Boston College recorded its seventh straight victory over Central Connecticut State with a cruel 82-68 beatdown earlier than a sparse crowd of three,118 on Tuesday evening at Conte Forum.
BC improved to 6-3 general and 4-1 at dwelling, whereas the Blue Devils dropped to 3-5. The Eagles resumed non-conference play after falling 84-78 at dwelling to North Carolina State within the ACC opener for each colleges final Saturday.
The Eagles wrap up a three-game homestand towards longtime regional rival Holy Cross on Friday at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils entered the match after finishing a Patriot League sweep with consecutive wins over Army and Holy Cross.
BC shot 50 % from the ground with 9 treys, 31 rebounds, 18 assists and a staggering 46 factors off the bench. Graduate heart Quinten Post led the way in which with 13 factors and 6 boards. Guards Mason Madsen and Donald Hand Jr. mixed for 31 factors and Elijah Strong added 9 factors off the bench. Allan Jeanne-Rose and Jayden Brown scored 19 apiece for CCSU.
“For some of them it was just having the opportunity to play and they just need minutes,” stated BC coach Earl Grant. “Our starters have played a lot of minutes throughout the year and our bench got deeper today.”
When the perimeter shot proved ineffective, BC went down low to Post, who scored on a financial institution shot off the backboard and a baseline dunk to present the Eagles a 7-4 lead into the primary media timeout.
Grant despatched Madsen onto the ground and after the timeout and acquired on the spot gratification. The senior guard nailed a nook trey and a pull up jumper on the suitable from the suitable baseline adopted by a trifecta from the left nook to make it 15-8 with 13:45 to play. Post and Hand adopted Madsen’s lead with 3-balls from off the important thing to present BC a 21-10 lead into the second media timeout.
“It definitely felt good to see them go early,” stated Madsen. “As a player who prides myself on my shooting ability, you expect them to go in and it set the tone and opened the floor for everyone else.”
The Blue Devils tried to play catchup with the lengthy ball however the pictures wouldn’t fall. BC managed the defensive boards and prolonged the run to take a 27-13 lead into the third media timeout.
Post dominated at each ends whereas the Eagles piled up bench factors on the stretch run to the half. Madsen’s third trey put BC up 38-19 with 3:40 to play. BC shot 62% from the ground with 18 rebounds and 12 assists to take a 49-23 lead on the intermission.
“Just being able to come out of the locker room and executing the game plan on both sides of the floor, offensively and defensively and doing it convincingly was good to see,” stated Grant.
The second half was a sloppier imitation of the primary that was initially highlighted by a Post dunk comply with with 17:39 to play. Hand continued to pile up the bench factors with consecutive 3-balls from the suitable conner to present BC a 62-30 lead with 13:58 to play.
Excessive fouling from each camps slowed the sport to a crawl after the midpoint within the half with BC up 70-45 into the third media timeout. The Blue Devils accrued sufficient rubbish time factors to make the rating seem extra respectable that it actually was.
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