COLLEGE BASKETBALL – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009
Boston College Eagles (10-6) vs. #8 Duke Blue Devils (13-2)
The No.8 Duke Blue Devils will host the Boston College Eagles on Wednesday night in an ACC tilt at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
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The Eagles has never won in the Blue Devils’ storied arena. Duke owns a 9-2 series advantage over Boston College, and the teams split a pair of meetings last season.
Boston College head coach James Crowley has the worst winning percentage (.267) of any Eagles coach in history during his two-year tenure, and this year’s Eagles are looking like they may help him to another one. After a decent start Boston College has lost two of its last three games and is 1-1 in ACC action. On Saturday, the Eagles lost to Clemson by a 72-56 final, their first loss in three road games. Eagles leading scorer Joe Trapani scored 13 points while Reggie Jackson contributed 12 points in the loss. Trapani leads BC with 15.1 ppg while dragging down 6.9 rpg and Jackson checks in with 13.2 ppg while dishing out 68 assists on the year.
As for the Blue Devils, their eight-game winning streak ended with a 71-67 loss to No.20 Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta. It was only the Blue Devils second defeat of the season and first in conference play. Jon Scheyer scored 25 points and dished out six assists in the loss. The trio if Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith have started 13 games this season for the Devils and lead the team in scoring, rebounds and assists. They are clearly one of the nation’s most productive lines. Duke is putting up an average of 84.7 points per game this season, and limiting opponents to 60.6 and remain a perfect 9-0 at home.
The odds makers have the Eagles as +16-point underdogs in this one.
Look for the Blue Devils to pile up a ton of points in the second half pulling away for a double-digit win.
- Boston College is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
- Boston College is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
- Boston College is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Duke
- Boston College is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games when playing Duke
- Duke is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
- Duke is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Duke’s last 6 games
- Duke is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
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