Grant Provides Injury Updates on Langford, Bickerstaff
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Florida State wasn't the only banged up team Monday night in Conte Forum. Although the Seminoles were missing three of their top-four scorers, Boston College men's basketball was without a pair of...
Zackery Sparks Eagles Against Reeling FSU to Snap Five-Game Skid
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James Karnik said he’ll have it memorized by the end of the season. The Boston College men’s basketball center thinks he’s heard it about a dozen times this year.
His freshman point...
Turnovers Dig BC’s Grave in the Carrier Dome
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Boston College men’s basketball prides itself on taking care of the ball. After coughing up the rock just nine times in regulation while putting on an offensive clinic versus Notre Dame Wednesday, the Eagles...
Notebook: At ND, Eagles Continue to Find Success With Four-Guard Lineup
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Earl Grant likes to play with four guards. It’s a lineup he often turned to during his seven-year tenure at College of Charleston. But the first-year Boston College men’s basketball...
Bickerstaff Is 'Day-to-Day' After Calf Sprain
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Boston College men’s basketball could have used TJ Bickerstaff down the stretch of its thrilling yet gut-wrenching loss to Notre Dame Wednesday night. The Eagles were outrebounded, 24-14, in the second half...
Shorthanded BC Shoots Lights Out at Notre Dame But Falls in OT
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Boston College men’s basketball hadn’t scored more than 76 points in ACC play. The Eagles piled up 95, including a season-high 86 in regulation, Wednesday night at Notre Dame.
Brevin...
DeMarr Langford Jr. Is Becoming BC’s ‘Engine’
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DeMarr Langford Jr. didn’t back down last weekend against Duke. He responded.
“We had a pretty heated huddle,” said Earl Grant, the first-year Boston College men’s basketball head coach. “Some fireworks...
Takeaways from BC's Loss to the Blue Devils
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Ahead of the 2021-22 season, first-year Boston College men’s basketball head coach Earl Grant told reporters that if his Eagles took care of the ball, hounded the glass and played hard on defense, they’d be in...
In Packed Conte, BC Hangs Around Before No. 7 Duke Pulls Away Late
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DeMarr Langford Jr. fearlessly attacked the paint against Duke center Mark Williams. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard used his bunnies to rise up toward the rim, only to collide with the...
BC Can’t Dig Itself Out of Halftime Hole Against Syracuse
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Buddy Boeheim missed a jumper, Boston College men’s basketball guard DeMarr Langford Jr. brought down the rebound and his older brother, Makai Ashton-Langford, flung a pass to Jaeden Zackery...
Notebook: Rough Patches Against UVA’s Pack Line Defense Made the Difference
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Clean offensive starts have come at a premium for Boston College men’s basketball this season. The Eagles got one Tuesday night at Virginia.
They were moving the ball...
Notebook: Back at Home, Eagles’ Offense Resurfaced
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Boston College men’s basketball hit the road last week for two games in North Carolina. The Eagles registered their worst shooting performance all-time versus an ACC opponent in a 30-point loss at Wake...
BC Keeps Hugley in Check, Rolls Past Pitt
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Boston College men’s basketball sophomore center Justin Vander Baan subbed in during the second half against Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon. Unlike the teams’ Jan. 8 meeting, however, the 7-footer wasn’t checking...
By the Numbers: Inside Bickerstaff’s Rebounding Success
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TJ Bickerstaff began the season as one of Boston College men’s basketball’s top scorers. The Drexel transfer averaged 14.3 points per game through the Eagles’ first four contests.
Since, he’s...
Grant Says Ashton-Langford ‘Showed Great Heart’ in Chapel Hill
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Makai Ashton-Langford is having the best season of his career. And, after last weekend’s win over Virginia Tech, the graduate guard was amid the best scoring stretch of his collegiate days...
Takeaways from BC’s Loss to the Tar Heels
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Wednesday night marked the first time that North Carolina shot under 30% from the floor and still won. That’s not a good look for Boston College men’s basketball, especially not after the Eagles were two days...
Despite Impressive Defense, Scoring Droughts Plague Eagles at UNC
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Brevin Galloway followed a pair of free throws with a layup to cut Boston College men’s basketball’s deficit to three with 7:13 left Wednesday night in Chapel Hill. The Eagles were...
Grant Working More Freshmen into BC’s Rotation During ACC Play
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Brevin Galloway was sidelined last Saturday against Virginia Tech. It was the Boston College men’s basketball grad transfer’s eighth absence of the season due to a nagging left knee injury...
Notebook: Missed Layups Spell Doom for Eagles in Winston-Salem
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Boston College men’s basketball has made the second-fewest 3-pointers (102) of any ACC team this season. The Eagles also have the third-lowest free throw percentage (68.9%) in the league...
Karnik, Ashton-Langford Pilot Dramatic Win Against Virginia Tech
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Jaeden Zackery was on the break with the ball in his hands at the game’s turning point against Virginia Tech. The Boston College men’s basketball point guard had been there before—10 days...