Boston College Athletics
Boston College
Pittsburgh (BIG EAST Championship)
Men's Basketball Downed By Pittsburgh, 76-62
March 07, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2002
By HAL BOCK
AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK - Pittsburgh took advantage of another long scoring drought by Boston College on Thursday and defeated the Eagles 76-62 in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.
Next for the Panthers is a Friday night semifinal date against the winner of the game between Georgetown and Miami.
BC, which defeated Pitt for the tournament title a year ago, started quickly as if to erase Wednesday's memory of its 15 percent shooting half against Rutgers - the worst in tournament history. The Eagles (20-11) had six field goals in just over six minutes, one more than they managed in the first half of their tournament opener.
BC was sitting on a 20-15 lead when suddenly, the Eagles couldn't find the basket again. Pitt went on a 21-4 surge over the final six minutes of the half to take a 36-24 halftime lead.
The Eagles had recovered from an 11-point deficit against Rutgers but could not duplicate that effort against Pitt (26-4), which reached the Big East semifinals for the fifth time and outrebounded BC 40-23.
Pitt's lead grew to 21 points as Donatas Zavackas scored 16 points and Chevon Troutman added 15. BC's Uka Agbai led all scorers with 25.
