Clemson Heads to Chestnut Hill for ACC Opener at Boston College

GAME SETUP CLEMSON (9-3, 0-0 ACC) vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (4-10, 0-1 ACC)Tipoff: 4:04 p.m.Arena: Silvio O. Conte ForumRadio: CTSN (Pete Yanity-pbp; Philip Sikes-color)TV: RSN (Tom Werme-pbp; Debbie Antonelli-color)

• Clemson begins ACC play on the road Saturday at Boston College; the Tigers are 1-6 all-time at Conte Forum.
• The Tigers wrapped up a 9-3 non-conference record, their best since the 2010-11 season, with an 80-50 win over VMI.
• Clemson is first in the ACC statistics in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, three-point percentage defense and blocked shots per game.

SERIES HISTORY CU Series W-L record: Clemson leads 10-7 Streak: Boston College has won three straight meetings

QUICK HITS

• Clemson’s lone win in Chestnut Hill came in 2008-09, an 87-77 triumph over the Eagles.
• The Tigers look to snap BC’s series-high three-game winning streak, which started with a 59-57 win in Chestnut Hill in 2011-12. BC swept both games last season over Clemson, the Eagles’ first sweep in series history.
• Rod Hall averages just one turnover per game and has an astounding 25-to-3 assist-to-turnover ratio in seven home games. Hall leads the Tiger team on the plus-minus chart over the course of the season. Clemson has been 176 points better than the opposition across 12 games when Hall has been on the floor.
• Jordan Roper is averaging 15.5 points per game over his last two, both double figure efforts. Roper tied his career-high last time out with 19 vs. VMI.
• Landry Nnoko, whose career-high as a freshman was eight points, has already surpassed his rookie season totals for points, rebounds, assists, blocks, field goals and minutes played.