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Boston College Eagles @ N. Carolina Tar Heels
Current Records: Boston College 9-10, N. Carolina 12-8
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Boston College is 1-9 against N. Carolina since February of 2016 but they’ll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. Both will face off in an ACC battle at 2:15 p.m. ET at Dean E. Smith Center. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they’ll have plenty of motivation to get the ‘W’.
Boston College is headed into Saturday’s matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Tuesday. They took a 74-56 bruising from Virginia.
Fred Payne put forth a good effort for the losing side as he went 7 for 10 en route to 17 points plus three steals. He had some trouble finding his footing against Duke on Saturday, so this was a nice turnaround.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Boston College struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. Sadly, that’s becoming something of a trend for them; they were averaging 12.5 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they’ve fallen to only 6.6 per game.
Meanwhile, the point spread may have favored N. Carolina on Tuesday, but the final result did not. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 67-66 to Wake Forest. That’s two games in a row now that the Tar Heels have lost by just one point.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Elliot Cadeau, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 13 assists. Those 13 assists gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was RJ Davis, who scored 21 points plus two steals.
Boston College now has a losing record at 9-10. As for N. Carolina, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-8.
Boston College came up short against N. Carolina in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 76-66. Can Boston College avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
N. Carolina has won 9 out of their last 10 games against Boston College.
- Jan 20, 2024 – N. Carolina 76 vs. Boston College 66
- Mar 08, 2023 – N. Carolina 85 vs. Boston College 61
- Jan 17, 2023 – N. Carolina 72 vs. Boston College 64
- Jan 26, 2022 – N. Carolina 58 vs. Boston College 47
- Jan 02, 2022 – N. Carolina 91 vs. Boston College 65
- Feb 01, 2020 – Boston College 71 vs. N. Carolina 70
- Mar 05, 2019 – N. Carolina 79 vs. Boston College 66
- Jan 09, 2018 – N. Carolina 96 vs. Boston College 66
- Jan 21, 2017 – N. Carolina 90 vs. Boston College 82
- Feb 09, 2016 – N. Carolina 68 vs. Boston College 65
