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2013-14 Boston College Basketball: Florida State Game Thread (9:00 PM, ESPNU)

Boston College will host Florida State on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. in the final game of the season at Conte Forum. Game will be televised nationally on ESPNU.

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Florida St. Seminoles (17-11, 8-8 ACC) vs. Boston College Eagles (8-21, 4-12 ACC)

Time: 9:00 PM
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Place: Chestnut Hill, Ma.
Arena: Conte Forum
Capacity: 8,606

TV: ESPNU
Announcers: Tom Hart (play-by-play), Malcolm Huckaby (color)
Radio: WEEI 850 AM, bceagles.com
Radio Announcers: Jon Meterparel (play-by-play), Danya Abrams (color)
BC Basketball Twitter News Feed: @BCHoopNews
Join the Conversation on Twitter: #BCHoops #FSUvsBC

Line: Boston College +2.5

Last Time Out: Boston College defeated Wake Forest, 80-72, to improve to 8-21, 4-12 ACC.

Series: Boston College and Florida State have met 10 times. All-time series tied at 5-5.
First Meeting: Boston College 90, Florida State 87 (January 14, 2006)
Last Meeting: Florida State 69, Boston College 66 (February 16, 2013)
Last Meeting at Conte Forum: Boston College 64, Florida State 60 (February 8, 2012)

Last Five Meetings:

L - Florida State 69, Boston College 66 (February 16, 2013)
W - Boston College 64, Florida State 60 (February 8, 2012)
L - Florida State 67, Boston College 51 (January 22, 2011)
L - Florida State 62, Boston College 47 (February 14, 2010)
L - Florida State 61, Boston College 57 (January 30, 2010)

Trends: Boston College is 4-8 at home this year. Florida State is 5-6 on the road. Donahue is 1-2 all-time vs. Florida State. BC is 4-1 at home vs. Florida State but just 1-4 on the road. Boston College is 5-1 in March over the last two seasons.

Florida State's 2012-2013 Record: 18-16 (9-9 ACC), NIT First Round

Florida State's Probable Starters:

G - Ian Miller (Sr.) - 6-3, 197 lbs., Charlotte, N.C. - 13.9 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.0 APG
G - Aaron Thomas (So.) - 6-5, 195 lbs., Cincinnati, Oh. - 13.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 2.0 APG
G - Montay Brandon (So.) - 6-7, 216 lbs., Greensboro, N.C. - 8.5 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.6 APG
F - Okaro White (Sr.) - 6-9, 204 lbs., Clearwater, Fl. - 12.7 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.0 APG
C - Michael Ojo (So.) - 7-1, 290 lbs., Lagos, Nigeria - 2.9 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 0.3 APG

Boston College's Last Game Starters:

G - Olivier Hanlan (So.) - 6-4, 181 lbs., Aylmer, Quebec - 18.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.8 APG
G - Joe Rahon (So.) - 6-2, 192 lbs., San Diego, Ca. - 9.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.3 APG
G - Patrick Heckmann (Jr.) - 6-5, 211 lbs., Mainz, Germany - 5.4 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 0.8 APG
F - Ryan Anderson (Jr.) - 6-8, 220 lbs., Lakewood, Ca. - 14.5 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.5 APG
F - Will Magarity (Fr.) - 6-11, 227 lbs., Stockholm, Sweden - 2.5 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.4 APG

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

Go Eagles!