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Men's Basketball Upends No. 12 Miami, 76-63
February 10, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Feb 10, 2002
BOSTON (AP) - Troy Bell scored 24 points and Ryan Sidney added 23 points and nine rebounds as Boston College beat No. 12 Miami 76-63 Sunday, the Eagles' second win over the Hurricanes in 13 days.
Uka Agbai had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Eagles (16-7, 5-5 Big East), who had lost five of seven, but won 70-65 at Miami on Jan. 29.
Marcus Barnes had 13 of his 16 points in the first half for Miami (20-4, 7-4), which fell out of a first-place tie with Connecticut in the East Division. The loss was the Hurricanes' second in eight games.
John Salmons had 16 points for Miami and Darius Rice added 15.
The smaller Eagles relied on strong rebounding from the start, owning a 18-7 advantage in taking a 32-15 lead 15 minutes in the game. Miami closed the half with an 8-2 run.
The Eagles outrebounded Miami 41-27 for the game.
Both teams had scoring runs over the game's first 6{ minutes. BC went on a 10-0 spurt before the Hurricanes scored 12 straight points. Sidney then had eight points and Bell added five in a 15-0 run that made it 32-15.
The Eagles, who led 34-23 at halftime, scored the first seven points of the second half - all by Bell - to open their biggest lead of the game.
BC saw its lead sliced to 56-47 on Rice's two free throws with 7:27 to go. But Bell answered with a 3-pointer from the top of the key and Miami never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.
When these schools met in Boston during the football season, Boston College nearly upset the eventual national champions before a fluke bounce in the closing seconds led to an interception and 80-yard TD return by Ed Reed, clinching an 18-7 win for the Hurricanes.
