Eagles Open ACC Play Against #15/12 Duke Saturday

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BC OPENS ACC PLAY WITH #15/12 DUKE
• Boston College will open the conference portion of its schedule by hosting #15/12 Duke on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. inside Conte Forum.
• The game will be televised by RSN/NESN and can be heard on the radio on WEEI 850 AM and bceagles.com.
• Boston College has won four-straight games after dropping six in a row. It beat New Hampshire in overtime on Wednesday, 72-67.
• Duke has won nine of its last 10 outings, including a 103-81 victory vs. Long Beach State on Wednesday.
• This will be Duke's first true road game of the season.
• The Blue Devils have won 18 of 20 meetings between the two programs. The last BC win came back in February 15, 2009 at home when Duke was ranked #6.

EAGLES OUTLAST UNH IN OVERTIME
• Graduate student Eli Carter finished with a season-high 28 points while adding five rebounds and four assists as Boston College beat New Hampshire in overtime, 72-67, on Wednesday at Conte Forum.
• He scored 20 points in the second half and overtime, and had seven of the 12 points in the overtime session.
• Freshman Jerome Robinson added 14 points and five rebounds.
• Senior Dennis Clifford posted 10 points, seven rebounds and matched a career high with four blocks.
• Freshman Ervins Meznieks also scored 10 points.
• Boston College scored eight unanswered points over 1:54 to take a 15-6 lead at the 13:31 mark. Carter and Robinson hit 3-pointers in that stretch.
• With the Eagles on top, 17-8, New Hampshire went on a 10-2 run to cut the BC lead to 19-18 with 7:37 left in the half.
• The Wildcats closed the half with nine unanswered points to take a 29-27 lead at the break. It was their first lead of the game.
• UNH led, 50-49, when BC scored seven unanswered points to regain a 56-50 lead with 3:40 left in regulation.
• The Wildcats responded with seven of their own to take that lead back. Jaleen Smith hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to force overtime.
• After UNH's Jacoby Armstrong hit a jumper, Carter converted on an and-one to push BC's overtime lead to 70-67 with 16 seconds left.

LAST TIME vs. DUKE
• Olivier Hanlan scored a team-high 22 points as Boston College lost at #2/2 Duke on January 3, 2015, 85-62, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Hanlan was 8-for-16 shooting from the floor and 6-for-7 from the foul line. He also led the Eagles with four assists and two steals.
• Aaron Brown scored all 11 of his points in the second half, going 5-for-8 from the field after halftime.
• Patrick Heckmann added nine points and five rebounds while Dennis Clifford had eight points and five boards.
• Duke made the first run of the game when an 11-4 spurt gave it a 21-12 lead with 11:41 left in the half.
• Boston College responded with six-straight points to cut it back to 21-18. Heckmann hit a 3-pointer during that stretch.
• The Blue Devils closed out the half with a 17-4 run over the final 10:27 to take a 38-22 lead into the break.
• A 9-2 Boston College run brought the deficit to 50-40 a little more than five minutes into the second half. Hanlan scored six of the nine points.
• With the Blue Devils still holding a 10-point lead, they rattled off 14 unanswered points to build a 67-43 advantage and put the game out of reach.

QUICK NOTE ABOUT BC GUARDS
• Boston College is the only team in the ACC to have a guard rank in the top 10 in scoring in each of the last three seasons. Olivier Hanlan finished in the top five in each of his three seasons at The Heights.
• Hanlan finished fifth in scoring as a freshman in 2012-13 (15.4), third in 2013-14 (18.5) and then led the ACC last season (19.5) as a junior.
• That trend is continuing this year as graduate student Eli Carter currently ranks sixth in the league in scoring at 17.2 points per game.

Eagles Open ACC Play Against #15/12 Duke Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Aaron Brown

Eli Carter

Dennis Clifford

Olivier Hanlan

Patrick Heckmann

Ervins Meznieks

Jerome Robinson