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Boston College Routs Buffalo 92-63
November 22, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 22, 2005
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) - Jared Dudley scored 20 points to help No. 10 Boston College survive an off-night by preseason All-America Craig Smith and beat Buffalo 92-63 on Tuesday night.
Smith had 12 points and four rebounds, missing seven minutes in the first half due to foul trouble and six minutes in the second when he got a cut over his left eye. The senior forward, who averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds in BC's first two games, also sat out the last four minutes of the blowout.
Boston College improved to 3-0 in the non-conference part of its inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference season.
Yassin Idbihi scored 22 with 10 rebounds and Parnell Smith had 18 and eight for Buffalo (2-1), which dropped to 0-16 all-time against the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The game was the second round of the Las Vegas Holiday Invitational but it was played on BC's Chestnut Hill campus. Both teams will travel to Nevada for the final rounds this weekend.
Boston College freshman guards Tyrese Rice and Marquez Haynes scored 12 and eight points, respectively, and combined to make 7-of-8 shots and all three free throws. The Eagles were 6-for-10 from the experimental 3-point line being used in the tournament, a foot farther than the conventional one; BC went 0-for-11 from 3-point range in its first game with the temporary rule.
Smith scored six points during a 12-0 run that broke the game open midway through the first half, turning a 13-10 game into a 15-point lead. But BC showed it could dominate without him, too.
Smith went to the bench after picking up his second foul with 7:07 left in the first half. BC responded by going on a 13-0 run that made it 42-17 with 2:56 left in the half.
Smith left the floor just 1:20 into the second half with a cut above his eye. When he came back in with 13:04 to play, BC was leading 68-35.
He picked up his fourth foul with 8:46 to play, when BC led 72-44, and coach Al Skinner just left him in the game. Smith also sat out the last four minutes of the game.
