BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team concludes the home stand, as it hosts the Eagles from Boston College at the Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip-off at noon and will be shown on regional sports networks.
GAME INFORMATION
#10/10 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College
Jan. 5, 2019, Noon
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 99 XM: 203 Internet: 964
BROADCAST: RSN/ESPN app
Evan Lepler & Brian Oliver
About Today's Game
The Hokies enter the game 12-1 on the season and 1-0 in ACC play … The Eagles are 9-3 this season and this is their first ACC game of the season … The Hokies are ranked 10th in the AP poll and the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Time Out: VT 81, Notre Dame 66
The Hokies opened the New Year and the ACC schedule with an 81-66 win over Notre Dame in Cassell Coliseum on Tuesday afternoon … Kerry Blackshear Jr., led all scorers with a season-high 21 points … Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Ahmed Hill added 17 points and Ty Outlaw came off the bench with 14 points … Tech shot 60.0 percent from the field, including 71.4 percent in the second half … The Hokies also shot 61.1 percent from beyond the arc in the game.
Vs. Boston College
The Hokies are 12-18 all-time against Boston College … Tech has won the last four meetings and are 4-1 against BC under Buzz Williams … Tech won the last game between the two school played in Cassell Coliseum, 85-79, on Jan. 29, 2017, earning Williams his 200th career coaching victory … Tech won last year's game, 85-80, in overtime in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts … Tech is 7-7 against the Eagles in Cassell Coliseum… Every game but one in the series has been either a Big East or ACC conference game … Tech won the lone non-conference tilt, 75-70, in the Gator Bowl Tournament in Jacksonville, Florida in 1981.
Getting Closer
In the win over Notre Dame, Justin Robinson moved past Jamon Gordon into third place in career assists at Virginia Tech … He and Gordon, along with Bimbo Coles and Malcolm Delaney, are the only Virginia Tech players with 500 career assists … He now has 521 career assists and trail Delaney by 22 assists for second place and Coles by 26 assists for first place on the all-time list.
KJ Starts the New Year with a Bang
In the Hokies' win over Notre Dame on New Year's Day, Kerry Blackshear Jr., got 2019 started in style … Blackshear led all scorers with a season-high 21 points and led the Hokies with seven rebounds … Blackshear scored his 800th career point in the win.
