On Saturday afternoon, the Eagles fell 89-78 to Clemson to fall to 1-4 in the ACC.
It took two minutes for either side to get a shot to go, with the first points scored through a Jaeden Zackery midrange jumper – encouraging to see after his disappointing 0-7 egg against Syracuse. Clemson especially struggled to shoot the ball in the early going, connecting on only one of their first eight shots from the floor. With offensive catalyst Quinten Post out (along with Prince Aligbe) due to a stomach illness, BC went to Claudell Harris early and often. Riding his hot hand in the past few games, he connected on 5 early points (despite only shooting 2-6 from the floor) to give the Eagles a slim 9-6 edge at the first media timeout.