ACC tournament berth on the line for Boston College, Cal

Boston College hasn’t won a road game all year. Cal hasn’t won any games since Feb. 5.The chance to erase one of these painful factoids is what’s on the line in Saturday night’s Atlantic Coast Conference action in Berkeley, Calif.There’s also this key detail: Cal (12-16, 5-12) ranks 15th in the ACC standings while Boston College (12-16, 4-13) sits 16th. Only the top 15 teams qualify for the ACC tournament.The Golden Bears, who have lost five straight, have dropped three of their last four at home. That includes Wednesday’s 81-77 loss to SMU. The Eagles are 0-8 on the road this season, which includes Wednesday’s 78-60 loss at Stanford.That blunted Boston College’s momentum as it had won consecutive ACC games for the first time with home victories over Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.Donald Hand Jr., Boston College’s leading scorer (16.2 ppg) and the reigning ACC Player of the Week, finished with only six points at Stanford as he made 2 of 10 shots from the field.Boston College committed 12 turnovers in the first half as Stanford built a 37-19 lead.”We needed to be better, right?” Boston College coach Earl Grant said. “We needed to be better as a team, early. Thought we turned the ball over, made mistakes.”

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