BC Travels For Road ACC Contest Against No. 20 Louisville

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS - Boston College continues conference play with a road trip to play No. 20 Louisville on Saturday, Jan. 10. Tip off is set for 12 p.m. and can be seen on the CW Network and heard on WEEI 850.

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. LOUISVILLE - ALL-TIME SERIES

Saturday marks the 20th all time meeting between BC and Louisville.
The Cardinals hold an 11-8 series lead.
BC fell to N.C. State in its most recent contest (2/5/25) 58-84 in Conte Forum.
The Eagles have won four of the last five contests.

LAST TIME OUT

Boston College returned to Chestnut Hill for its ACC Home Opener against N.C. State. The Eagles fell 79-71.
Fred Payne had a game and career-high 24 points with four assists.
Jayden Hastings grabbed a game-high nine rebounds and Aidan Shaw added two rejections.
BC moves to 0-2 in ACC play and 13-20 against N.C. State 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 10

Boston College is 8-17 all-time when playing on January 10. The most recent contest was played against Syracuse in 2024, where BC fell 59-69 to the Orange at the Carrier Dome.
The Eagles' first win on January 10 came against Providence in 1948, winning 62-43 in Boston, Mass.
January 10 marks National Save the Eagles Day and League of Nations Day.
Basketball players born on January 10: Jordan Bell, Ryan Dunn, and Marquis Daniels.
Notable events to occur on January 10 - Lenny Wilkens becomes first to coach in 1,000 NBA games when his Seattle Super Sonics defeat the Golden State Warriors, 89-86 (1985); Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; only NBA player to reach the milestone at that time, holds career record until 2023 (1986); The Sporanos debuts on HBO (1999); NBA announces Charlotte, N.C. is awarded an NBA expansion franchise to be known as the Charlotte Bobcats (2003).

MARK THE MILESTONES

Chase Forte secured 1,000 career points in BC's ACC opener against Georgia Tech (1/3).
Donald Hand Jr. is 104 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 15 games this season.
Defensively, the Eagles rank 25th in the nation and third in the ACC in blocks per game (5.1). Aidan Shaw (23) and Jayden Hastings (21) rank in the top ten in individual blocks.
The team also holds the 45th best 3pt percentage defense (29.8) and 54th best scoring defense (67.4) in the country.
BC is cleaning up the boards efficiently, collecting 39.2 boards per game, good for 72nd in the NCAA. The team is also taking care of the ball, allowing just 10.6 turnovers per game. That mark ranks 64th in the nation and sixth 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 (+6.3), rebounds (+1.1), assists (+1.5) across 15 games.
The redshirt-sophomore has surpassed his total points tally (198) 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 +8.9 year-over-year.

DEFENDING THE HILL

Boston College has defended home court through eight games, holding a 6-3 record on the Edgerley Family Court.
The Eagles are holding opponents to 61.6 points per game and limiting them to 38.2% from the field and 28.1% 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 24 and Donald Hand Jr added 14 points in the most recent contest against N.C. State.

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 24 points in a win against N.C. State (1/6), adding seven made field goals and three three pointers.

SIZZLING STREAKS

Fred Payne has scored double-digit figures in 11 of his last 13 games. He has surpassed 15 points in seven games of that streak, with his most recent display of 24 points coming against N.C. State.
Donald Hand Jr. is on a seven-game streak of double digit scoring, his longest of the season. The redshirt-junior most recently scored 14 in the ACC Home Opener against N.C. State, 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, 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 23.6 points, 17.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 10.8 blocks and 7.3 steals per game.
Individually, Shaw leads the team in rebounds (7.2), and Forte ranks first on the team in steals (1.1).

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