Chad Venning and Boston College will take on ACC rival Markus Burton and Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion on Monday night.
Boston College will travel to South Bend, Indiana, on Monday night for an Atlantic Coast Conference battle in men’s college basketball. In Indiana, they will take on Notre Dame at the Purcell Pavilion. The Boston College Eagles are 9-7 overall this season but have fallen to 1-4 against ACC teams after finishing their non-conference schedule with an 8-3 record. They opened January with a 10-point win at home over Miami (FL) in their only conference win. Chad Venning dropped 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting with five rebounds in the win.
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Since then, they failed to secure wins against Georgia Tech by 21 points on the road and Syracuse by eight points at home. Venning is averaging 12.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game this season. He is second to sophomore guard Donald Hand Jr, averaging 14.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 2024-25.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are 7-9 overall this season and also 1-4 against conference teams, sitting just above Miami, who is 0-5 against ACC teams. They lost by one point in their first game in January at home against North Carolina on a missed game-winning layup from Markus Burton. They turned around and went on the road, losing to NC State, also by one point.
Burton also missed a potential game-winning jumper as time expired in this game. This weekend, they stayed on the road going to one of the most difficult places to play in college basketball, Cameron Indoor Stadium. They took on the No. 4-ranked Duke and lost by eight points, giving up 42 points to Cooper Flagg. Burton has only played in nine games this season but is averaging a team-high 18.9 points per game.