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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston College 70, Virginia 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials: # Roger Ayers, # Bernard Clinton, # Les Jones
Attendance: 4628

Boston College bounced back from its first conference loss to remain in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Eagles hit eight free throws in the final 1:29 to hold off Virginia, 70-67, Wednesday at Conte Forum.

Boston College (14-5, 4-1 ACC) was coming off a one-point loss at Miami, but it got big games from Joe Trapani and Reggie Jackson to improve to 4-0 in conference play at home.

Biko Paris hit two free throws to give the Eagles the lead for good, 64-62, with 1:29 to play. Corey Raji extended the lead to four with two free throws with just under a minute to play.

Jackson then made four free throws down the stretch, including a pair after Sammy Zeglinski hit a 3-pointer to pull Virginia within 68-67 with six seconds to go.

Trapani scored 18 points and Jackson had 16 with seven rebounds and seven assists.

Mustapha Farrakhan scored 14 points for Virginia (10-8, 1-3 ACC), which was outscored 20-8 at the free-throw line.
Top Game Performances
 
Virginia   Boston College
Mustapha Farrakhan 14 Scoring Joe Trapani 18
Mustapha Farrakhan 4 Assists Reggie Jackson 7
Assane Sene 9 Rebounds Reggie Jackson 7
Mustapha Farrakhan 3 Free Throws Made Reggie Jackson 6
KT Harrell 1 Steals Reggie Jackson 1
Assane Sene 5 Blocks Danny Rubin 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Virginia 67 43.9 9-23 8-12 12 33 5 2
Boston College 70 40.7 6-21 20-25 12 32 3 3