RHODE ISLAND VS. BOSTON COLLEGE - SERIES NOTES

• Sunday's game will be the 55th meeting between Rhode Island and Boston College.
• The Eagles lead the all-time series, 38-16.
• Rhode Island has had the upper hand in recent years, winning the last two games in the series and five of the last six meetings overall.
• The Rams are 7-17 overall when on the road against the Eagles
• Last season, the teams met twice in a span of four days. Rhode Island won 57-49 at home in the Ryan Center on Nov. 17, then again 71-65 at the Sunshine Slam in Daytona, Fla. on Nov. 21.
• Only four players on this year's roster - Malik Martin, Ishmael Leggett, Jalen Carey and Sebastian Thomas - played against Boston College last season.
• Both teams are coming off three-game swings on foreign soil. Rhode Island was 1-2 at the Cayman Islands Classic, while BC was 2-1 at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
• Boston College has faced one other Atlantic 10 school this season, defeating George Mason 71-56 on Nov. 18.

GAME TO AIR ON ACC NETWORK

• Sunday's game will air nationally on the ACC Network.
• Jon Meterparel will have the play-by-play, with Malcolm Huckaby as the color analyst.
• Steve McDonald and Chris DiSano will have the audio call, available exclusively on the Varsity Network.

• Rhode Island assistant coach Duane Woodward played his collegiate ball from 1994-98 at Boston College.
• A team captain for head coach Al Skinner in 1998, Woodward was a four-year starter for the Eagles.
• The team made back-to-back NCAA tournaments in 1996 and 1997 during his time.
• He started 113 of the 117 games he played and averaged 10.7 points 4.2 assists and 3.6 rebounds.
• Woodward earned All-Big East Third Team honors in 1998 and All-Big East Tournament recognition in 1997.
• Currently 30th in Boston College scoring history, Woodward is a member of BC's 1,000-point club, finishing with 1,249 points.
• He also still ranks third in BC history with 204 steals and sixth with 488 assists.
• Following his time at BC, Woodward had a long professional playing career that took him to 10 different countries 1998-2011.
• He was a 2004 Eurobasket.com All-FIBA Europe League Player of the Year and also won back-to-back All-Cyprus League Player of the Year honors in 2003 and 2004.
• Woodward's coach at BC, Al Skinner, was the head coach at Rhode Island before he took over at BC.
• Woodward's younger brother, Brian Woodward, was a four-year starter at Rhode Island from 2000-04, scoring 1,215 points for head coaches Jerry DeGregorio and Jim Baron.

FREEMAN FINDS RHYTHM ON OFFENSE

• Sophomore guard Brayon Freeman found his game during the Cayman Islands Classic, scoring in double figures in each of the three games.
• Freeman had 11 points against Kansas State, 18 against Tulane and a career-high 21 points in the win over Illinois State.
• Freeman had just four points combined in the first two games of the season and then was held out of the win over Stony Brook in order to get a reset.
• With his performance in the Cayman Islands, Freeman is averaging 10.8 points per game.
• He also is shooting .875 at the free throw line (14-of-16).