Monday, January 15
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7:00 PM
Boston College
13-6, 3-3ACC
81
vs
75
Florida State
13-5, 2-4ACC
1
2
F
Florida State
25
50
75
Boston College
41
40
81
Photo by: John Quackenbos
Eagles Lead Wire-to-Wire in 81-75 Win over Florida State
January 15, 2018 | Men's Basketball
All five starters reach double figures for the second straight game
How It Happened
Boston College never trailed en route to an 81-75 victory over Florida State Monday night at Conte Forum. It marked the first win over FSU since 2012 as BC limited the Seminoles to 34% shooting from the field, including 19% from behind the arc.
Boston College forced Florida State to miss seven of its final eight field goals of the first half as the Eagles held a 41-25 lead at halftime. BC shot 52 percent from the floor in the first half while limiting the visiting Seminoles to 26 percent shooting from the field for the 16-point halftime advantage.
BC took its largest lead of the first half when the Eagles went up 18 on a Jordan Chatman three-pointer. Chatman hit three from downtown in the game's opening 20 minutes as BC connected on 7-of-12 3-pointers in the first half.
Five Eagles finished in double-figures, led by 19 each from Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson.
Inside the Box Score
0:00 - Florida State never led the entire game.
Up Next
Boston College never trailed en route to an 81-75 victory over Florida State Monday night at Conte Forum. It marked the first win over FSU since 2012 as BC limited the Seminoles to 34% shooting from the field, including 19% from behind the arc.
Boston College forced Florida State to miss seven of its final eight field goals of the first half as the Eagles held a 41-25 lead at halftime. BC shot 52 percent from the floor in the first half while limiting the visiting Seminoles to 26 percent shooting from the field for the 16-point halftime advantage.
BC took its largest lead of the first half when the Eagles went up 18 on a Jordan Chatman three-pointer. Chatman hit three from downtown in the game's opening 20 minutes as BC connected on 7-of-12 3-pointers in the first half.
Five Eagles finished in double-figures, led by 19 each from Ky Bowman and Jerome Robinson.
Inside the Box Score
- Boston College turned the ball over just five times in the first half and held Florida State to just 10 field goals on 39 attempts.
- Ky Bowman led the way with 19 points and 13 rebounds in 38 minutes.
- Jerome Robinson scored 19 points and was 4-of-5 from the foul line as BC finished shooting 20-of-25 on the night from the charity stripe.
- Jordan Chatman added 14 points, including going 3-of-4 from three-point range.
- Nik Popovic contributed 14 points and five rebounds while freshman Steffon Mitchell contributed 13 points and nine rebounds in the win.
- Florida State entered the game averaging 84.6 points per game - third-best in the ACC - and shooting 47.5% from the floor - fifth-best.
- The BC defense held the Seminoles to close to 10 points under their scoring average and close to 15 points below their season shooting percentage
- Boston College defeated Florida State for the first time since Feb. 8, 2012 at Conte Forum (64-60) and snapped a six-game losing streak to the Seminoles.
- The Eagles moved to 10-0 when leading at halftime and 7-1 when five players reach double figures in the scoring column.
- BC held FSU to just five 3-pointers (19%) in the win.
0:00 - Florida State never led the entire game.
Up Next
- Boston College will travel to Louisville on Sunday, Jan. 21 in the first of two straight road tilts.
- The Eagles and Cardinals meet on the hardwood at Noon at KFC Yum! Center.
- The game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network with Tim Brando and Brian Oliver. It can also be heard live on the Boston College IMG Sports Network.
Team Stats
FS
BC
FG%
.338
.464
3FG%
.192
.391
FT%
.889
.800
RB
50
36
TO
10
12
STL
3
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
5
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