National Basketball Association
Boston College 82, Florida Atlantic 79
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 17, 2013
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials:
# Paul Faia, # James Grady, # Gary Pucino
Attendance:
1653
By SportsDirect Inc.
Boston College 82, Florida Atlantic 79: Olivier Hanlan scored 38 points as the host Eagles survived a lackluster second half to pick up their first victory of the season.
Hanlan scored 27 of his points after halftime, including 10 free throws in the final three-plus minutes. Joe Rahon had 17 points and seven rebounds for Boston College (1-3), which avoided its first 0-4 start since 1952.
Pablo Bertone led the Owls (1-3) with a career-high 27 points. Justin Raffington had 15 and 11 boards for Florida Atlantic, which was coming off a 33-point loss at No. 4 Duke on Friday.
Rahon buried a buzzer-beater from halfcourt to send the Eagles into the locker room with a 39-34 advantage, then had five points in an 11-4 run to start the second. Boston College, which has struggled after halftime this season, had only five field goals over the next 14-plus minutes as the Owls crawled to within 66-65 with 4:03 left, setting up a tight stretch run.
Hanlan had a three-point play inside of three minutes and two free throws with 59 ticks remaining to make it 77-72, but Bertone answered with a layup and buried a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to pull his team within 79-77. Hanlan hit three more free throws around a Marquan Botley layup before Botley lost the ball trying to set up a potential tying shot as time expired.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Hanlan was 11-of-19 from the floor and 12-of-14 from the line, falling three points shy of matching his career high of 41 points. ... Eagles G Lonnie Jackson had three points off the bench in his season debut after missing the first three games with a hamstring injury. ... The game was part of the regional round of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Top Game Performances
Florida Atlantic |
|
Boston College |
Pablo Bertone 27 |
Scoring |
Olivier Hanlan 38 |
Marquan Botley 2 |
Assists |
Lonnie Jackson 4 |
Justin Raffington 11 |
Rebounds |
Ryan Anderson 7 |
Justin Raffington 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Olivier Hanlan 12 |
N/A |
Steals |
Patrick Heckmann 2 |
Dragan Sekelja 1 |
Blocks |
Joe Rahon 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Florida Atlantic
|
79 |
48.3 |
4-11 |
19-25 |
8 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Boston College
|
82 |
45.5 |
8-22 |
24-27 |
14 |
27 |
5 |
3 |
8 |