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Morris Brown
Men's Basketball Defeats Morris Brown, 84-63
February 26, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP)- Boston College built a 33-point lead in the second half and finished with a 21-point margin of victory. Coach Al Skinner was still not pleased.
Uka Agbai was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line for 15 points as No. 11 Boston College beat Morris Brown 84-63 Monday night.
"We probably played a good 10 minutes in this basketball game," Skinner said. "And that was it. I told them in the locker room after the game this was one of the worst practices we've had this year."
The Eagles (21-4) never trailed and dominated statistically, but often looked sloppy and out of sync against the Division II Wolverines (6-22).
"It was an exercise for us," Skinner said.
Agbai scored seven points in a 16-2 run to open the second half as the Eagles pulled ahead 53-24.
"Coach Skinner talked to us at halftime and told us what we needed to do, and we came out ready to play," Agbai said.
Boston College led by 33 points with less than four minutes to play when Brian Ross sank a 3-pointer from the top of the key.
Amien Hicks led Morris Brown with 17, including three alley-oop dunks. Alfred Jones had 11, all in the second half.
It was a familiar theme for the Wolverines, who have played teams from most of the nation's power conferences in preparation for their move up to Division I.
"For us, it's a measuring stick for the future," coach Derek Thompson said. "It's been like this all year."
"Boston College was a pretty good team," he said. "It's sort of like an engine. They have the parts to make the engine run. If you shut down one, others step up."
The Eagles recovered from a slow start to shoot 51 percent from the field, including 40 percent on 3-pointers (10-for-25).
Morris Brown was held to 39 percent from the field. The Eagles also held a 42-31 rebounding advantage.
Ryan Sidney and Kenny Walls had 13 points each for the Eagles and Sidney had a team-high nine rebounds.
The win gave the Eagles a 16-0 home record this season with one home game to play, the most home wins in one season in program history.
"The only thing positive in this game was that it was our 16th in this building," Skinner said.
Boston College's Troy Bell became the 26th Boston College player - and the first sophomore - to score 1,000 points.
"It felt good to get it behind me," Bell said. "My dad told me about 200 points ago. He was keeping track. It was a huge deal for him."
Bell passed the mark with a 3-pointer with 4:46 to play in the first half to give the Eagles a 27-15 lead. Bell, averaging 20.3 points, finished with eight points. It was the first time in 29 games and just the third time in his career that he has scored in single digits.
"We're 21-4. That's better than 20-4. That's about all I can get out of this," he said.
The Eagles opened the game with an 11-2 run, then outscored the Wolverines 10-4 in the final 4:04 of the half for a 37-22 lead at the break. Agbai and Xavier Singletary each had eight points for Boston College. Hicks scored 11 in the first half.
