BC/Columbia Official Basketball Thread

D Able · Nov 26, 2021

Where: Conte Forum
Opponent: Columbia Lions
Tip Off: 2:00pm
Columbia Player You Most Wanted To See In A BC Uniform: Can't think of anyone
Line: BC -15.5

Game Notes: https://bceagles.com/documents/2021/11/24/07_Columbia.pdf

How to Watch: The game is available to watch via ACC Network Extra - the direct link is here.
How to Listen: Listen locally on WEEI 850 AM.
How to Follow: Follow along via @bcinterruption and @bcmbb on Twitter
Live Stats: Live stats will be posted here.

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. COLUMBIA - ALL-TIME SERIES

Today's marks the fourth all-time meeting between the two teams.
Boston College is 3-0 all-time versus Columbia.
In the last meeting, BC downed Columbia, 82-73, on Dec. 12, 2018 .
BC won the first meeting, 57-53, in Atlanta on Dec. 20, 1982.
John Garris had 23 points and Michael Adams 13 in the win.
The game was part of the Cotton States Classic in-season tournament on Dec. 30, 1982.

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE IVY LEAGUE

Boston College is 95-30 in games versus Ivy League opponents.
Harvard is BC's' most common Ivy League foe (51 meetings; 35-16).
Today's game is the second against an Ivy League opponent in 2021..
BC opened the 2021-22 season with a 73-57 win over Dartmouth.
BC versus the Ivy League: Brown (20-1); Columbia (3-0); Cornell (3-0); Dartmouth (23-8); Penn (1-2); Princeton (1-0); Yale (9-3).

ZACKERY NAMED TO SUNSHINE SLAM ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Jaeden Zackery was named to the Sunshine Slam All-Tourney team.
The freshman scored a season-high 19 points, connecting on 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, against Rhode Island in Daytona Beach.
The 6-2 guard added 15 points (3-4 3FG) vs. Utah the night before.
In the three games of the MTE, Zackery averaged 15.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.7 steals while shooting 64% (16-25) from the floor and 63.6% (7-11) from the perimeter.
Zackery ranks second on the Eagles in scoring (11.7 ppg) and assists (2.5 apg) per outing.
Earlier this season, he became the first BC freshman to dish out at least six assists in consecutive games in nearly a decade.
In 2012-13, Boston College's Joe Rahon had six dimes against Providence (12/21/12) and Holy Cross (12/29/12).

BICKERSTAFF BIG AT RHODE ISLAND

T.J. Bickerstaff registered his first career double-double, with career-highs in points (22) and rebounds (15).
Bickerstaff added three steals and two blocks - one of only three players to have a stat line with at least 22-15-3-2.
Prior to that game, he was averaging 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in 22 minutes per contest through the first three games.
The transfer from Drexel is shooting nearly 50% from the floor, including 44.4% from beyond the arc on the season.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR KARNIK AT SUNSHINE SLAM

James Karnik registered his first double-double in a BC uniform, logging 15 points and 13 boards vs. Rhode Island.
Karnik made 5-of-8 shots from the floor while pulling down 13 boards - including four on the offensive glass.
It marked the 13th career double-double, dating back to him three seasons at Lehigh (2017-20).

TODAY'S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Boston College is connecting on 38.1% of its 3-point attempts (32-84) through its first six games.
It is the highest 3-point percentage through the opening six contests since the 2003-04 season.
That year, BC made 38.5% of its long-distance attempts (25-65) through the first half dozen outings.

ON THIS DATE: NOVEMBER 26

Boston College is 9-4 all-time in games played on the November 26 calendar date.
In addition to it being Black Friday, November 26 also marks the celebration of National Native American Heritage Day.
Several notable events in history occurred on November 26 - 1789 - the first national Thanksgiving celebrated in America; 1791 - the first U.S. cabinet meeting, held at George Washington's home in Philadelphia; 1865 - Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" published; 1942 - "Casablanca" premieres in Hollywood; 1948 - the first Polaroid camera sold in Boston; 1956 - "The Price is Right" debuts on NBC; 2003 - The Concorde makes its last-ever flight.
Notable November 26 birthdays: St. Francis of Assisi; singer Tina Turner; HVAC pioneer Willis Carrier; cartoonist Charles Schulz; and perennial winner D.J. Khaled.

BOO FROM THE WOO - LANGFORD JR. BREAKING OUT

Through six games, DeMarr Langford Jr. is showing no signs of a sophomore slump.
He leads BC in scoring, averaging 12.2 points per game while shooting close to 50.0% from the floor (27-56).
He averaged 17.3 points per game while shooting nearly 63.3% (19-30) from the floor in the Eagles' first three wins.
Langford Jr. scored 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% while attempting at least 10 field goals in a game.
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.

ASHTON-LANGFORD'S JOURNEY CONTINUES

Makai Ashton-Langford enters his fourth season of college basketball in 2021-22.
He is averaging 11.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game with a 1.90:1 assist/turnover ratio.
Ashton-Langford has tallied double digits in the scoring column in five of BC's six games in 2021-22.
He did not miss a shot in 37 minutes of play against Dartmouth in the season opener (2-2 FG; 4-4 FT).
Against Fairfield, Ashton-Langford scored a season-high 17 points (6-9 FG; 3-4 3FG).
Last season, he posted career-high averages in scoring (9.6 ppg), rebounding (3.3), assists (3.2), and steals (1.7).
Over the final four games of 2020-21, he averaged 13.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists - one of just two ACC players to post those averages over the final stretch of the regular season.
During that span, the 6-3 guard shot nearly 56% from the floor (20-36) and 40% from 3FG (6-15), while posting an assist/turnover ratio of 2.71:1 (19:7) and a steal/turnover ratio of 0.86:1 (6:7).
Ashton-Langford ranked 56th nationally in steal percentage (3.6) and 201st in assist rate (24.5) per KenPom.
He tallied double-digits in the scoring column on seven occasions and dished out six or more assists on three occasions.
This past summer, Ashton-Langford was awarded his undergraduate degree in communications from Boston College.
He began his college career at Providence, playing 63 games for the Friars from 2017-19.

D Able · Nov 26, 2021