Jaeden Zackery scored a game-high 16 points and added four rebounds and an assist as Boston College clinched third in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam with a 59-48 win over Wyoming on Monday night in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
The Eagles (4-2) ripped off a 17-2 run over 7:50 in the second half to pull away. Devin McGlockton scored seven of his 12 points during that stretch.
Makai Ashton-Langford added 12 points and CJ Penha Jr. pulled in six rebounds to help BC, which played without DeMarr Langford Jr. due to illness.
Ethan Anderson led Wyoming (3-3) with 11 points along with five rebounds and two assists. Star Hunter Maldonado did not return after suffering an apparent head injury with 8:50 left in the first half.
Neither team broke 40 percent shooting in the first half, but Wyoming especially struggled without Maldonado. The Cowboys were just 7 for 21 and committed eight of their 13 total turnovers in the opening period.
The Cowboys were scoreless until the 15:23 mark, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Xavier DuSell and Jeremiah Oden flipped the score at 10-9.
A 6-0 spurt put the Eagles ahead 15-10 at 6:19 as Zackery hit his first of three pairs of first-half free throws. After Zackery's third trip to the line, Penha hit a triple and strung together five straight points to cap a 7-0 run.
At the 1:06 mark, Jake Kyman nailed Wyoming's fifth and final 3-pointer of the frame, bringing the Cowboys within 26-21 at halftime.
The teams traded early runs in the second, starting with Wyoming feeding Anderson inside for three straight layups to take a 27-26 lead with 18:25 to go. T.J. Bickerstaff responded with six points during a run that was interrupted only by Anderson.
Zackery's jumper extended BC's edge to 34-29, but three different Cowboys scored during a 6-0 run that Hunter Thompson closed with a go-ahead pull-up.
From there, it was all BC. Mason Madsen hit free throws after a technical foul before baskets by McGlockton and Zackery highlighted an 8-0 run. McGlockton canned five straight on a triple and a tip-in basket to move the lead to double digits.
Foster and Oden led a late 9-2 stretch for Wyoming before Zackery finished at the line.
--Field Level Media
Wyoming | Boston College | |
Ethan Anderson 11 | Scoring | Jaeden Zackery 16 |
Ethan Anderson 2 | Assists | Mason Madsen 2 |
Ethan Anderson 5 | Rebounds | CJ Penha Jr. 6 |
Kenny Foster 3 | Free Throws Made | Jaeden Zackery 8 |
Jeremiah Oden 2 | Steals | T.J. Bickerstaff 2 |
Ethan Anderson 1 | Blocks | Devin McGlockton 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Wyoming | 48 | 39.6 | 5-19 | 5-8 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
Boston College | 59 | 44.7 | 3-13 | 14-15 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 12 |