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Men's Hoops Travels To Miami Saturday
January 09, 2015 | Men's Basketball
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EAGLES TRAVEL TO MIAMI SATURDAY
• Boston College heads down to the Sunshine State to take on Miami on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the BankUnited Center.
• The game will be televised on RSN/NESN+ with Wes Durham and Dave Odom on the call.
• The Eagles have lost their first two ACC games, including a 61-60 overtime decision against Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
• Miami opened its ACC schedule with an 89-80 double overtime loss to #3/3 Virginia last Saturday in Coral Gables.
• The Hurricanes won their first eight games but are 2-4 in their last six outings.
• Miami has won the last eight meetings between these two teams.
• Boston College has lost its last four games at Miami.
EAGLES FALL TO PITT IN OVERTIME, 61-60
• Junior Olivier Hanlan recorded game highs with 18 points and eight rebounds as Boston College lost in overtime to Pittsburgh, 61-60, on Tuesday night at Conte Forum.
• Hanlan also added six assists. Fourteen of his points came after halftime.
• Graduate student Aaron Brown added 11 points and three assists.
• Sophomore Garland Owens scored a season-high nine points, all in the first half.
• Boston College opened the game with an 11-4 run over the first four minutes. Brown scored five of those points.
• Pittsburgh then went on an 18-7 run that lasted nearly 13 minutes to take a 22-18 lead.
• The Eagles responded by closing out the half with nine unanswered points to gain a 27-22 lead. Owens was the spark, scoring seven of the points in the final 2:56.
• Pittsburgh made a 10-2 run early in the second half to close its deficit to 33-32 with 11:25 left.
• BC held a 42-38 lead and then went on a quick 7-2 run to make it a 49-40 advantage with 3:54 remaining.
• With the BC lead at 53-43, the Panthers scored the final 10 points in regulation to force overtime. BC had a pair of chances to win on the final possession but could not connect.
• Five-straight points in overtime gave Boston College a 60-55 lead with 2:46 on the clock. Senior Patrick Heckmann hit a 3-pointer in that span.
• Pitt cut the lead to 60-59 and then forced a BC turnover with 11 seconds left. Josh Newkirk drove the lane on the next possession and hit a layup for the game-winner.
LAST SEASON AT MIAMI
• Patrick Heckmann scored a season-high 15 points as BC lost at Miami, 69-42, on February 22, 2014 at the BankUnited Center.
• Olivier Hanlan recorded 11 points and six rebounds.
• Miami started the game on a 14-6 run, but Boston College responded with an 11-4 run over the next 5:17 to cut the deficit to one. Heckmann hit a pair of 3-pointers in that span.
• The Hurricanes recovered with a quick 7-2 spurt that built the lead back to 27-19. They took a 27-22 lead into the half.
• Miami scored seven unanswered points early in the second half to extend its lead to 41-28 with 14:08 left.
BC couldn't get closer than eight points the rest of the way.
ODIO'S MIAMI CONNECTION
• Senior Eddie Odio, who hails from the Magic City, will play at Miami for the last time on Saturday.
• His father, Cesar, was an assistant coach for the Hurricanes from 1985-87.
• The following information is courtesy of Miami:
The University of Miami basketball program was dormant for 14 years from 1971-1985. In 1983 Director of Athletics Sam Jankovich announced the resurrection of men's basketball at Miami, with the reinstatement vote by the UM Board of Trustees on Oct. 12, 1983. Head coach Bill Foster was hired March 21, 1984, adding assistants Clint Bryant, Seth Greenberg and Cesar Odio by July 1. Tim Harvey was the staff's first recruit, a 6-10, 240-pound center from Plainfield, N.J., who transferred from Georgia Tech. On Oct. 15, 1984 the first men's basketball practice in 12 years was held on the patio in the center of campus, viewed by more than 200 students. Miami defeated The Citadel, 85-77, on Nov. 22, 1985, in the first game of the new era of UM basketball.
• Cesar Odio is the all-time winningest coach at Barry University. He went 281-234 in 18 seasons.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will have consecutive games at home next week starting with Harvard on Wednesday night and #3/3 Virginia on Saturday afternoon.
