The Boston College Eagles performed themselves into a primary spherical play-in recreation within the approaching ACC event.
BC closed out the house aspect of the slate with a humiliating 90-65 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers on Senior Night on Saturday in entrance of a crowd of seven,536 at Conte Forum.
BC entered the sport with the surface chance of ending ninth within the ACC and securing a first-round bye. But the Eagles wanted to run the desk beginning at house in opposition to Pitt and on the highway subsequent week at Miami and Louisville. BC (15-14, 6-12) beat the Canes and the Cards at house this season. Pitt improved to 19-10 and 10-8 by scoring its season excessive in opposition to an ACC opponent.
“Maybe I’ll reflect on this in a couple of days and chalk it up to a bad day,” stated BC coach Earl Grant. “I assumed we may play higher in some totally different areas and different issues we did had been self-inflicted wounds.
“I love my guys. They work hard and they compete but it is still the same message with two ACC games remaining. How are you going to handle adversity? What is your response? You have to show some character now.”
Pitt shot 54.1% from the ground with a season-high 16 3-pointers, 32 rebounds, 20 assists and 5 turnovers. Carlton Carrington led Pitt with 27 factors. BC was led by graduate middle Quinten Post, who scored 30 factors with 12 rebounds.
Four gamers (three starters) had been honored through the pregame ceremony, junior Jaeden Zachary, senior Mason Madsen, senior Abe Atiyeh, and Post. All can be receiving their levels on the finish of the spring semester however on account of NCAA’s liberal pandemic waiver insurance policies, Zackery and Madsen have one other 12 months of eligibility. They can elect to stay at BC or enter the switch portal. Post acquired a standing ovation when he exited his ultimate house recreation with 1:06 to play.
“A salute to Quinten Post, man, I’m a big fan of his and he has had an unbelievable career here,” stated Pitt coach Jeff Capel. “He is a very good player and I think he is going to continue to have a bright future in the game of basketball.”
The Panthers got here out firing from the perimeter, hitting 5 of their first six 3-point pictures to take a 17-9 lead into the preliminary media day trip. Post and Devin McGlockton accounted for the Eagles’ 9 factors.
After Blake Hinson (19 factors) put Pitt up 21-9 on a 3-ball at 14:04, BC countered with an 11-2 to make it 23-21 with 9:12 to play. Post scored eight factors on the run with massive man performs within the paint. Forward Guillermo Diaz Graham broke the BC surge with a trey from the highest of the important thing. Pitt led 28-23 on the third media timeout. Pitt closed the half with a 19-9 run to go up 47-32 on the break.
“They shot the ball exceptionally well, give them credit,” stated Grant. “We weathered the storm and got it back to a two-possession game but they made another run right before going into the locker room to get it to 15.”
Pitt performed a possession recreation to begin the second half and led 58-43 on the second media timeout. Post scored eight of the Eagles 11 factors through the stretch. The Panthers surged to a 69-45 lead on three unanswered trifectas with 9:11 to play.
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