this season.
Defensively, the Eagles rank 25th in the nation and third in the ACC in blocks per game (5.3). Hastings ranks 65th in the nation and fourth in the ACC individually in total blocks (16) and Shaw ranks eighth in the ACC (14). The team also holds the 15th best 3pt scoring defense (26.8) and 52nd best scoring defense (66.6).
BC is cleaning up the boards efficiently, collecting 40.1 boards per game, good for 66th in the NCAA. The team is also taking care of the ball, allowing just 10.6 turnovers per game. That mark ranks 65th in the nation and fifth in the ACC.

MAKING THE LEAP - FRED PAYNE

In his second full season with BC, Fred Payne has made improvements on both sides of the ball.
Payne has seen increases in points (+5.9), rebounds (+0.9), assists (+1.6) across the first eight games.
His field goal shooting has been more efficient, seeing a +4.9% increase from his numbers in 2024-25.
Defensively, the redshirt-sophomore has more than doubled his steal (9) and block (3) count in the same number of games played.
Using the PAR/G metric (points+assists+rebounds/game), Payne has jumped +8.4 year-over-year.

DEFENDING THE HILL

Boston College has defended home court through six games, holding a 4-2 record on the Edgerley Family Court.
The Eagles are holding opponents to 58.5 points per game and limiting them to 37.4% from the field and 23.0% from behind the arc.
At least two BC players have scored in double figures in each home contest this season. The team had three in its most recent home win against New Haven on Dec. 6.

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Boden Kapke logged a career-high 17 points, and Fred Payne dished a career-high seven assists against FAU (11/3).
Marko Radunovic and Caleb Steger made their collegiate debuts against FAU. Radunovic recorded eight points, going 2-3 from behind the arc, and Steger played five minutes with two field goal attempts.
Jason Asemota flourished in the home-opener against The Citadel (11/6), grabbing a career-high nine points and adding four rebounds to lead all bench scorers.
Chase Forte swatted a career-high three blocks against Central Connecticut State (11/11).
Aidan Shaw secured a career-high 14 rebounds and matched a career-high in blocks (5) against Temple (11/15). He became the first BC player to record five or more blocks since Quinten Post did against Louisville (2/13/24).
Shaw dished a career-high three assists against Hampton (11/18).
Hastings grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds and registered his first career double-double (11p/10r) against Davidson (11/21).
Caleb Steger recorded career-highs in points (11) and 3pt field goals (3) against LSU (12/3).

SIZZLING STREAKS

Fred Payne has scored double-digit figures in seven of his last eight games. He has surpassed 15 points in five games of that streak, with his most recent display of 18 points, matching a career-high, coming against New Haven.
Aidan Shaw rode a five game streak with at least one block. His season-best mark came against Temple (14).
Shaw also rode a seven game streak of at least eight rebounds per game. The stretch saw Shaw surpass 10+ rebounds on multiple occasions, including a career-high 14 rebounds against Temple.

INSTANT IMPACT

The freshmen tandem of Radunovic and Steger have translated well through the first two games, combining for 6.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game.
Kapke, Chase Forte, Jason Asemota, and Aidan Shaw are making their presence known on Chestnut Hill. The quadruple is averaging a combined 25.5 points, 17.6 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 6.8 blocks and 3.8 steals per game.
Individually, Shaw leads the team in rebounds (8.0), and Forte ranks tied for first on the team in steals (0.9).

FORMIDABLE OPPONENTS IN 2025-26

Boston College will face 13 non-conference opponents from a possible nine different conferences in 2025-26.
Four of the 13 non-con opponents hail from the NEC (CCSU, New Haven, FDU, and Le Moyne).
Here is where the Eagles' opponents rank according to preseason polls and rankings sites for the season:

                        - FAU (6th, American; 145 KP)
                        - The Citadel (10th, SoCon; 332 KP)
                        - CCSU (2nd, NEC; 315 KP)
                        - Temple (9th, American; 131 KP)
                        - Hampton (5th, CAA; 226 KP)
                        - Davidson (11th, A10; 150 KP)
                        - Tulane/Utah State (3rd, American; 114 KP)
                        - Harvard (2nd, Ivy; 163 KP)
                        - LSU (15th, SEC; 56 KP)
                        - New Haven (10th, NEC; 360)
                        - UMass (5th, MAC; 197 KP)
                        - FDU (5th, NEC; 349 KP)
                        - Le Moyne (9th, NEC; 339 KP)

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