National Basketball Association
Notre Dame 87, Boston College 70
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 21, 2015
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials:
# Ed Corbett, # Bill Covington, # Ron Tyburski
Attendance:
8366
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No. 10 Notre Dame 87, Boston College 70: Freshman Bonzie
Colson scored 12 of his career-high 16 points in the first half to help
the visiting Fighting Irish win their third straight.
Demetrius Jackson
had 15 points - 13 in the second half - and Zach Auguste added 14 for
Notre Dame (24-4, 12-3 ACC), which shot a season-high 66 percent while
pulling even with first-place Virginia in the win column. Steve
Vasturia, Jerian Grant and V.J. Beachem added 10 points apiece as the
Fighting Irish won for the ninth time in their last 10 meetings with the
Eagles.
Aaron Brown paced last-place Boston College (9-17, 1-13)
with 22 points and ACC leading scorer Olivier Hanlan added 19. Dennis
Clifford contributed 17 points and a team-high six rebounds as the
Eagles dropped their eighth in a row.
Colson had two straight
hoops to give Notre Dame an early 13-7 lead and three in a row late in
the first half to push the lead to 37-28. The Eagles clawed to within
five points at the break and cut their deficit to 45-41 on Dimitri
Batten's 3-pointer less than five minutes into the second half.
Jackson
answered with a triple on the other end to ignite a 14-5 burst capped
by Beachem's layup that made it 59-46 with 11 minutes to go. Batten
scored to get the deficit back to 11 and a three-point play by Clifford
with under eight minutes left made it a 10-point gap, but the Irish
responded once more with a decisive 13-2 surge - including six points by
Jackson - and BC never threatened again.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Colson,
who shot 8-of-9, had reached double figures only once in his career
with 10 points at Georgia Tech on Jan. 14. ... Grant added 11 assists
after recording 10 in his last time out against Wake Forest. ... Notre
Dame had a 29-20 advantage on the glass.
Top Game Performances
| Notre Dame |
|
Boston College |
|
Bonzie Colson 16 |
Scoring |
Aaron Brown 22 |
|
Jerian Grant 11 |
Assists |
Dennis Clifford 4 |
|
Zach Auguste 7 |
Rebounds |
Dennis Clifford 6 |
|
Demetrius Jackson 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Aaron Brown 3 |
|
V.J. Beachem 1 |
Steals |
Dimitri Batten 1 |
|
Zach Auguste 1 |
Blocks |
Dimitri Batten 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Notre Dame
|
87 |
66.0 |
7-13 |
10-12 |
19 |
28 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
| Boston College
|
70 |
49.1 |
7-20 |
7-9 |
15 |
18 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
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