National Basketball Association
Boston College 86, Georgia Tech 75
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 8, 2011
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials:
# Brian Dorsey, # Karl Hess, # Sean Hull
Attendance:
6516
By SportsDirect Inc.
Reggie Jackson and Corey Raji carried Boston College to an 86-75 victory over Georgia Tech Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup at Conte Forum.
Jackson scored 25 points and Raji added 22 for the Eagles (12-4, 2-0 ACC).
Boston College improved to 7-2 at home this season and gave first-year head coach Steve Donahue his first career victory over Georgia Tech. Donahue was 0-3 against the Yellow Jackets while he was the coach at Cornell.
Jackson entered the game leading the Eagles in scoring and was extremely efficient against the Yellow Jackets. He was 8 of 9 from the field, made all three of his 3-point attempts and went 6 of 6 from the line.
Raji added nine rebounds in 33 minutes off the bench for Boston College.
The Yellow Jackets (7-7, 0-1) opened conference play on the road for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
Iman Shumpert scored 15 points and added five rebounds and four assists and Glen Rice Jr. had 12 points and seven rebounds for Georgia Tech, which dropped to 0-4 in true road games this season.
Top Game Performances
| Georgia Tech |
|
Boston College |
|
Kammeron Holsey 18 |
Scoring |
Reggie Jackson 25 |
|
Iman Shumpert 4 |
Assists |
Biko Paris 7 |
|
Glen Rice Jr. 7 |
Rebounds |
Corey Raji 9 |
|
Mfon Udofia 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Biko Paris 7 |
|
Glen Rice Jr. 3 |
Steals |
Gabriel Moton 2 |
|
Daniel Miller 1 |
Blocks |
Reggie Jackson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Georgia Tech
|
75 |
47.6 |
5-19 |
10-15 |
12 |
27 |
1 |
7 |
|
| Boston College
|
86 |
54.9 |
9-19 |
21-29 |
14 |
33 |
2 |
6 |
|
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