Boston College opened the New Year with a tough luck 84-78 loss to Wake Forest in ACC play earlier than 4,265 followers on Tuesday evening at Conte Forum.
BC fell to 9-4 total, 0-2 in convention play and issues look bleak for the Eagles with three roads video games on the horizon. The Eagles play at Georgia Tech, Syracuse and Clemson earlier than returning house to face Notre Dame on Jan. 15
“We are 2-0 on the road so hopefully that will be good for us,” stated BC coach Earl Grant. “I feel the fellows will probably be enthusiastic about that problem, get away from right here and probability to play on the highway the place you’ve solely received one another.
“You have to be close and be tight on the road and we’ve shown we are capable on the road.”
Wake shot 53.4% from the ground with 10 made three pointers, 35 rebounds and 17 assists. Junior heart Efton Reid netted 13 with 14 boards, whereas the backcourt tandem on Cameron Hildreth and Hunter Sallis mixed for 39.
BC shot 41.5% from the ground with 9 treys, 34 boards and 12 assists. Graduate heart Quinton Post scored 20 factors, whereas energy ahead Devin McGlockton and guard Claudell Harris scored 15 apiece.
“It is the ACC and guys will make shots so you have to take care of the ball and be sharp execution wise,” stated Grant. “I thought we played a good game but our details weren’t quite where they need to be.”
Down 4 on the intermission, the Deacons opened the second half with an 11-6 spurt to take a 47-45 lead into the primary media timeout. Post lifted the Eagles out of their doldrums with a crowd-pleasing NBA three from the highest of the important thing to go up 53-52 on the second media timeout.
The lead modified palms 4 instances over a five-minute stretch. Wake received within the final phrase when Hildreth hit a 3-ball and completed a layup to place the Deacons up 62-58 with 8:40 to play.
Wake heated up in the beginning of the stretch run and took a 77-67 lead on a observe and two free throws by Reid with 3:48 to play. Harris busted Wake’s run with two treys and a jumper from off the important thing to chop the result in 77-75 with 1:52 to play. Harris hit a jumper to make it 79-78, with 40 seconds remaining. Andrew Carr’s nook trey, his first subject aim of the sport, put the Eagles on ice with 11 seconds to play.
“We need a scoring boost and that’s what (Harris) provided for us,” stated McGlockton. “We never gave up and we fought for the whole entire time and made some runs but it didn’t end up in our favor.”
The groups break up final season, with the highway workforce successful. Wake bushwhacked BC 85-63 on Jan. 14 and the Eagles returned the favor 71-69 in Winston-Salem on Feb. 28. Post was in his fifth recreation again from a foot damage when he scored 10 factors within the first recreation and contributed 19 off the bench within the rematch.
Post scored his first subject aim at 15:40, a nook jumper from the appropriate aspect that reduce the Deacons’ result in 10-9 into the primary media timeout. Post got here out of the break and scored BC’s subsequent seven factors, two from the road, a 3-ball from the highest of the important thing and a layup to provide the Eagles a 16-12 lead.
“I didn’t think we were sharp in the first half and they were and they took the game to us,” stated Wake coach Steve Forbes.
Wake and BC performed matching baskets into the third media timeout. Prince Aligbe had a transition dunk and Post made a bounce hook to make it 28-24 with 7:41 to play. Post netted 14 in 16 minutes and BC led 40-36 on the break.
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