Where: Thomas M. Ryan Center
Opponent: Rhode Island
Game Tip: 6pm
How to Watch: The game will be available on CBS Sports Network. You can watch online here.
How to Listen: Listen locally on WEEI 850 AM or on BC’s website.
Which Rhody Player You Would Have Liked To See In A BC Uniform: Cuttino Mobley
Game Notes: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bceagles.com/documents/2021/11/16/04_Rhody.pdf
BOSTON COLLEGE VS. RHODE ISLAND - ALL-TIME SERIES
Opponent: Rhode Island
Game Tip: 6pm
How to Watch: The game will be available on CBS Sports Network. You can watch online here.
How to Listen: Listen locally on WEEI 850 AM or on BC’s website.
Which Rhody Player You Would Have Liked To See In A BC Uniform: Cuttino Mobley
Game Notes: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bceagles.com/documents/2021/11/16/04_Rhody.pdf
BOSTON COLLEGE VS. RHODE ISLAND - ALL-TIME SERIES
- Today's game marks the 53rd meeting between the two schools.
- Boston College is 38-14 all-time vs. Rhode Island, dating back to 1911
- BC and URI met last year in Bubbleville, with BC winning, 69-64.
- Head coach Earl Grant is 1-1 all-time vs. Rhody, having split a home/home series while at the College of Charleston from 2017-19.
- Boston College is 18-8 all-time in games played at Rhode Island.
- The two teams could potentially meet on the second day of the upcoming Sunshine Slam MTE games in Daytona Beach, Fla.
- Boston College is 33-38 against Atlantic 10 opponents.
- Rhode Island is BC's most common A-10 foe, having met 52 times.
- From 1995-2018, BC faced at least one A-10 opponent every year.
- The Eagles are playing two Atlantic 10 opponents this season.
- BC heads to Saint Louis on Dec. 11 to play the return game that was part of the 2019 Gotham Classic MTE.
- Through three games, DeMarr Langford Jr. is averaging 17.3 points per game while shooting nearly 63.3% (19-30) from the floor.
- Langford Jr. has scored in double figures in each of BC's three games, including a career-high 20 points (6-9 FG; 8-8 FT) in 31 minutes vs. Holy Cross.
- The sophomore connected 13 of his first 15 field goal attempts on the season, making his first five shots vs. Holy Cross.
- He opened the season with a 16-point performance vs. Dartmouth, making 8-of-10 shots on the night.
- Since 1996-97, only 22 Boston College players have shot at least 80.0% from the floor while attempting at least 10 field goals.
- Last season as a freshman, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.2 boards while adding 1.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.
- Langford Jr. - nicknamed Boo by his grandmother - is the younger brother of starting point guard Makai Ashton-Langford.
- On Nov. 26, 2020 vs. Rhode Island, they became the first brothers from Massachusetts to start in the same game for BC.
- Boston College has not trailed throughout the first three games (120 minutes) of the season.
- BC and Rhody could potentially play twice during the non-conference season.
- The last time BC played a non-conference opponent twice came during the 2001-02 season.
- In a similar circumstance, BC hosted Holy Cross on Dec. 16, 2001 and faced them again in the Rainbow Classic on Dec. 22 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Boston College is 3-1 on the November 17 calendar date.
- November 17 marks the dual celebration of National Homebaked Bread and National Butter Days.
- Several notable events in history occurred on November 17 - 1869 - The Suez Canal opens in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas; 1913 - the first ship sails through the Panama Canal; 1928 - Boston Garden officially opens; 1970 - Douglas Engelbart patents the computer mouse; 1985 - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on K-Rock in New York City; 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th governor of California.
- Notable November 17 birthdays: actress Rachel McAdams; director Martin Scorsese; Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge; singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley; and outlaw Billy the Kid.
