Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (1-11) at Boston College Eagles (9-4, 1-0 ACC)
Boston; Friday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cent. Conn. St. faces Boston College after Belle Lanpher scored 27 points in Cent. Conn. St.’s 61-59 loss to the Dartmouth Big Green.
The Eagles have gone 7-0 at home. Boston College is seventh in the ACC in team defense, giving up 59.8 points while holding opponents to 40.8% shooting.
The Blue Devils are 0-6 in road games. Cent. Conn. St. ranks seventh in the NEC shooting 26.0% from 3-point range.
Boston College scores 74.8 points, 6.7 more per game than the 68.1 Cent. Conn. St. allows. Cent. Conn. St.’s 36.0% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.8 percentage points lower than Boston College has allowed to its opponents (40.8%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Dontavia Waggoner is scoring 12.3 points per game with 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists for the Eagles.
Dagny Slomack is shooting 32.6% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Blue Devils, while averaging eight points.
LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 6-4, averaging 69.4 points, 32.3 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 11.1 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.9 points per game.
Blue Devils: 1-9, averaging 53.2 points, 29.7 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 6.7 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 35.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.0 points.
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