Georgia Tech rained on Boston College’s Senior Day festivities with a 73-65 victory over the undermanned Eagles within the season finale at Conte Forum.
BC completed at 15-16 total, 9/11 in convention play and can enter the upcoming ACC event as a No. 10 seed and can compete in a preliminary spherical recreation on Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets completed 14-17 and 6-14.
BC squandered an opportunity to complete with 10 ACC wins for the primary time since 2006-07 and acquire 4 straight league wins since 2008-09. Graduate college students Makai Ashton-Lanford and CJ Penha, and senior T.J Bickerstaff mixed for 37 factors and 13 rebounds of their remaining house recreation.
“It’s a new season as much as I would like to harp on the Georgia Tech game,” stated second-year coach Earl Grant. “We should transfer on fairly shortly, the common season is over and we will’t get that again.
“We are going to a tournament where there is going to be one winner and everybody is undefeated when you go into a tournament. We will just have to get ready for what is next and we are excited about it.”
Two issues occurred within the opening section of the sport and each had been unhealthy information for BC. The Yellow Jackets made three treys by three totally different shooters on their opening three journeys up the ground to take a 9-0 lead.
The Eagles quickly misplaced the most important part of their inside presence when 7-foot senior heart Quinten Post left the sport with a proper ankle harm at 17:18 and didn’t return.
BC was already down a starter with junior guard DeMarr Langford lacking his second straight with an undisclosed sickness. Post was averaging 16.1 factors and 5.9 rebounds per recreation, whereas Langford was good for 7.3 factors and a couple of.7 boards.
“When he went down, especially with the impact he has had on the team and not just as a scorer and having a good feel for the game,” stated Grant. “I think it impacted the guys but our guys did a great job in a very winnable game.”
BC’s protection went to work whereas the offense, led by Bickerstaff, reduce into Tech’s lead. Forward Devin McGlockton gave the Eagles their first lead, 12-11, on a drive at 14:37. Tech countered with a 13-9 surge to take a 24-21 lead into the third media timeout.
BC reduce the result in 29-28 when guard Jaden Zackery (14 factors) accomplished a 3-point play with 3:29 on the board. Tech closed with a 7-2 spurt to take a 36-30 lead on the break.
BC tied the sport 40-40 when Bickerstaff transformed a 3-point play with 15:43 remaining. The Eagles took their second lead of the match, 46-44, on a layup by freshman Prince Aligbe with 13:29 to play. Zackery drove the lane and made a free throw to offer BC a 49-44 lead on the second media timeout.
After falling behind by 9, Tech tied the sport 55-55 on a nook trifecta by Lance Terry (17 factors) on the third media timeout. The lead modified arms 3 times with Tech up 63-60 on the remaining media timeout. Tech received consecutive 3-point pictures by Miles Kelly (21 factors) and Kyle Sturdivant (14 factors) that made it 69-63 with 50 seconds to play.
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