Boston College
Holy Cross
Men's Basketball Defeats Holy Cross In OT
December 09, 2004 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 9, 2004
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Junior Craig Smith registered 21 points and 10 rebounds and senior Jermaine Watson added 15 points to lead Boston College to a 63-60 overtime victory over Holy Cross before 4,402 fans in Conte Forum.
While Smith and Watson posted the game's most impressive statistics, it was sophomores Jared Dudley and Steve Hailey who guided the Eagles in overtime. Dudley, who was scoreless in the first half, netted five points in the second half, and then added a team-best six points in the extra session. Hailey scored all four of his points in the final five-minute period. The Boston, Mass., product hit two free throws to even the score at 57-57, and then gave BC the lead for good with 1:49 to play, converting an acrobatic short-range field goal from the baseline at the shot-clock buzzer.
Boston College (6-0) led by as many as nine points three times in the first half, before settling for a 27-22 halftime lead. The visiting Crusaders narrowed their deficit to one point three times early in the second half, before knotting the score at 41-41 with 10:43 remaining in regulation time.
Holy Cross (4-3) took its first lead since early in the contest - 43-42 - on a Kevin Hyland field goal with 9:49 to play. After BC answered with six straight points, HC used an 8-0 run to claim its largest margin - 51-48 - on a Keith Simmons three-pointer with 5:22 on the clock.
Three free throws by Smith and a Dudley field goal gave BC a 53-51 advantage with 2:02 remaining, but HC's Hyland forced the extra session with a field goal with 1:38 left. The host Eagles missed two field-goal attempts in the final 20 seconds of regulation.
Game Notes: Boston College was outscored from the field, 53-41, but gained a 22-7 advantage from the foul line ... Smith's statistical totals marked his 22nd collegiate double-double ... Senior Nate Doornekamp finished the contest with eight points, five rebounds and a team-high five assists in a career-high 39 minutes of action ... Holy Cross gained a 41-39 rebounding edge.
