National Basketball Association
Boston College 76, Virginia Tech 52
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials:
# Karl Hess, # Brian O'Connell, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
2964
By SportsDirect Inc.
Boston College 76, Virginia Tech 52: Joe Rahon and Ryan Anderson combined for 38
points to lead the Eagles to a season sweep of their Atlantic Coast Conference series
over the visiting Hokies.
Rahon scored 20
points and Anderson had 18 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots as Boston
College (6-14, 2-5 ACC) snapped a three-game skid in coming off an
eight-day break. Patrick Heckmann came off the Eagles' bench for a season-high 14
points to outscore the Hokies' bench (11 points) while Olivier Hanlan
added 11 points.
Jarell Eddie had
a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds as the lone scorer in double figures for
Virginia Tech (8-12, 1-7), which dropped its seventh in a row. Eddie finished
with three of the Hokies' four 3-pointers, with the other by Ben Emelogu, who
was Virginia Tech's next highest scorer with eight points.
The Eagles buried
the ball in the first half, shooting 68.4 percent from the floor, including
7-of-12 from beyond the arc en route to a season-best 14-of-36 from 3-point
range. Rahon and Anderson
carried Boston College while Eddie was 7-of-10 from the floor in the half for 19
points as the rest of the Hokies shot only 6-of-20 to head into the break trailing 46-33.
The Eagles
opened the second half with an 8-0 run, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Hanlan,
to put the Hokies on ice at 54-33. Virginia Tech never drew closer than 18
points the rest of the way as the Hokies shot only 5-of-23 from the floor in the
second half and were 0-for-7 from 3-point range.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Hokies were without their third-leading
scorer, G Adam Smith, who was sidelined with a calf injury. … Boston College improved
to 11-1 all-time at home against Virginia Tech. … The Eagles, who rank last in
the ACC in offensive rebounds, had only 10 boards on the offensive end, but
outrebounded the Hokies, 25-20, under their own basket.
Top Game Performances
Virginia Tech |
|
Boston College |
Jarell Eddie 23 |
Scoring |
Joe Rahon 20 |
Ben Emelogu 2 |
Assists |
Joe Rahon 6 |
Jarell Eddie 10 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Anderson 8 |
Jarell Eddie 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Ryan Anderson 6 |
Ben Emelogu 2 |
Steals |
Lonnie Jackson 3 |
Trevor Thompson 2 |
Blocks |
Ryan Anderson 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Virginia Tech
|
52 |
34.0 |
4-14 |
12-21 |
8 |
31 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
Boston College
|
76 |
44.4 |
14-37 |
14-18 |
19 |
29 |
7 |
8 |
7 |