Boston College
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets Edge No. 11 Eagles, 60-58
January 08, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 8, 2006
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ATLANTA (AP) - Zam Fredrick hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 33.5 seconds left and Georgia Tech pulled out a 60-58 victory Sunday over No. 11 Boston College, which went more than 11 minutes without a field goal and struggled to make anything outside the lane.
Craig Smith tried his best to carry the Eagles by himself, scoring 26 points. He tied the game at 55 by hitting a free throw with 55.5 seconds left.
Georgia Tech's Anthony Morrow, who scored 15 points, drove the baseline but was forced to pull up. He spotted Fredrick lingering outside the 3-point arc and hurled a long pass to the point guard, who swished the open shot.
Boston College (11-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a couple of chances to stay alive. Tyrese Rice missed on a drive, but teammate Louis Hinnant corralled the rebound to give the Eagles another opportunity. Rice tried again with Morrow in his face, came up short and Georgia Tech got the rebound.
Jeremis Smith made one of two free throws with 5.9 seconds left to essentially seal the victory. Craig Smith hit a running 3-pointer at the top of the key - one of only five shots the Eagles made from outside the lane - but it wasn't enough.
Jeremis Smith led the Yellow Jackets (8-4, 2-0) with 16 points and nine rebounds.
Georgia Tech won for the fifth time in six games after getting off to a slow start with a young, rebuilding team. The Eagles had won five in a row, but they have put themselves in an early hole in the ACC.
The Yellow Jackets went more than five minutes without a point early in the game, and Boston College jumped out to a 21-13 lead on Jared Dudley's short jumper in the lane with 9:06 left in the first half.
Amazingly, the Eagles didn't make another field goal the rest of the period, going nearly 5 1/2 minutes without scoring and finally resorting to powering the ball inside in an attempt to draw fouls. They went 5-for-8 at the free-throw line in the final 3:40 of the half and trailed 29-26 at the break.
Boston College missed its first two shots of the second half as well, finally breaking its skid when Dudley slipped inside for a lay-in with 18:02 left.
The Eagles went 11:04 without a field goal, though their final shooting numbers (45.8 percent) didn't look too bad because they managed to do plenty of scoring on dunks, layups and short jumpers.
Boston College was 4-of-16 from 3-point range. Dudley had 14 points and Rice 10, but no one else on the Eagles scored more than three.
Georgia Tech was more balanced, with six players scoring between six and 16 points. The Yellow Jackets also controlled the boards, outrebounding the Eagles 33-23.
