Eagles Visit Yellow Jackets in ACC Opener

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS - Boston College opens the New Year with its first conference game of the season as they visit Georgia Tech on Saturday, Jan. 3. Tip off is set for 2 p.m. and can be seen on ACC Network.

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. GEORGIA TECH - ALL-TIME SERIES

Saturday marks the 35th all time meeting between BC and Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets holds a 20-14 series lead.
BC won the most recent matchup against Georgia Tech (2/22/25), where Donald Hand Jr. finished with 20 points and seven rebounds.

WELCOME TO CONFERENCE PLAY

BC opens the new year with ACC play, traveling to Georgia Tech to start.
The team enters with one of the best defenses in the conference, holding opponents to 66.7 points per game, which ranks sixth.
Donald Hand Jr. and Fred Payne rank second in minutes per game (34.4), while Aidan Shaw and Jayden Hastings rank fifth in blocks per game (1.5)
The Eagles hit the road in three of their first four ACC contests.

LAST TIME OUT

Boston College hosted Le Moyne in its final non-conference game on December 28 at Conte Forum, earning a 72-64 win to improve to 7-6.
Donald Hand Jr. (26) and Fred Payne (22) surpassed 20+ points to lead the Eagles.
Boden Kapke added 11 rebounds, while Jayden Hastings and Chase Forte both recorded four stocks (Stl + Blks).Payne's 22 point showing was a career-high and Kapke's 11 boards were a season-high.
BC finished with a 3-1 record over NEC teams this season, holding the to 62.0 points per game and 38.7% from the field.

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: JANUARY 3

Boston College is 11-10 all-time when playing on January 3.
The most recent contest was played against Notre Dame in 2023, where BC took a 70-63 win over the Fighting Irish in Chestnut Hill.
The Eagles' first win on January 3 came against Fitchburg Normal in 1925, winning 22-13.
January 3 marks National Chocolate Candy Day and Call a Friend Day.
Basketball players born on January 3: Deni Avdija, Doug McDermott and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Notable events to occur on January 3 - The Curse of the Bambino begins as Babe Ruth is traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees (1920); Alaska admitted as 49th US state (1959); Aaron Holiday, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc. (1977); Jimmy Butler breaks Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls record for points in an NBA half, scoring 40 of his 42 points in the second half (2016).

MARK THE MILESTONES

Chase Forte is two points away from reaching 1,000 career points.
Donald Hand Jr. is 131 points away from reaching 1,000 career points - all have come with Boston College.
Aidan Shaw reached 100 career games played against Harvard (11/26).
Caleb Steger and Marko Radunovic made their collegiate debuts in the season opener against FAU (11/3). Radunovic also scored his first career points in that game, while Steger claimed his in BC's home opener against The Citadel (11/6).

RISING ABOVE THE CROWD

Boston College is making their mark nationally through the first 13 games this season.
Defensively, the Eagles rank 20th in the nation and third in the ACC in blocks per game (5.4).
Aidan Shaw and Jayden Hastings rank fourth in the ACC individually in total blocks (20) and 74th in the NCAA.
The team also holds the 20th best 3pt percentage defense (27.9) and 51st best scoring defense (66.7) in the country.
BC is cleaning up the boards efficiently, collecting 40,0 boards per game, good for 61st in the NCAA.
The team is also taking care of the ball, allowing just 10.2 turnovers per game. That mark ranks 45th in the nation and seventh 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 (+5.6), rebounds (+1.1), assists (+1.6) across 13 games.
The redshirt-sophomore has surpassed his total points tally (172) from last season in less than half of the season.
His field goal shooting has been more efficient, seeing a +4.4% increase from his numbers in 2024-25.
Defensively, the redshirt-sophomore has recorded more steals (12) and blocks (4) in the same number of games played.
Using the PAR/G metric (points+assists+rebounds/game), Payne has jumped +9.2 year-over-year.

DEFENDING THE HILL

Boston College has defended home court through eight games, holding a 6-2 record on the Edgerley Family Court.
The Eagles are holding opponents to 59.4 points per game and limiting them to 36.9% from the field and 24.2% from behind the arc.
At least two BC players have scored in double figures in each home contest this season. Fred Payne scored a career high 22 and Donald Hand Jr matched a season high 26 points in the most recent contest against Le Moyne.

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).
Luka Toews recorded a career-high 21 points and six 3pt field goals, and Caleb Steger scored a career-high 12 points against FDU (12/22).
Fred Payne scored a career-high 22 points in a win against Le Moyne (12/28), adding career-high in 3pt field goals (5) and field goals made (7).

SIZZLING STREAKS

Fred Payne has scored double-digit figures in 10 of his last 11 games. He has surpassed 15 points in five games of that streak, with his most recent display of 11 points coming against FDU.
Donald Hand Jr. is on a five-game streak of double digit scoring, his longest of the season. The redshirt-junior most recently matched a season-high 26 points against Le Moyne, and has surpassed 10+ points in all but two games this season.
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 6.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 0.4 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 24.1 points, 17.4 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 9.5 blocks and 6.0 steals per game.
Individually, Shaw leads the team in rebounds (7.4), and Forte ranks first on the team in steals (1.2) and assists (2.9).

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