Boston College provided ACCSports.com with a copy of its updated 2015-2016 men’s basketball roster as we put the finishing touches on our ACC Basketball Annual. Included is the jersey numbers for Boston College’s newcomers.
Freshman point guard Jerome Robinson will wear No. 1 for the Eagles this season, while shooting guards Matt Milon and Sammy Barnes-Thompkins will wear No. 22 and No. 55, respectively. Wing A.J. Turner will be wearing No. 11, while big man Johncarlos Reyes will wear No. 12.
Transfer Eli Carter, who arrives at Chestnut Hill from Florida, will be wearing No. 3, while another newcomer — 6-7 forward Ervins Meznieks of Latvia — will wear No. 10 for the Eagles. Walk-on Gordon Gehan is wearing No. 25. In all, BC’s roster features a total of seven freshmen, a redshirt freshman (forward Idy Diallo), and a total of five combined sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
2015-2016 BOSTON COLLEGE NUMERICAL ROSTER
No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School
1 Jerome Robinson FR G 6-5 177 Raleigh, NC/Needham Broughton
2 Darryl Hicks SO G 6-2 185 Louisville, KY/Trinity
3 Eli Carter GR G 6-2 200 Paterson, NJ/Brewster Academy
4 Idy Diallo R-FR F 6-11 240 Los Angeles, CA/Cathedral
5 Garland Owens JR F 6-5 210 Gaithersburg, MD/Magruder
10 Ervins Meznieks FR F 6-7 211 Riga, Latvia/Rīgas Teikas vidusskola
11 A.J. Turner FR F 6-7 185 Warren, MI/New Hampton School (NH)
12 Johncarlos Reyes FR F/C 6-10 200 Suwanee, GA/Sound Doctrine Christian Academy
20 Steve Perpiglia SR G 5-10 165 Broomall, PA/Malvern Prep
22 Matt Milon FR G 6-4 204 Oviedo, FL/Oviedo
24 Dennis Clifford SR C 7-0 250 Bridgewater, MA/Milton Academy
25 Gordon Gehan FR G/F 6-5 200 Dallas, TX/Episcopal School of Dallas
55 Sammy Barnes-Thompkins FR G 6-3 192 Phoenix, AZ/Sunnyslope
HEAD COACH: Jim Christian (Rhode Island ‘88)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Scott Spinelli (Boston University ’89)
Bill Wuczynski (UNLV ’96)
Stan Heath (Eastern Michigan ‘87)
DIR., BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Dan McDermott (Boston College ’04)
VIDEO COORDINATOR: Chip Cunningham (TCU ‘11)
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Scott Gallon (Springfield ’00)
STRENGTH COACH: Nick Asermelly (Springfield ’03)
PRONUNCIATIONS
IDY DIALLO: EE-dee JAL-oh
STEVE PERPIGLIA: per-PEEL-ee-ah