Game #13: California Men's Basketball Media Notes
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2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA NOTES SCHEDULE/TV/RESULTS GAME #13: CALIFORNIA #WeAreBC • #BCEagles Overall: 7-5 H: 5-4 A: 2-1 N: 0-0 (OVERALL #13; NEUTRAL #1; NON-CONFERENCE #11) ACC: 2-0 H: 1-0 A: 1-0 SATURDAY, DEC. 21 • 5:30 P.M. ET AL ATTLES CLASSIC NOVEMBER (4-4) CHASE CENTER (18,064) • SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 6 Wake Forest * ESPNU W, 77-70 10 at USF CBSSN W, 74-60 PAC-12 Network BC Learfield IMG College Sports Network WEEI 850 AM TuneIn App 13 High Point # ACCNX W, 59-33 Ted Robinson (play-by-play) Josh Maurer (play-by-play) Ben Braun (color analyst) Danya Abrams (color analyst) Sirius XM 380 16 Belmont # ACCN L, 85-100 Sirius Internet 970 20 Eastern Washington # ACCNX W, 72-68 Ashley Adamson (reporter) 23 DePaul ACCNX L, 67-72 27 Saint Louis # ACCN L, 54-64 BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS CALIFORNIA Tale of the Tape - Today’s Game 30 at Richmond NBCSN L, 44-64 • Today’s game marks the third meeting between the two schools. BC CAL • BC has won the previous two matchups. Overall 7-5 6-5 DECEMBER (3-1) • Both of the previous games were played on neutral courts. Last Five Games 3-2 2-3 Big Ten/ACC Challenge presented by Continental Tires • On Dec. 29, 1987, BC earned a 65-51 win over Cal in El Paso, Texas. NCAA NET 136 166 3 Northwestern ESPNU L, 64-82 • On Nov. 28, 2010, the Eagles beat the Bears, 68-46, in Orlando. KenPom/KPI 129/-- 184/-- 7 at Notre Dame * ESPNU W, 73-72 ESPN BPI/SOR 118/147 198/132 10 Albany ACCNX W, 72-51 BOSTON COLLEGE VERSUS THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE Scoring Offense 67.9 67.9 15 CCSU ACCNX W, 74-55 • Boston College is 8-14 against teams that are members of the Pac-12. Scoring Defense 65.9 72.2 Al Attles Classic - San Francisco, Calif. • USC and UCLA are the Eagles’ most common Pac-12 foe. Scoring Margin +2.0 -4.3 21 vs. California PAC12 5:30 p.m. • BC’s last Pac-12 opponent - a 75-71 home L vs. USC on Dec. 21, 2014. FG% .412 .468 31 at Duke * ACCN 6 p.m. • BC vs. the Pac-12: Arizona (0-3); Arizona State (1-2); California (2- 3-Point FG% .321 .407 0); Stanford (1-0); UCLA (1-3); USC (0-4); Utah (1-2); Washington FT% .675 .743 JANUARY (1-0); Washington State (1-0). FG% Defense .407 .415 7 Virginia * ESPN2/U/ACCN 7 p.m. 3-Pt. FG% Defense .328 .382 11 Georgia Tech * ACCN 6 p.m. STEFFON MITCHELL HAD QUITE A WEEK Rebounding Off. 35.1 31.8 15 at Syracuse * ACCN 6:30 p.m. • Last week, Steffon Mitchell posted the most complete stat line Rebounding Def. 39.2 43.9 19 at Wake Forest * ACCN 6 p.m. among all Division I players. Rebounding Margin -4.1 -2.1 22 at Pittsburgh * RSN 9 p.m. • From Dec. 9-15, he averaged 14.0 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.5 Assists 13.8 10.0 25 Virginia Tech * ESPN2/U 2 p.m. assists, 5.5 steals per game in a 2-0 week for the Eagles. Turns/TO Margin 14.6/+2.9 12.5/-1.7 29 Louisville * ACCN 9 p.m. • On Dec. 10 vs. Albany, Mitchell posted his second double-double Steals 9.2 4.0 of the season, with 15 points, 13 rebounds to go with five steals. Blocks 2.8 2.9 FEBRUARY • Last time out vs. CCSU, he stuffed the stat sheet again, with 13 1 at North Carolina * ACCN 6 or 8 p.m. points, 12 boards, three assists, and a career-best six steals. 4 Duke * ESPN2/U/ACCN 7 p.m. • Mitchell connected on just under 60% shooting from the floor (10-17), including 2-of-4 from the perimeter. 8 at Virginia Tech * RSN Noon • In the 10 games prior to this past week, Mitchell was 3-of-13 from beyond the arc on the season. 12 at Miami * RSN 7 p.m. To put this into perspective...since 1996... 16 N.C. State * ACCN 6 p.m. • There have been six instances where an ACC player tallied at least 13 points, 12 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 assists in a 19 at Virginia * ACCN 8 p.m. single-game. Steffon Mitchell had two of those six performances last week alone. 22 Clemson * ACCN 6 or 8 p.m. • There have been three Division I players to total 28+ Points, 25+ Rebounds, 5+ Assists & 11+ Steals in a two-game span. 26 Notre Dame * ACCN 9 p.m. THE BAY AREA AND BACK DOWN MARCH • Boston College is 6-10 all-time in games played in the state of California. 3 Syracuse * ESPN2/U/ACCN 7 p.m. • BC’s last trip to California came in 2015 as the team took part in the Wooden Classic. 7 at Florida State * RSN 4:30 p.m. • Today’s game marks the second appearance for the Eagles in the City by the Bay. New York Life ACC Tournament - Greensboro, N.C. • 55 years ago to this date, BC was victorious in their lone previous game in San Francisco - a 78-62 win over Saint Mary’s 12 First Round ESPN/2/U/ACCN TBA on Dec. 21, 1964 at the Kazar Pavilion. 13 Second Round ESPN/2/ACCN TBA • Records around the Golden State: Anaheim (1-3); Los Angeles (0-3); San Diego (2-0); Fullerton (1-2); Santa Clara (1-1); 14 Quarterfinals ESPN/ACCN TBA Moraga (0-1). 15 Semifinals ESPN/2/ACCN TBA 16 Championship Game ESPN/ACCN TBA WE ARE BC: THE EAGLES AT A GLANCE All times Eastern and subject to change | Home games in bold No. Name PPG RPG APG Ever to Excel # - Gotham Classic (Conte Forum) | % - ACC/Big Ten Challenge | * - ACC Game 0 CJ Felder 5.8 4.0 0.8 10 points at USF; earned 1st start at Notre Dame (8p/4r/2a) 1 Jairus Hamilton 8.4 3.3 1.3 Season-high 16 pts. vs. Albany; versatile post player 2 Julian Rishwain 4.9 1.8 0.9 15 pts at DePaul; 13 of 17 FG are from beyond the arc 3 Jared Hamilton 8.0 2.5 1.1 Season-high 18 points vs. CCSU; team-best 44% 3FG 5 Jay Heath 12.7 3.8 1.5 Scored in double figures in 10 of 11 games; 23 3FG made 11 Derryck Thornton 14.2 3.3 4.0 Career-high 23 pts vs. Wake; Grad transfer from USC 13 Luka Kraljevic 0.6 1.0 0.3 Energetic frontcourt reserve; three boards at Notre Dame 14 Kamari Williams 1.3 0.5 0.2 10 pts. vs. Belmont; athletic first-year player with 3FG range 21 Nik Popovic 11.8 5.9 1.9 Out indefinitely (back); scored 1,000th career point vs. EWU 22 Matt DiLuccio 0.0 0.0 0.0 Senior walk-on guard for Boston College 23 Andrew Kenny 0.0 0.0 0.0 Walk-on from Seattle; has potential to crack rotation 24 Chris Herren Jr. 1.9 0.8 0.2 Season-high eight points vs. SLU; 3-point threat 30 Sam Holtze 0.0 0.3 0.0 Junior walk-on guard returns in 2019-20 34 Will Jackowitz 0.0 0.3 0.0 Wellesley native in third season as walk-on 41 Steffon Mitchell 7.2 9.2 3.0 Stat sheet stuffer has led BC in a stat category in 67 of 73 games INDIVIDUAL CAREER TOTALS TODAY’S BOSTON COLLEGE NOTE(S) YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT • Steffon Mitchell’s 12-rebound performance vs. CCSU marked the 40th time in which he has led BC in rebounding. Name G Pts. Reb. Asst. Stl. Blk. • Derryck Thornton has faced Cal four times in his career, while playing with USC from 2017-19. Popovic 102 1037 571 105 35 64 • Thornton is averaging 6.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists over those four games. Thornton 105 766 230 310 104 18 • On Jan. 3, 2019, the Los Angeles-native tallied 13 points, seven rebounds, and a career-best 12 assists vs. the Bears. Jar. Hamilton 69 529 238 70 55 16 Mitchell 73 427 603 171 95 78 ON THIS DATE: DECEMBER 21 Tabbs 15 209 59 41 17 3 • Boston College is 14-10 all-time in games played on December 21. Jai. Hamilton 37 226 143 32 12 6 • In addition to today being the Winter Solstice, December 21 marks the tri-celebration of National French Fried Shrimp Day, Herren Jr. 40 146 59 22 16 4 National Crossword Puzzle Day, and National Maine Day. Heath 11 143 41 18 16 0 • Several notable events in history occurred on December 21 - 1891: James Naismith holds the first-ever game of “basket-ball” Kraljevic 60 73 80 26 11 20 with 18 students at what is now Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.; 1898: Pierre & Marie Curie discover radium; 1909: Felder 12 69 44 9 6 5 the first junior high school - now Willard Middle School - was established in Berkeley, Calif.; 1948: the Republic of Ireland Rishwain 12 59 21 12 11 3 Act was signed into law; 1952: the Broadway tunnel opened in San Francisco; 1968: Crosby, Stills, and Nash first perform Williams 11 14 5 2 5 2 together in Laurel Canyon, Calif.; 1995: The San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium in the China Basin.