Boston College Men’s Basketball Center Records Season Highs in Loss, The Rundown: January 5, 2025

The Boston College Eagles (9-6, 1-3 ACC) men’s basketball team suffered a road loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (8-7, 2-2 ACC) 85-64 on Saturday afternoon.

Although the Eagles did not come out with the victory, the contest marked a milestone for one of the team’s starters.

Eagles center Chad Venning scored 19 points in the loss which not only led the team, but also is a season-high for the graduate.

He also recorded a season-high in rebounds (8), minutes (31), field goals made (8), and field goals attempted (15).

Today’s Schedule:

Sailing: Boston College in Rose Bowl | Long Beach, Calif.

Women’s Hockey: No. 11 Boston College vs. Maine | 2 p.m. ET | NESN | Live Stats

Women’s Basketball: Boston College at No. 22 NC State | 2 p.m. ET | ACCNX | Live Audio | Live Stats

Eagles Results:

Men’s Basketball: Georgia Tech 85, Boston College 64.

Countdown to Boston College baseball’s season opener:

40 days.

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Boston College men’s hockey forwards Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard each scored a goal in Team USA’s 4-1 win over Czechia in the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship semifinal on Saturday. The team will compete in the gold medal game on Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. ET on NHL Network.

We've had Perreault from Leonard and now here's Leonard from Perreault ‼️ #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/FhU92ZKHDT
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) January 5, 2025

Boston College men’s hockey forward Ryan Leonard, who is captain of the U.S. National Junior Team, spoke on the team’s win after the game.

Ryan Leonard and the rest of team USA are ready for the Finns 🇺🇸#WorldJuniors #IIHF @usahockey pic.twitter.com/TCAuEzonFY
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) January 5, 2025

The Boston College women’s basketball program shared photos from its road trip to Raleigh, N.C., on social media.

Next Stop: North Carolina ✈️ pic.twitter.com/mYp41d0KVa
— Boston College Women’s Basketball (@BC_WBB) January 4, 2025

Boston College Eagles Quote of the Day:

Everything looks really good. I remember being back over in Roberts Center, so it just kind of gives you a kind of a sense of where things have come to or have grown to, and I'm just glad to have been a part of things that have happened here at BC.”
John Bagley

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