Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Wildcard Edition
The (8-10 SU, 6-12 ATS) Boston College Eagles and (12-6 SU, 6-11-1 ATS) North Carolina Tar Heels will take the court Tuesday at the Dean E. Smith Center. The Eagles, 0-4 on the road, have lost three straight games. The Tar Heels, 8-0 at home, beat Louisville 80-59 on Saturday.
North Carolina beat Boston College in both meetings last season. UNC is 20-6 all-time versus BC.
Tip-off from Chapel Hill, NC, is at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Tar Heels are 17-point favorites, and the game total is 143.5 points.
Boston College is off to a rough start in conference play, dropping five of its first seven ACC games. The Eagles were picked to finish 13th in the media's preseason poll.
In its latest loss, Boston College was outscored 85-63. The Eagles trailed by ten at halftime and never recovered, shooting 38.2 percent from the field, including 9-for-28 from distance. Wake Forest controlled the glass 37-32 and forced BC into 15 turnovers, as well.
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The Eagles score 65.0 points per game on 42.2 percent shooting. They hit 28.0 percent of their three-pointers and convert 68.3 percent of their free-throw attempts. BC averages 31.6 rebounds per game and has a negative-one rebounding margin.
Senior guard Makai Ashton-Langford paces Boston College with 12.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. The Eagles also count on contributions from senior forward Quinten Post (10.8 PPG and 5.2 RPG), sophomore guard Jaeden Zackery (10.5 PPG and 3.3 RPG), and senior forward CJ Penha Jr. (8.0 PPG and 3.1 RPG).
Boston College surrenders 69.4 points on 44.7 percent shooting, including 37.9 percent from behind the arc. It's 279th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 111th in schedule-adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom. The Eagles average 66.9 possessions per game (233rd in adjusted tempo) and are 241st nationally in assist-per-turnover ratio (0.90).