Men's College Basketball
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Notre Dame at Boston College
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Where: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Notre Dame will attempt to sweep the regular-season series against Boston College when the teams meet Wednesday in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Tae Davis tossed in 26 points and Markus Burton finished with 20 to lead Notre Dame (10-13, 4-8 ACC) to a 78-60 victory over Boston College (10-13, 2-10) on Jan. 13.

Burton, a sophomore, has scored at least 20 points in 10 games this season and averages 20.6 ppg. He would be the ACC's official leading scorer had he not missed seven games due to injury.

Notre Dame enters Wednesday's matchup on a three-game losing streak and held a double-digit lead in each of those three losses. The Fighting Irish shot 28.6 percent from the field in the second half of Saturday's 65-63 home loss to Virginia Tech.

"It's my group," Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry said. "I gotta figure out how we can score better down the stretch, how we can get stops down the stretch. Gotta get back on the horse. Gotta play again."

BC has lost eight of its last nine games but is 7-6 at home this season. BC's Donald Hand Jr. has scored 104 points over his last four games, including 28 in Saturday's 95-86 triple-overtime loss against Syracuse.

Hand, who is averaging a team-high 16.2 points per game, made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points in BC's loss to Notre Dame earlier this season.

Fifteen of the ACC's 18 teams will qualify for the conference tournament, and BC is currently tied with NC State for 16th place. BC coach Earl Grant said qualifying for the ACC tournament isn't his primary concern.

"It's still about pursuing the best version of ourself," Grant said. "Trying to become the best offensive team we can be, and staying connected on defense, and build our defense to where we can get the stops that we need. So really that will be our focus, is to control what we can control, and right now that's all we can control. Just showing up every day and trying to get better."

Notre Dame has a 2-7 road record.

--Field Level Media

Stats and Records
Team Comparison
  W/L Strk Home Away Neutral Day Night Conf
Notre Dame 10-13 L3 8-3 2-7 0-3 2-6 8-7 4-8
Boston College 10-13 L2 7-6 0-6 3-1 4-7 6-6 2-10
Last Meeting
Notre Dame Boston College
Date Away Home Pts Reb FG% Pts Reb FG%
1/13/25 BC 60 ND 78 78 33 47.3 60 19 46.8
Player Stats
Previous Matchup
Points Player Total FG% FTM
Notre Dame T. Davis 26 64.3 8
Boston College D. Hand Jr. 17 54.5 0
Rebounds Player Total Off Def
Notre Dame K. Njie 9 5 4
Boston College D. Brown 4 2 2
Assists Player  
Notre Dame T. Davis 2
Boston College D. Hand Jr. 3
Season
Points Player Total FG% FTM
Notre Dame T. Davis 358 49.4 99
Boston College D. Hand Jr. 373 40.1 104
Rebounds Player Total Off Def
Notre Dame K. Njie 142 53 89
Boston College D. Hand Jr. 152 24 128
Assists Player  
Notre Dame M. Allocco 64
Boston College J. Beadle 53
Quickchart Matchup
blue bar Notre Dame Off vs  red bar Boston College Defense
blue bar 72.7 Points For
red bar 76.6 Points Against
blue bar 45.8 FG%
red bar 46.3 FG%
blue bar 32.0 Reb
red bar 31.6 Reb
red bar Boston College Off vs  blue bar Notre Dame Defense
red bar 71.1 Points For
blue bar 69.7 Points Against
red bar 43.3 FG%
blue bar 44.0 FG%
red bar 31.3 Reb
blue bar 28.3 Reb