BC/USF Official Game Thread

D Able · Nov 29, 2021

Where: Conte Forum
Opponent: South Florida
Tip Off: 7:00pm

GameNotes: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bceagles.com/documents/2021/11/28/08_USF.pdf

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. USF - ALL-TIME SERIES

BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE AAC

Today's game marks the second time that Boston College has faced an opponent from the American Athletic Conference.
The Eagles are 5-8 all-time vs. teams that currently make up the AAC.
Records vs. the rest of the AAC: Cincinnati 1-1; ECU 1-0; Houston 0-1; Memphis 1-1; SMU 0-1; Temple 0-4; Wichita State 1-0.

BOARD MAN BICKERSTAFF

T.J. Bickerstaff tied for the fourth-most rebounds in Conte Forum history on Nov. 26, grabbing 17 rebounds vs. Columbia.
Thirteen of his 17 boards came on the defensive glass.
Danya Abrams holds the Conte Forum rebounding record, grabbing 20 boards vs. Providence on Jan. 22, 1994.
It was Bickerstaff's second game with at least 15 rebounds this year.
On Nov. 17, he registered his first collegiate double-double, with 22 points, 15 rebounds, adding three steals and two blocks at Rhode Island.
Bickerstaff is one of only three players nationally to have a stat line with at least 22-15-3-2 in a single game.
The transfer from Drexel is shooting nearly 50% from the floor, including close to 40% from beyond the arc on the season.
He leads BC and ranks eighth in the ACC in overall rebounding (7.9), including ninth in offensive boards (2.71) and 12th in DReb (5.14).

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 (4-6 3FG), against Rhode Island on Nov. 21 in Daytona Beach.
The 6-2 guard added 15 points (3-4 3FG) vs. Utah the night before in the semifinal round of the Sunshine Slam tourney.
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 (12.0 ppg) and assists (2.4 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).

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

Boston College has not trailed throughout the first four home games (160 minutes) of the season.
Jaeden Zackery has made 10 of his last 18 attempts from 3-point land.
His 52.4% 3-point percentage ranks 68th nationally.

ON THIS DATE: NOVEMBER 29

Boston College is 7-4 all-time in games played on the November 29 calendar date.
November 29 also marks the celebration of National Electronic Greeting Card Day.
Several notable events in history occurred on November 29 - 1877 - Thomas Edison debuts his hand-cranked phonograph; 1890 - The first Army/Navy football game is held at West Point, with Navy winning, 24-0; 1953 - American Airlines begins first commercial NYC-LA service; 1966 - The Warriors' play their first game at Oakland Coliseum Arena, downing the Bulls, 108-101; 1972 - Atari releases Pong - the first commercially successful video game.
Notable November 29 birthdays: actor Chadwick Boseman, NFL QB Russell Wilson, actor Don Cheadle, author C.S. Lewis, broadcaster Vin Scully, actress Anna Faris.

GALLOWAY DIALS LONG-DISTANCE IN RETURN TO LINEUP

Brevin Galloway saw 14 minutes of play vs. Columbia, connecting on 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.
The graduate transfer finished with nine points and two assists.
He had missed the previous five games due to an injury suffered in the season opener vs. Dartmouth.
Galloway is a career 36% 3-point shooter, having connected on 143 made trifectas in 77 games.

BOO FROM THE WOO - LANGFORD JR. BREAKING OUT

Through seven games, DeMarr Langford Jr. is showing no signs of a sophomore slump.
He leads BC in scoring, averaging 12.6 points per game while shooting close to 50.0% from the floor.
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 11.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.4 steals per game with a 1.47:1 assist/turnover ratio.
Ashton-Langford has tallied double digits in the scoring column in six of BC's seven 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 29, 2021