BC Welcomes N.C. State for ACC Home Opener

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College returns to the Edgerley Family Court at Conte Forum for its ACC home opener against N.C. State Tuesday evening. Tip off is set for 9 p.m. and can be seen on the ACC Network.

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. N.C. STATE - ALL-TIME SERIES

Tuesday marks the 33rd all time meeting between BC and N.C. State.
The Wolfpack hold a 19-13 series lead.
BC fell to N.C. State in its most recent contest (2/15/25) 70-62 in Raleigh, N.C.

LAST TIME OUT

Boston College traveled to Atlanta for its ACC Opener against Georgia Tech. The Eagles fell 65-53.
Donald Hand Jr. and Boden Kapke both scored 13 points to lead the team.
Kapke added 11 rebounds for the second straight game. He also matched a career-high three steals.
BC moves to 0-1 in ACC play and 14-21 against Georgia Tech all-time

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 6

Boston College is 10-13 all-time when playing on January 6. The most recent contest was played against Georgia Tech in 2024, where BC took a 95-87 win over the Yellow Jackets at McCamish Pavilion.
The Eagles' first win on January 6 came against Tufts in 1905, winning 23-17 in Medford, Mass.
January 6 marks Three Kings Day, National Bean Day and National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day.
Basketball players born on January 3: Gilbert Arenas, Pat Connaughton, Will Barton, KJ Martin and Mac McClung.
Notable events to occur on January 3 - New Mexico becomes 47th state of the Union (1912); The Indianapolis Olympians defeated the Rochester Royals 75-73 in six overtimes–the longest game in NBA history (1951); "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV (1975); 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp) (1978); Atlanta Coach Lenny Wilkens passed the legendary Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach, with 939 career victories, after the Hawks defeated Washington 112-90 at the Omni (1995).

MARK THE MILESTONES

Chase Forte secured 1,000 career points in BC's ACC opener against Georgia Tech (1/3).
Donald Hand Jr. is 118 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 14 games this season.
Defensively, the Eagles rank 20th in the nation and third in the ACC in blocks per game (5.3). Aidan Shaw (21) and Jayden Hastings (20) rank in the top ten in individual blocks.
The team also holds the 11th best 3pt percentage defense (27.7), best in the ACC, and 42nd best scoring defense (66.6) in the country, fifth in the ACC.
BC is cleaning up the boards efficiently, collecting 39.6 boards per game, good for 62nd in the NCAA. The team is also taking care of the ball, allowing just 10.2 turnovers per game. That mark ranks 40th in the nation and fourth 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 (+5.5), rebounds (+1.2), assists (+1.4) across 14 games.
The redshirt-sophomore has surpassed his total points tally (174) from last season in less than half of the season.
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 +8.1 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 12 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 six-game streak of double digit scoring, his longest of the season. The redshirt-junior most recently scored 13 in the ACC Opener against Georgia Tech, 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 6.7 points, 3.2 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 23.9 points, 17.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 10.3 blocks and 7.0 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 (2.8).

LOOKING AT THE ACC SCHEDULE

Boston College will compete in 18 ACC games, playing against 16 conference opponents.
BC will face off against two ACC opponents twice: Notre Dame (Jan. 24 & March 7) and Miami (Feb. 7 & Feb. 28).
Here is where the Eagles' opponents rank according to ACC preseason poll and rankings sites prior to conference play:

- Georgia Tech (13th; 133 KP/146 BT)

- N.C. State (4th; 27 KP/26 BT)

- Louisville (2nd; 13 KP/14 BT)

- Clemson (7th; 36 KP/30 BT)

- Syracuse (9th; 78 KP/67 BT)

- Pittsburgh (14th; 89 KP/95 BT)

- Notre Dame (10th; 65 KP/78 BT)

- Virginia (5th; 24 KP/22 BT)

- Duke (1st; 6 KP/8 BT)

- Miami (8th; 35 KP/35 BT)

- Stanford (17th; 85 KP/72 BT)

- California (16th; 60 KP/66 BT)

- Florida State (15th; 109 KP/105 BT)

- SMU (6th; 40 KP/41 BT)

- Wake Forest (11th; 58 KP/56 BT)

- Miami (8th; 35 KP/35 BT)

- Virginia Tech (12th; 69 KP/75 BT)

- Notre Dame (10th; 65 KP/78 BT)

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