Dec. 6, 2028: #10-ranked Boston College Eagles (5-0) vs #23-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks (6-0) at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, AR
Boston Herald
EAGLES HOG-TIE RAZORBACKS
Boston College travelled to take on Arkansas in a battle of unbeatens. Both teams struggled to score throughout most of the first half. But the scoring picked up late in the half and the Eagles took a 35-31 lead at the break. BC’s starting guards, Leonard Meliet and Corey Graham, both scored 11 points in the half.
Boston College began the first half with an 11-2 run. Arkansas trimmed the Eagles’ lead to keep in contact until the last 3 minutes when BC again pulled away to score a 75-59 win.
Leading the way for Boston College was C Courtland Reese with 15 points and 11 rebounds. PG Leon Meliet and SG Corey Graham also scored 15 points apiece with Meliet also recording 9 assists.
Coach Fred Aura said, “While we had a tough time buying baskets in the first 15 minutes, our offense was decent the final 25 minutes. But our defense won the game for us, holding Arkansas’ shooting to just 35% and forcing the Razorbacks to make 22 turnovers. Arkansas battled us the entire way, so I’m very happy to get out with a victory.”
When asked about the Eagles’ placement in the polls (10th in the Media Poll and 11th in the Coaches Poll), Aura responded, “We let the pollsters take care of all that. We’re still feeling our way through the early stages of the schedule. We have a lot of new players so it’s important for them to gain experience and for us to see how to best utilize everyone. I’m generally happy with what we’ve accomplished thus far, but like always, we just need to focus on every opponent as we play them. We have another away game coming up next week and then go to a pre-season tournament, so we’re in the midst of a tough part of our pre-conference schedule. Then we begin ACC play late in December and have to play our first 3 conference games on the road. So there are some big tests coming up for us.”