Eagles Return Home To Host NC State Wednesday

THE GAME
• Boston College will host NC State on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. at Conte Forum.
• The game will be televised by RSN/NESN and can be heard on the BC IMG Sports Network.
• The Eagles are coming off of a pair of road losses last week at Wake Forest and #8/8 Duke.
• NC State shares the same 1-2 record in conference play and most recently lost at #14/16 North Carolina, 107-56.
• The Wolfpack won the lone meeting against BC last year in Raleigh when Maverick Rowan hit a layup at the buzzer off of an out of bounds play under the basket for the 73-72 win.

THE SERIES
• NC State holds a slight 10-9 advantage in the all-time series.
• Boston College is 5-3 at home against the Wolfpack.
• The Eagles have won just one of the last eight meetings with that victory coming at home on Febraury 28, 2015.
• BC is 6-10 against NC State since joining the ACC for the 2005-06 season.
• The Eagles won four of the first five meetings after joining the conference.
• The first meeting between the schools came on December 20, 1967 at the Boston Garden. BC won that game, 72-55.

NEED TO KNOW
• Freshman Ky Bowman has averaged 21.0 points per game in the first three ACC contests. That ranks fourth in the league and is the best among all ACC freshmen.
• That number also ranks fourth among freshmen in the Power 5 and Big East.
• Sophomore Jerome Robinson is also averaging 21.0 points in ACC play and his 12 20-point games leads the conference.
• Sophomore A.J. Turner has 13 assists and just one turnover in three ACC games.
• He leads the league in assist/turnover ratio overall (3.47) and in league play (13.00).
• His 3.47 assist/turnover ratio ranks 16th in the country.

Eagles Return Home To Host NC State Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Ky Bowman

Jerome Robinson

A.J. Turner