Wednesday, November 15
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7 p.m.
Boston College
3-0,0-0ACC
68
vs
61
Richmond
2-1,0-0Atlantic 10
1
2
F
Richmond
34
27
61
Boston College
30
38
68
Photo by: Meg Kelly
Second Half Defense Washes Spiders Out
November 15, 2023 | Men's Basketball
Prince Aligbe (15 pts/10 reb) and Quinten Post (17 pts/10 reb) each log double-doubles
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. --Â Prince Aligbe and Quinten Post each logged double-doubles as Boston College used a second half surge to beat Richmond, 68-61, on Wednesday night. Â With the win, the Eagles move to 3-0 on the season.
Aligbe connected on an efficient 5-of-8 shots from the floor and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds. Â Post added 17 points, 10 boards, and a career-best five assists. Â It marked the first time since the 2018-19 season that two BC players had double-doubles in the same game. Â Nik Popovic (15p/10r) and Ky Bowman (24p/16r) did so at Notre Dame on Jan. 12, 2019.
BC trailed by as many as 14 in the first half - 28-14 with 7:11 left in the period - before a 13-0 run over the next four and a half minutes made it a one-point ballgame. Â The second of two Mason Madsen free throws made it 28-27 with 2:41 to play in the half. Â Richmond would push its lead back to seven points, but Donald Hand Jr.'s 3-pointer as time expired made it a 34-30 game at the break.
The Eagles and Spiders traded baskets through the first three minutes of the second half, before a 10-2 run gave BC the lead for good. Â A Madsen 3-pointer with 13:58 to play made it 46-40. Â An Aligbe putback with 2:53 to go gave BC its largest lead of the night - 10 points - at 64-54.
Richmond would cut it to five with 1:30 left, but Jaeden Zackery washed the Spiders out with his turnaround fadeaway in front of the Eagles' bench with 24 ticks left.
A stout defensive effort in the second half proved to be the difference in the game. Â BC held Richmond to 37.0% shooting from the floor and 27 points over the final 20:00 of play. Â The Spiders entered tonight's game averaging over 90 points per games and nearly 52% shooting from the floor.
Madsen came off the bench to score nine points and grab four rebounds. Â Devin McGlockton added eight points and eight rebounds to go with a blocked shot. Â BC would make nearly 39% from the perimeter (7-18) and 90% (17-19) from the foul line.
Boston College returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. when it hosts Harvard on "Eras Night." Â The first 1,000 fans will receive a free BC men's basketball t-shirt, modeled after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shirt.
Aligbe connected on an efficient 5-of-8 shots from the floor and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds. Â Post added 17 points, 10 boards, and a career-best five assists. Â It marked the first time since the 2018-19 season that two BC players had double-doubles in the same game. Â Nik Popovic (15p/10r) and Ky Bowman (24p/16r) did so at Notre Dame on Jan. 12, 2019.
BC trailed by as many as 14 in the first half - 28-14 with 7:11 left in the period - before a 13-0 run over the next four and a half minutes made it a one-point ballgame. Â The second of two Mason Madsen free throws made it 28-27 with 2:41 to play in the half. Â Richmond would push its lead back to seven points, but Donald Hand Jr.'s 3-pointer as time expired made it a 34-30 game at the break.
The Eagles and Spiders traded baskets through the first three minutes of the second half, before a 10-2 run gave BC the lead for good. Â A Madsen 3-pointer with 13:58 to play made it 46-40. Â An Aligbe putback with 2:53 to go gave BC its largest lead of the night - 10 points - at 64-54.
Richmond would cut it to five with 1:30 left, but Jaeden Zackery washed the Spiders out with his turnaround fadeaway in front of the Eagles' bench with 24 ticks left.
A stout defensive effort in the second half proved to be the difference in the game. Â BC held Richmond to 37.0% shooting from the floor and 27 points over the final 20:00 of play. Â The Spiders entered tonight's game averaging over 90 points per games and nearly 52% shooting from the floor.
Madsen came off the bench to score nine points and grab four rebounds. Â Devin McGlockton added eight points and eight rebounds to go with a blocked shot. Â BC would make nearly 39% from the perimeter (7-18) and 90% (17-19) from the foul line.
Boston College returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. when it hosts Harvard on "Eras Night." Â The first 1,000 fans will receive a free BC men's basketball t-shirt, modeled after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shirt.
Team Stats
UR
BC
FG%
.400
.373
3FG%
.263
.389
FT%
.667
.895
RB
31
44
TO
5
11
STL
6
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
G/F
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F
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