2012-13 Boston College Basketball: Holy Cross Game Thread (2:00 PM, ESPN3)

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Holy Cross Crusaders (7-5, 0-0 Patriot) vs. Boston College Eagles (6-5, 0-0 ACC)

Time: 2:00 PM Eastern
Date: Saturday, December 29, 2012
Place: Chestnut Hill, Ma.
Arena: Conte Forum
Capacity: 8,606

TV: ESPN3
TV Announcers: John Brickley, Malcolm Huckaby
Radio: WEEI (850 AM)
Radio Announcers: Jon Meterparel, Danya Abrams
Line: No line

Last Time Out: The Eagles have won four of its last five outings and defeated Providence at home last Saturday, 71-68.

Series: Boston College and Holy Cross have met 111 times. Holy Cross leads the all-time series 60-51.
Last Meeting: Holy Cross 86, Boston College 64 (November 18, 2011)
Last Meeting at Conte Forum: Boston College 69, Holy Cross 54 (November 22, 2010)

Last Five Meetings:

L - Holy Cross 86, Boston College 64 (November 18, 2011)
W - Boston College 69, Holy Cross 54 (November 22, 2010)
W - Boston College 63, Holy Cross 53 (January 17, 2006)
W - Boston College 63, Holy Cross 60 (December 9, 2004)
W - Boston College 64, Holy Cross 51 (December 2, 2003)

Trends: Boston College has won 16 of the last 18 meetings dating back to 1991-92. The programs have met twice in the same season 38 times with the last coming in 2001-02. The teams met twice in one season every year from 1958-1981. Holy Cross had won three straight before losing at Harvard last weekend, 72-65. The Crusaders are 3-4 on the road so far this year. BC is 5-1 in games where they outrebound their opponent.

Holy Cross's 2011-2012 Record: 15-14 (9-5 Patriot League)

Holy Cross's Probable Starters:

G - Justin Burrell (So.) - 5-9, 165 lbs., Dumfries, Va. - 13.5 PPG, 2.6 APG, 2.3 RPG
G - Jordan Stevens (Sr.) - 6-5, 200 lbs., Gansevoort, N.Y. - 6.1 PPG, 2.3 APG, 2.9 RPG
F - Malcolm Miller (So.) - 6-6, 190 lbs., Gaithersburg, Md. - 5.0 PPG, 1.7 APG, 5.0 RPG
F - Dave Dudzinski (Jr.) - 6-9, 227 lbs., Elburn, Il. - 15.1 PPG, 0.9 APG, 7.3 RPG
C - Phil Beans (Sr.) - 6-9, 233 lbs., Toledo, Oh. - 9.8 PPG, 0.8 APG, 4.6 RPG

Boston College's Last Game Starters:

G - Olivier Hanlan (Fr.) - 6-4, 188 lbs., Aylmer, Quebec - 12.6 PPG, 2.2 APG, 4.1 RPG
G - Joe Rahon (Fr.) - 6-2, 195 lbs., San Diego, Ca. - 10.4 PPG, 4.0 APG, 3.2 RPG
G - Patrick Heckmann (So.) - 6-5, 205 lbs., Mainz, Germany - 8.5 PPG, 1.8 APG, 2.6 RPG
G - Lonnie Jackson (So.) - 6-3, 180 lbs., Valencia, Ca. - 7.6 PPG, 1.9 APG, 3.3 RPG
F - Ryan Anderson (So.) - 6-8, 220 lbs., Lakewood, Ca. - 16.1 PPG, 1.1 APG, 9.7 RPG

Leave your pre-, in- and post-game comments below.

Go Eagles!